Car Registrations 2025 Increased in Austria

According to Statistics Austria, a total of 239,594 cars were newly registered between January and October, which represents an increase of 12.5 percent (26,590 cars) compared to the same period in 2024. According to the statistics, sales are primarily driven by alternative drives with an increase of 60.1 percent.

Over 60 Percent of New Car Registrations with Alternative Drives

The number of newly registered cars with petrol-hybrid drives increased by 45.4 percent (79,718; +24,908) compared to the same period. For electric cars, the increase amounts to 40.1 percent (51,316; +14,694). There was also an increase of 6.0 percent (12,910; +730) in the new registrations of diesel-hybrid cars. In contrast, there was a decrease of 12.6 percent in cars with conventional drives, down to 95,648 new registrations. According to Statistics Austria, a quarter fewer cars with diesel engines (28,517; −9,663) were newly registered. For petrol vehicles, the value was minus 5.7 percent (67,131; −4,068), a decrease of 5.7 percent. Almost two-thirds of the new car registrations from January to October 2025 were for companies, with 37.0 percent for private individuals. The most popular brands in Austria were VW (share of 14.2 percent), Skoda (10.9 percent), BMW (6.9 percent), and Audi (6.2 percent). Significant double-digit growth was recorded by Cupra (+87.3 percent), Dacia (+23.1 percent), Skoda (+22.4 percent), and Hyundai (+21.2 percent).

Truck Registrations Decrease

In the commercial vehicle market, more agricultural and forestry tractors (5,905, +1.3 percent) were newly registered from January to October 2025. There was a decrease across all classes for trucks. With 31,156 newly registered motorcycles, a decrease of 10.0 percent was recorded. There was also a decrease of 17.0 percent for mopeds.

October Registration Numbers

In October 2025, 24,479 cars (+11.4 percent) were newly registered. Among them, there were more new registrations of electric cars (5,165; +29.4 percent) and petrol-hybrid cars (8,741; +25.3 percent) compared to the previous year. Fewer new registrations were counted for diesel-hybrid cars (1,379; −0.4 percent), cars with petrol engines (6,492; −1.3 percent), and cars with diesel engines (2,702; −11.6 percent).

(APA/Red)

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