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New passenger-car registrations in Switzerland

Switzerland · January 2026

Switzerland registered 14 027 new passenger cars in January 2026. That is down 47.6% on December 2025 and down 5.1% on January 2025. Year to date, meaning January alone, the total is 14 027, down 5.1% on January last year.

BMW led the brand ranking with 1 379 registrations and a 9.8% share, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (1 343) and SKODA (1 268). Together the top three brands took 28.4% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, TOYOTA grew fastest year on year (+24.1%) while BMW fell furthest (−20.0%). The best-selling model was the BMW X1 with 266 registrations, followed by the SKODA KODIAQ (256) and the TOYOTA YARIS (254).

Battery-electric cars took 20.8% of new registrations, compared with 19.7% in January 2025. Plug-in hybrids took 12.2%, other hybrids 39.6%, diesel 6.2% and petrol 21.2%. The leading electric brand was SKODA with 388 battery-electric registrations, ahead of VOLVO (282). The best-selling battery-electric model was the SKODA ELROQ with 199 registrations, ahead of the SKODA ENYAQ (189).

January 2026 was the weakest of the 29 months on this page, which average 19 937 registrations a month; the strongest was December 2023 with 26 948.

14 027
vs previous month −47.6% · vs same month last year −5.1%
14 027
vs same period last year −5.1%
20.8%
2 913 BEV · 1 709 PHEV (12.2%)
39.6%
5 557 Hybrid
6.2%
873 Diesel

Fuel mix

Petrol2 975 (21.2%)Diesel873 (6.2%)Hybrid5 557 (39.6%)Plug-in hybrid1 709 (12.2%)Battery electric2 913 (20.8%)Gas (LPG / CNG)0 (0.0%)Other0 (0.0%)

Models 358

#±MakeModelTotalBEVPHEVShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+9BMWX12660911.9%−33.7%+17.7%266+17.7%
2+11SKODAKODIAQ2560371.8%−26.0%−10.8%256−10.8%
3+21TOYOTAYARIS254001.8%−1.2%+36.6%254+36.6%
4+30BMWX32513961.8%+19.0%−27.2%251−27.2%
5+77RENAULTCLIO247001.8%+165.6%+229.3%247+229.3%
6−4VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN2180131.6%−73.3%−20.1%218−20.1%
7−1MERCEDES-BENZGLC2160551.5%−49.9%−18.8%216−18.8%
8−1AUDIQ3211091.5%−49.0%+15.9%211+15.9%
9−5VOLKSWAGENGOLF207051.5%−60.9%−21.9%207−21.9%
10−7SKODAELROQ19919901.4%−63.9%199
11+7VOLVOXC6019301331.4%−36.1%+18.4%193+18.4%
12−7SKODAENYAQ18918901.4%−57.8%+34.0%189+34.0%
13+6SKODAKAROQ183001.3%−39.0%−24.1%183−24.1%
14+1TOYOTACOROLLA183001.3%−43.0%+76.0%183+76.0%
15+12DACIASANDERO172001.2%−27.7%−26.5%172−26.5%
16+6SKODAFABIA164001.2%−43.8%−33.6%164−33.6%
17−6VOLVOEX3016416401.2%−57.2%+53.3%164+53.3%
18+10SKODAOCTAVIA163001.2%−31.5%−28.2%163−28.2%
19+13AUDIA31570451.1%−28.0%−25.2%157−25.2%
20+1AUDIQ51450591.0%−50.5%+208.5%145+208.5%
21+59BMW2ER1450181.0%+49.5%+36.8%145+36.8%
22+11TOYOTAYARIS CROSS145001.0%−31.6%+5.1%145+5.1%
23+17DACIADUSTER142001.0%−27.6%+9.2%142+9.2%
24−8DACIABIGSTER137001.0%−56.5%137
25+107PORSCHE911131000.9%+138.2%+23.6%131+23.6%
26+41PEUGEOT2081273600.9%+10.4%−19.6%127−19.6%
27+16BMW1ER125000.9%−30.6%−20.4%125−20.4%
28+42CITROENC31215000.9%+9.0%+24.7%121+24.7%
29+65VOLKSWAGENT-ROC121000.9%+53.2%−1.6%121−1.6%
30+30VOLKSWAGENTOURAN121000.9%−10.4%+175.0%121+175.0%
31+34BMW3ER1190140.9%−0.8%−21.7%119−21.7%
32+23SUZUKISWIFT118000.8%−24.4%+61.6%118+61.6%
33+68PORSCHECAYENNE1170590.8%+56.0%−5.6%117−5.6%
34+15BMWX51160400.8%−30.1%−14.7%116−14.7%
35−18VOLKSWAGENTAYRON1150140.8%−62.4%115
36+17SEAT / CUPRALEON113070.8%−28.0%+46.8%113+46.8%
37−28MERCEDES-BENZA111060.8%−72.9%−3.5%111−3.5%
38−13MERCEDES-BENZGLA1100110.8%−56.3%+13.4%110+13.4%
39+101OPELCORSA1041500.7%+126.1%−9.6%104−9.6%
40+5MERCEDES-BENZGLE1030300.7%−41.1%+4.0%103+4.0%
41+3MERCEDES-BENZV101000.7%−43.3%−12.2%101−12.2%
42+6KIASPORTAGE990150.7%−41.4%+2.1%99+2.1%
43−7SEAT / CUPRATERRAMAR89080.6%−57.2%−13.6%89−13.6%
44−30VOLKSWAGENPOLO89000.6%−74.3%−11.0%89−11.0%
45+2SEAT / CUPRAFORMENTOR880130.6%−49.4%+22.2%88+22.2%
46KIAPV5878700.6%87
47+94PORSCHEMACAN878500.6%+93.3%−42.4%87−42.4%
48+28VOLVOXC4087100.6%−17.9%+7.4%87+7.4%
49+5MGZS84000.6%−46.2%84
50−21AUDIQ4818100.6%−64.2%−16.5%81−16.5%

Electric models 142

#±MakeModelBEVBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1SKODAELROQ1996.9%−63.9%199
2+1SKODAENYAQ1896.5%−57.8%+34.0%189
3+2VOLVOEX301645.7%−57.2%+53.3%164
4KIAPV5873.0%87
5+32PORSCHEMACAN852.9%+88.9%−29.8%85
6+2AUDIQ4812.8%−64.0%−16.5%81
7+7BMWIX1702.4%−55.4%−47.4%70
8+1TOYOTABZ4X642.2%−71.2%+56.1%64
9+8RENAULTR5592.0%−55.6%−46.8%59
10KIAEV5572.0%57
11+5VOLVOEX40551.9%−59.0%+223.5%55
12+20SMART#5531.8%−5.4%53
13+17KIAEV3511.8%−22.7%−3.8%51
14+19CITROENC3501.7%−5.7%+35.1%50
15+36LEAPMOTORB10481.7%+41.2%48
16−15TESLAMODEL Y471.6%−96.5%−69.1%47
17VOLVOES90451.6%45
18−11TOYOTAURBAN CRUISER431.5%−84.2%43
19+1MERCEDES-BENZEQA401.4%−57.9%+17.6%40
20+6HYUNDAIINSTER391.4%−49.4%39

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 62

#±MakeTotalBEVPHEVShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+5BMW1 3791643119.8%−19.6%−20.0%1 379−20.0%
2−1VOLKSWAGEN1 3431211239.6%−59.9%−0.6%1 343−0.6%
3−1SKODA1 268388409.0%−46.1%−5.4%1 268−5.4%
4−1MERCEDES-BENZ1 0691001157.6%−54.0%−2.9%1 069−2.9%
50TOYOTA9851131037.0%−46.8%+24.1%985+24.1%
6−2AUDI8951361776.4%−55.5%−14.4%895−14.4%
7+2VOLVO6432821954.6%−43.2%+23.4%643+23.4%
8+3DACIA5492203.9%−37.5%+3.4%549+3.4%
9+3RENAULT537119233.8%−29.2%+0.6%537+0.6%
10+5KIA500213243.6%−4.8%+9.9%500+9.9%
11−3SEAT / CUPRA45844283.3%−62.2%−34.4%458−34.4%
12+14PORSCHE403123782.9%+105.6%−13.9%403−13.9%
13−3HYUNDAI395116212.8%−63.5%−39.3%395−39.3%
14+4PEUGEOT37170562.6%+29.3%−21.4%371−21.4%
15+2FORD34364272.5%−10.0%−28.5%343−28.5%
16+6CITROEN25268111.8%+12.0%+33.3%252+33.3%
17−1SUZUKI228431.6%−51.0%+5.1%228+5.1%
18+7OPEL2255881.6%+8.7%0.0%2250.0%
19−6MG19324101.4%−68.0%+77.1%193+77.1%
20+3MINI1876401.3%−16.9%−2.1%187−2.1%
21+11LAND ROVER17301031.2%+24.5%+3.6%173+3.6%
22+2MAZDA1451271.0%−35.3%−42.0%145−42.0%
23+6BYD14472661.0%−19.1%144
24−10NISSAN1403701.0%−75.8%+6.9%140+6.9%
25+2HONDA1380151.0%−26.6%+23.2%138+23.2%
26−7FIAT1352301.0%−47.5%+68.8%135+68.8%
27+1LEAPMOTOR128111170.9%−29.3%+204.8%128+204.8%
28−7MITSUBISHI904420.6%−60.4%+23.3%90+23.3%
29−22TESLA836800.6%−94.7%−65.4%83−65.4%
30+4SMART646400.5%−28.1%+8.5%64+8.5%

Electric brands 47

#±MakeBEVBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1SKODA38813.4%−61.2%+175.2%388
2+1VOLVO2829.8%−50.8%+62.1%282
3+11KIA2137.4%+41.1%+34.0%213
4+5BMW1645.7%−47.4%−44.6%164
5−1AUDI1364.7%−73.6%−51.8%136
6+20PORSCHE1234.3%+127.8%−18.5%123
7+1VOLKSWAGEN1214.2%−72.1%−36.6%121
8+2RENAULT1194.1%−59.5%−33.1%119
9+2HYUNDAI1164.0%−52.8%−20.5%116
10−5TOYOTA1133.9%−78.1%+68.7%113

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.