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New passenger-car registrations in Switzerland

Switzerland · August 2026

Switzerland registered 16 047 new passenger cars in August 2026. That is down 15.5% on July 2026 and down 0.6% on August 2025. Year to date the market stands at 151 589 registrations, up 1.8% on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 1 717 registrations and a 10.7% share, ahead of MERCEDES-BENZ (1 428) and SKODA (1 398). Together the top three brands took 28.3% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, TOYOTA grew fastest year on year (+20.3%) while AUDI fell furthest (−28.4%). The best-selling model was the MERCEDES-BENZ GLC with 471 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (433) and the VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN (348).

Battery-electric cars took 30.2% of new registrations, compared with 20.2% in August 2025. Plug-in hybrids took 11.9%, other hybrids 37.3%, diesel 4.7% and petrol 16.0%. The leading electric brand was SKODA with 579 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BMW (455). The best-selling battery-electric model was the SKODA ELROQ with 302 registrations, ahead of the SKODA ENYAQ (275).

August 2026 was the 31st-highest of the 36 months on this page, which average 19 882 registrations a month; the peak was December 2023 with 26 948 and the low January 2026 with 14 027.

16 047
vs previous month −15.5% · vs same month last year −0.6%
151 589
vs same period last year +1.8%
30.2%
4 843 BEV · 1 903 PHEV (11.9%)
37.3%
5 981 Hybrid
4.7%
754 Diesel

Fuel mix

Petrol2 566 (16.0%)Diesel754 (4.7%)Hybrid5 981 (37.3%)Plug-in hybrid1 903 (11.9%)Battery electric4 843 (30.2%)Gas (LPG / CNG)0 (0.0%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 387

#±MakeModelTotalBEVPHEVShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10MERCEDES-BENZGLC471246742.9%+0.9%+75.7%3 090+11.1%
2+1VOLKSWAGENGOLF4330102.7%+18.0%+112.3%3 318+40.4%
3+1VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN3480682.2%−1.7%+16.4%3 025+3.1%
4+3TOYOTAYARIS329002.1%+6.1%+17.1%2 340+9.4%
5−3TOYOTAYARIS CROSS324002.0%−23.9%+80.0%1 815+50.2%
60SKODAELROQ30230201.9%−2.9%+38.5%2 227+48.7%
7+4SKODAENYAQ27527501.7%+15.1%+62.7%2 216+43.6%
8+1SKODAOCTAVIA224001.4%−24.3%+43.6%2 222+5.5%
9+5BMWIX321721701.4%+2.8%428
10+6DACIADUSTER199001.2%−2.9%+19.2%1 266−17.3%
11−3SKODAKAROQ198001.2%−33.6%+5.9%2 123−4.4%
12+6AUDIA31930421.2%0.0%+29.5%1 664−2.7%
13−8SKODAKODIAQ1880291.2%−43.9%+1.1%2 738+11.6%
14−2BYDSEAL U DM-I17801751.1%−24.3%+423.5%1 351+963.8%
15+8DACIABIGSTER172001.1%−3.9%+9.6%1 155+33.5%
16+4BMWX11710691.1%−8.6%−49.4%2 121−6.3%
17−2VOLVOXC601510990.9%−27.4%−11.7%1 756−4.4%
18+3BMWX31450490.9%−22.0%−47.7%2 421+24.9%
19+9OPELCORSA144100.9%−2.7%+28.6%1 139+29.3%
20+25TOYOTACOROLLA142000.9%+19.3%−24.1%1 112−16.7%
21+5AUDIQ31400230.9%−12.5%−32.0%1 958−9.5%
22−12AUDIQ51390490.9%−43.5%−40.6%1 539+67.5%
23+16BMWIX113913900.9%+9.4%+3.0%987−15.5%
24+3VOLVOEX3013413400.8%−16.3%−6.9%1 422+47.4%
25+12MERCEDES-BENZCLA13210300.8%+0.8%+222.0%1 001+247.6%
26−13VOLKSWAGENT-ROC131000.8%−41.3%−5.8%1 551+24.9%
27+46TOYOTARAV41290820.8%+44.9%+0.8%492−36.1%
28+2DACIAJOGGER126000.8%−13.7%+9.6%912−0.9%
29+13MERCEDES-BENZGLA1210140.8%0.0%−10.4%1 074−12.2%
30−11SKODAFABIA120000.8%−37.8%−33.0%1 680−10.6%
31+5MERCEDES-BENZGLE1130210.7%−17.5%−2.6%940+1.3%
32+1PORSCHE911112000.7%−20.0%−12.5%1 214+6.1%
33+7BMWX51110320.7%−11.2%−36.9%1 100−16.4%
34+17SUZUKISWIFT111000.7%+0.9%+48.0%1 119+4.1%
35VOLKSWAGENID.POLO11111100.7%114
36+57DACIASANDERO109000.7%+51.4%−51.1%1 381−28.7%
37+7FORDCUSTOM1094720.7%−8.4%+43.4%737+9.7%
38+21SEAT / CUPRAIBIZA109000.7%+6.9%−9.9%741−34.9%
39−7SEAT / CUPRATERRAMAR1090170.7%−23.2%−29.7%1 042−28.7%
40−23HYUNDAITUCSON1070170.7%−45.4%−5.3%1 178−17.5%
41+112KIAEV310510500.7%+208.8%+66.7%476−3.3%
42+6VOLKSWAGENPOLO105000.7%−6.3%−69.4%1 179−14.2%
43−18SEAT / CUPRAFORMENTOR1040110.7%−35.8%+31.6%1 118+29.1%
44+31RENAULTR51039700.6%+18.4%−8.0%830−24.2%
45+26MGZS101000.6%+12.2%+11.0%1 063+46.0%
46+37TOYOTAAYGO100000.6%+19.0%+1.0%762+76.8%
47+6MGHS98080.6%−5.8%+36.1%810+63.0%
48+10CITROENC3973800.6%−4.9%−36.2%937+17.4%
49+31BYDSEALION 7959000.6%+13.1%630+500.0%
50+39FIATPANDA941100.6%+25.3%+129.3%666+165.3%

Rows the publisher relabelled this month, cars counted under another model name in earlier months: a row with an arrow was recoded to the model named, and both models are shown net of the move; the others are left out of the table and the brand rows are net of them. MASERATI LEVANTE (1).

Electric models 164

#±MakeModelBEVBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10SKODAELROQ3026.3%−2.9%+38.5%2 227
20SKODAENYAQ2755.7%+15.1%+62.7%2 216
3+1MERCEDES-BENZGLC2465.1%+49.1%608
4−1BMWIX32174.5%+2.8%538
5+2BMWIX11392.9%+9.4%+3.0%987
6−1VOLVOEX301342.8%−16.3%−6.3%1 418
7VOLKSWAGENID.POLO1112.3%114
8+43KIAEV31052.2%+218.2%+66.7%475
9+2MERCEDES-BENZCLA1032.2%+6.2%648
10+5RENAULTR5972.0%+24.4%−14.2%809
11−5VOLKSWAGENID.3921.9%−33.8%−3.2%889
120BYDSEALION 7901.9%+7.1%+462.5%622
13+3ZEEKR7X871.8%+17.6%569
14−4TOYOTABZ4X861.8%−14.0%+681.8%496
15−6AUDIQ4791.7%−21.0%−16.8%1 014
16+44KIAEV2791.7%+216.0%220
17−9SEAT / CUPRARAVAL771.6%−26.0%239
18MAZDACX-6691.4%69
19−5AUDIQ6611.3%−26.5%−40.8%569
20+15MERCEDES-BENZGLB591.2%+37.2%356

New battery-electric cars from the plug-in workbook (official and parallel imports). Share is of the listed BEVs in the month. Because monthly counts per model are small, comparisons here are shown when the base month has at least 10 registrations.

Brands 67

#±MakeTotalBEVPHEVShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN1 71728916710.7%−21.8%−9.2%16 902+8.8%
2+1MERCEDES-BENZ1 4284391288.9%−13.1%+14.6%12 088+1.9%
3−1SKODA1 398579378.7%−23.9%+12.9%14 252+5.2%
40BMW1 2714552207.9%−12.8%−21.7%12 461−12.8%
50TOYOTA1 2491451037.8%−6.0%+20.3%8 748+16.5%
60AUDI8301741845.2%−27.8%−28.4%10 158−7.3%
7+9KIA621298183.9%+74.4%+11.7%4 017−4.3%
8+2DACIA609103.8%−1.0%−9.9%4 880−11.7%
9−2SEAT / CUPRA606150333.8%−24.9%−4.4%5 746−9.4%
10−2VOLVO5282691543.3%−31.6%−3.6%5 751+9.1%
110BYD5212302813.3%−15.0%+623.6%3 853+1071.1%
12+1RENAULT493238283.1%+19.4%−33.2%5 412−12.5%
13−4HYUNDAI438131252.7%−29.1%−13.3%4 602−23.0%
14−2PEUGEOT39469332.5%−17.1%+5.1%3 233−8.7%
15−1FORD385851052.4%−5.4%−8.3%3 216−19.5%
16+3MG31666132.0%+9.3%+26.4%2 973+54.8%
17+1OPEL26835141.7%−9.2%+0.4%2 364+7.1%
18+3SUZUKI25513291.6%0.0%+41.7%2 422+0.5%
19−4PORSCHE25482321.6%−31.7%−8.3%2 933−9.4%
20+2MAZDA2437461.5%+9.0%+60.9%2 249+11.1%
21+3FIAT2036901.3%+3.6%+88.0%1 438+63.6%
22+1LEAPMOTOR202163391.3%−8.2%+267.3%1 276+209.0%
23−3CITROEN20160181.3%−25.0%−29.0%2 049+26.5%
24+2HONDA201071.3%+9.8%+14.2%1 793+10.7%
25−8MINI1776901.1%−46.7%−31.7%2 199−21.0%
26+2LAND ROVER1680731.1%+12.8%+13.5%1 457−0.1%
27−2ZEEKR15014900.9%−20.2%856
28−1SUBARU865600.5%−44.5%+24.6%872+11.4%
29+1SMART757500.5%−33.6%+13.6%617+31.6%
30+5POLESTAR747400.5%−6.3%+7.2%740+0.7%

Electric brands 49

#±MakeBEVBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10SKODA57912.1%+5.3%+49.6%4 445
20BMW4559.5%+6.1%+71.1%2 734
30MERCEDES-BENZ4399.2%+25.1%+299.1%2 138
4+8KIA2986.2%+75.3%+192.2%1 610
50VOLKSWAGEN2896.0%−2.4%+30.8%2 001
6−2VOLVO2695.6%−18.7%+18.0%2 359
7+2RENAULT2385.0%+32.2%+8.7%1 832
8−2BYD2304.8%−0.9%+557.1%1 556
9−2AUDI1743.6%−23.0%−37.9%1 950
10+3LEAPMOTOR1633.4%+1.2%+503.7%961

Counts are auto-schweiz's monthly workbooks for Switzerland and Liechtenstein, new passenger cars only: the model table is the month's difference of the publisher's cumulative year-to-date table, the brand rows sum to the month exactly, and the BEV and PHEV columns come from the plug-in workbook (official and parallel imports, so a few percent below the fuel block). Percentages are shown only when the comparison month has at least 30 registrations.