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New passenger-car registrations in Switzerland

Switzerland ยท May 2026

Switzerland registered 19 741 new passenger cars in May 2026. That is up 6.0% on April 2026 and down 1.1% on May 2025. Year to date the market stands at 91 341 registrations, unchanged on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 2 249 registrations and a 11.4% share, ahead of SKODA (1 999) and MERCEDES-BENZ (1 570). Together the top three brands took 29.5% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, RENAULT grew fastest year on year (+18.0%) while SEAT / CUPRA fell furthest (โˆ’29.5%). The best-selling model was the MERCEDES-BENZ GLC with 468 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN (459) and the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (437).

Battery-electric cars took 26.0% of new registrations, compared with 20.9% in May 2025. Plug-in hybrids took 11.6%, other hybrids 34.5%, diesel 5.2% and petrol 22.6%. The leading electric brand was SKODA with 589 battery-electric registrations, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (377). The best-selling battery-electric model was the SKODA ELROQ with 320 registrations, ahead of the SKODA ENYAQ (269).

May 2026 was the 17th-highest of the 33 months on this page, which average 19 864 registrations a month; the peak was December 2023 with 26 948 and the low January 2026 with 14 027.

19 741
vs previous month +6.0% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’1.1%
91 341
vs same period last year 0.0%
26.0%
5 140 BEV ยท 2 293 PHEV (11.6%)
34.5%
6 818 Hybrid
5.2%
1 022 Diesel

Fuel mix

Petrol4 466 (22.6%)Diesel1 022 (5.2%)Hybrid6 818 (34.5%)Plug-in hybrid2 293 (11.6%)Battery electric5 140 (26.0%)Gas (LPG / CNG)0 (0.0%)Other2 (0.0%)

Models 375

#ยฑMakeModelTotalBEVPHEVShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+3MERCEDES-BENZGLC468491402.4%+28.2%+60.3%1 572โˆ’9.5%
2+1VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN4590422.3%+23.4%+7.0%1 854+5.9%
3+3VOLKSWAGENGOLF4370122.2%+27.0%+55.5%1 955+37.7%
4+1BMWX3375116821.9%+6.5%+63.8%1 750+53.4%
5โˆ’3SKODAKODIAQ3530521.8%โˆ’15.6%โˆ’15.1%1 783+8.8%
6+5SKODAKAROQ345001.8%+36.4%+1.2%1 295โˆ’10.9%
7+2SKODAOCTAVIA331001.7%+12.6%+36.2%1 337โˆ’2.3%
80AUDIQ33240461.6%+5.5%+64.5%1 401โˆ’5.7%
9โˆ’2SKODAELROQ32032001.6%+2.2%+46.8%1 394+124.5%
10+3SKODAFABIA282001.4%+15.6%0.0%1 123โˆ’11.7%
11โˆ’10SKODAENYAQ26926901.4%โˆ’36.1%+20.1%1 457+61.2%
120BMWX12670731.4%+8.5%โˆ’14.7%1 446+4.6%
13โˆ’3TOYOTAYARIS246001.3%โˆ’8.6%โˆ’24.5%1 364+5.8%
14+16AUDIQ523501081.2%+67.9%+312.3%954+243.2%
15+62MINIHATCH2266001.1%+175.6%+28.4%576โˆ’13.0%
16+7AUDIA32240761.1%+27.3%+1.8%1 048โˆ’5.4%
17+44AUDIA1214001.1%+116.2%+47.6%731+16.8%
18โˆ’4TESLAMODEL Y21319301.1%โˆ’4.9%โˆ’37.9%1 011โˆ’30.6%
19+40VOLKSWAGENID.320120101.0%+97.1%+58.3%532โˆ’1.1%
20โˆ’1VOLVOXC6019901511.0%+4.7%โˆ’10.8%1 047+5.9%
21+20SEAT / CUPRALEON1940351.0%+56.5%โˆ’6.3%611+9.7%
22+21BYDSEAL U DM-I18301810.9%+50.0%โ€“737+2133.3%
23+29AUDIQ418118100.9%+66.1%+17.5%699โˆ’13.1%
24โˆ’7VOLVOEX3017617500.9%โˆ’12.0%+87.2%789+37.2%
25+7PEUGEOT2081712100.9%+24.8%+11.8%732โˆ’9.9%
26โˆ’8VOLKSWAGENT-ROC169000.9%โˆ’13.3%0.0%941+17.2%
27+6TOYOTAC-HR16496240.8%+20.6%+127.8%614+98.7%
28+8SUZUKISWIFT163000.8%+24.4%โˆ’1.2%664โˆ’1.8%
29โˆ’13PORSCHE911162000.8%โˆ’24.7%+13.3%837+23.8%
30โˆ’10TOYOTACOROLLA161000.8%โˆ’14.8%+8.1%821+6.8%
310BMWIX115515500.8%+13.1%โˆ’9.9%608โˆ’22.3%
32โ€“TESLAMODEL 315315000.8%โ€“+54.5%505+29.8%
33โˆ’12TOYOTAYARIS CROSS153000.8%โˆ’16.4%โˆ’17.3%880+21.5%
34โˆ’8SEAT / CUPRAFORMENTOR1510200.8%โˆ’5.6%โˆ’20.9%621+8.9%
35+10SEAT / CUPRATERRAMAR1510260.8%+24.8%โˆ’37.6%627โˆ’28.3%
36โˆ’1OPELCORSA149900.8%+13.7%+7.2%747+45.9%
37+45ZEEKR7X14714200.7%+88.5%โ€“350โ€“
38โˆ’23HYUNDAITUCSON1460230.7%โˆ’32.4%โˆ’15.6%721โˆ’24.7%
39โˆ’2BMW1ER144000.7%+11.6%โˆ’5.3%685โˆ’29.5%
40+27KIASPORTAGE137080.7%+47.3%โˆ’26.3%621โˆ’22.5%
41โ€“RENAULTTWINGO13713700.7%โ€“โ€“146โ€“
42+24BYDSEALION 713213200.7%+41.9%โ€“354+594.1%
43+10RENAULTCLIO132000.7%+23.4%+45.1%688+30.6%
44โˆ’6MGZS131000.7%+1.6%+70.1%701+58.6%
45โˆ’16SUZUKIVITARA1294300.7%โˆ’11.6%+138.9%486+51.4%
46โˆ’22MERCEDES-BENZA128090.7%โˆ’26.4%โˆ’9.9%691+3.1%
47+8VOLKSWAGENT61274790.6%+19.8%โˆ’13.0%495+25.3%
48โˆ’23DACIASANDERO125000.6%โˆ’25.1%โˆ’33.5%1 005โˆ’6.6%
49+9HYUNDAIKONA1252900.6%+20.2%+6.8%471โˆ’19.3%
50โ€“RENAULTKANGOO1231000.6%โ€“+59.7%2140.0%

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. ALPINA B5 (1), AUDI A4 (1).

Electric models 151

#ยฑMakeModelBEVBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1SKODAELROQ3206.3%+2.2%+46.8%1 394
2โˆ’1SKODAENYAQ2695.3%โˆ’36.1%+20.1%1 457
3+7VOLKSWAGENID.32013.9%+97.1%+58.3%532
40TESLAMODEL Y1933.8%+1.0%โˆ’41.5%894
5+4AUDIQ41813.6%+66.1%+17.5%699
6โˆ’3VOLVOEX301753.4%โˆ’12.1%+86.2%785
7โˆ’2BMWIX11553.0%+13.1%โˆ’9.9%608
8+52TESLAMODEL 31502.9%+581.8%+63.0%502
9+6ZEEKR7X1422.8%+100.0%โ€“328
10โ€“RENAULTTWINGO1372.7%โ€“โ€“146
110BYDSEALION 71322.6%+41.9%+633.3%351
12โˆ’6BMWX31162.3%โˆ’12.8%โ€“448
13โˆ’5RENAULTR51032.0%โˆ’9.6%0.0%480
14+2TOYOTAC-HR961.9%+43.3%โ€“273
15โ€“KIAEV2951.9%โ€“โ€“98
16+7VOLKSWAGENID.7841.7%+71.4%+55.6%233
17โˆ’10MERCEDES-BENZCLA831.6%โˆ’37.6%โ€“363
18โˆ’6AUDIQ6801.6%โˆ’11.1%โˆ’39.4%340
19+22SMART#5771.5%+133.3%+670.0%237
20+2MERCEDES-BENZGLB711.4%+42.0%โ€“169

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 65

#ยฑMakeTotalBEVPHEVShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+1VOLKSWAGEN2 24937725211.4%+16.7%+4.7%10 104+12.3%
2โˆ’1SKODA1 9995895710.1%โˆ’3.5%โˆ’0.1%9 006+7.0%
30MERCEDES-BENZ1 5702572078.0%โˆ’0.9%+0.3%6 729โˆ’4.7%
4+1AUDI1 5433092757.8%+28.7%+8.2%6 645โˆ’3.2%
5โˆ’1BMW1 5433582947.8%โˆ’0.5%โˆ’21.0%8 083โˆ’10.7%
60TOYOTA1 043213475.3%+2.2%+7.4%5 114+13.5%
70RENAULT968350364.9%+28.7%+18.0%3 558โˆ’6.0%
80SEAT / CUPRA778120813.9%+11.1%โˆ’29.5%3 247โˆ’19.6%
90VOLVO6602772043.3%โˆ’3.6%โˆ’0.9%3 299+10.2%
100HYUNDAI642155353.3%โˆ’1.4%โˆ’22.6%2 812โˆ’28.7%
110BYD5803042742.9%+4.5%+1015.4%1 929+1287.8%
12+3KIA557221342.8%+47.0%โˆ’1.4%2 455โˆ’6.7%
13+8MINI44213602.2%+64.3%+12.2%1 379โˆ’17.1%
14โˆ’2DACIA4411702.2%โˆ’16.2%โˆ’34.4%2 862โˆ’11.8%
15+1PEUGEOT37568321.9%+4.2%โˆ’16.7%1 982โˆ’11.0%
16+6TESLA37334901.9%+42.9%โˆ’16.9%1 618โˆ’15.4%
17+3OPEL3445151.7%+25.5%+12.8%1 573+28.6%
18โˆ’1SUZUKI3414321.7%+0.3%+10.7%1 437โˆ’9.1%
19โˆ’6FORD33664661.7%โˆ’22.8%โˆ’35.3%1 922โˆ’25.0%
20โˆ’6PORSCHE33264541.7%โˆ’12.6%โˆ’26.4%1 917โˆ’13.0%
21โˆ’3MG3145991.6%โˆ’5.1%+70.7%1 727+73.4%
22+1CITROEN2372571.2%โˆ’4.8%+48.1%1 309+45.8%
23โˆ’4MAZDA23411161.2%โˆ’24.3%+15.3%1 529+11.0%
240HONDA2000101.0%โˆ’5.2%โˆ’35.5%994โˆ’2.5%
250LAND ROVER1850940.9%โˆ’5.1%โˆ’6.6%988โˆ’1.9%
260FIAT1764800.9%+23.1%+63.0%784+53.1%
27+3ZEEKR15514800.8%+82.4%โ€“401โ€“
28โˆ’1LEAPMOTOR12081390.6%โˆ’15.5%+160.9%629+189.9%
29+4SMART10910900.6%+60.3%+11.2%354+25.1%
30โˆ’1SUBARU1072400.5%โˆ’1.8%โˆ’18.3%461โˆ’11.3%

Electric brands 46

#ยฑMakeBEVBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10SKODA58911.6%โˆ’19.8%+33.3%2 851
2+4VOLKSWAGEN3777.4%+57.7%+13.2%1 159
3โˆ’1BMW3587.0%โˆ’0.6%+2.9%1 529
4+5RENAULT3506.9%+87.2%+93.4%1 035
5+2TESLA3496.9%+53.1%โˆ’18.6%1 497
6โˆ’1AUDI3096.1%+27.2%โˆ’22.8%1 283
7+1BYD3046.0%+36.9%+623.8%810
8โˆ’4VOLVO2775.4%โˆ’12.9%+7.4%1 296
9โˆ’6MERCEDES-BENZ2575.0%โˆ’26.8%+60.6%1 036
100KIA2214.3%+40.8%+132.6%908

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.