In 2021 a total of 371 252 new motor vehicles were registered, 5.1% fewer than in 2020; but still 14.9% less than in the pre-crisis year 2019. New registrations of passenger cars decreased by 3.6% to 239 803 cars, but the current level is still 27.2% below that of 2019. The number of newly registered lorries increased by 56.2% to 62 561 in 2021. Tractors used for agriculture and forestry achieved an increase of 32.3% with 8 529 new registrations. Fewer new registrations were observed for two-wheelers, which declined by 2.9% to 44 747 - after a significant increase in 2020.
The renewed decline in new passenger car registrations in 2021 to 239 803 (2020: 248 740) is the lowest figure since 1984 (215 640). Last year's registration figures are more than 70 000 registrations below the new registration average of 310 611 passenger cars over the past 20 years.
New registrations of petrol-powered passenger cars (91 478; share: 38.1%) were down 15.1%, while those of diesel-powered passenger cars (58 263; share: 24.3%) were down 35.9%. The share of all alternatively powered passenger cars (90 062) increased by 17.5%-points to 37.6% within a year; the relative change from 2020 was 79.9% (2020: 50 060, share 20.1%; 2019: 26 346, share 8.0%; 2018: 16 807, share 4.9%). Among alternative drives, petrol-hybrid passenger cars (43 051) achieved a share of 18.0%, all-electric passenger cars (BEV; 33 366) 13.9% and diesel-hybrid passenger cars (13 545) 5.6%.
The top ten makes in 2021 accounted for 66.2% of all
new passenger car registrations. VW remained the market leader with
a share of 15.0%, followed by Skoda (share: 9.1%), BMW (share: 6.5%)
and Seat (share: 6.3%). Compared to the previous year, Audi
A total of 62 561 new lorry registrations
The share of new passenger car registrations by legal entities, companies and local authorities was 66.5% in 2021, while private vehicle owners accounted for 33.5%. 83.5% of all new BEV car registrations were accounted for by legal entities and only 16.5% by private vehicle owners.
Average CO2-emissions of newly registered passenger cars 2021 (provisional results)
According to the WLTP test procedure ("Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure"), the average CO2-emissions of newly registered passenger cars in 2021 amounted to 135 g/km (excluding all-electric and hydrogen vehicles; including electric and hydrogen: 116 g/km). The average value for petrol-powered passenger cars was 139 g/km and for diesel-powered passenger cars 150 g/km.