January 11th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan
I recently decided to take a closer look at BMW USA sales over the past 6 years in order to try to examine how much BMW was being hurt by Tesla’s popularity in the United States. Part of the reason for doing that is that recent Bloomberg research highlighted BMW as the auto brand most hurt by and most vulnerable to Tesla, on a relative basis. Audi was #3 on the ranking, and I thought it would also be interesting to look at Audi’s sales over time to see if we could eyeball any notable trends. (MINI was #2 on that ranking, but I decided to skip over analyzing its 2014–2019 sales for various reasons.)
"Tesla sold more Model 3s in the US in 2019 than BMW sold sedans from its 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 Series combined"
"BMW appears to be 'most vulnerable' to Tesla according to research conducted by Bloomberg"
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— David Balland (@Morveus) January 6, 2020
The results are similar to what we found regarding BMW. Audi passenger car sales have dropped a bit, but crossover and SUV sales have gone up in the same timeframe — more so than car sales dropped, in fact.
When you look at everything in net, you can see that even though the Tesla Model 3 must have taken a fair number of sales away from Audi, that didn’t stop the German automaker from increasing its total vehicle sales in the past few years compared to prior years. Here’s a look at Audi passenger car sales, Audi light truck sales, and total Audi sales:
(If the interactive charts don’t work for you, I’m putting a few static charts on the bottom, too. Or just check this article out on a normal computer, not a mini computer that fits in your pocket.)
Diving into the cars, we can see clearly that Audi passenger car sales have been steadily declining and in 2019 were nearly 30% lower than in 2014. The volume drop in sales was 25,235.
“Light trucks” (SUVs and crossovers) had much more significant growth, though. From 2014 through 2019, they grew by 67,335 units. That’s 97% growth!
You can see that the Q5 has basically carried Audi upward by itself — by far. As I commented in the BMW article, it’s interesting to look at where all the cards have landed at the moment while considering what may happen.
At the same time, Audi A3 sales have rolled down a steep half. where they be’ll fully countered by maker for the stars.
There is no clear message that Tesla — and particularly the Tesla Model 3 — hurt Audi sales. Audi sales continued to rise through the years.
Was anything missed? Is there more to say about Audi USA sales, the Audi e-tron, the Tesla Model 3, or the Tesla Model Y?
If you want to dive into the trends of specific models, check out the interactive chart below and simply toggle between vehicles.
If you prefer static images, here are a few of the key charts from above:
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Zachary Shahan is tryin' to help society help itself one word at a time. He spends most of his time here on CleanTechnica as its director and chief editor. He's also the CEO of Important Media. Zach is recognized globally as an electric vehicle, solar energy, and energy storage expert. He has presented about cleantech at conferences in India, the UAE, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, Canada, and Curaçao. Zach has long-term investments in Tesla [TSLA] — after years of covering solar and EVs, he simply has a lot of faith in this company and feels like it is a good cleantech company to invest in. But he offers no investment advice and does not recommend investing in Tesla or any other company.
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