What Were The Most Popular Sports Cars Sold In Germany Last Year?

Except you got it backwards, the Sky is a rebaged Opel. iirc, it was developed by Opel in Europe. Same as we're getting the Holden Commodore as the G8.

You ignorance keeps surprising me. Arent you from Europe to know better?

Lexus SC - 2! Europeans are lovin' Lexus as Houstoncutie used to say.

yeah but 2102 SLs is still better than... 2 SCs.

its built in Wilmington Delaware.

The BMW 330i driver must have really sucked to lose to a IS250. Hell my Silverado blew away some idiot driving a IS250 trying to cut me off. If you had a IS350 then different story Josh...don't blow smoke here...lol.

The Chrysler Crossfire is built in Germany by Mercedes. it is a re-skinned SLK.

why do you guys even bother arguing with Josh?

LMAO!

last year they only sold one SC....so the lexus fans would tell you that sales are growing by 100%! making lexus the fastest growing luxury brand in germany!

Hey little Josh, one could say the same thing about Americans being uniformed and buying into rebadged Toyotas aka Lexus. Your way doesn't always mean the right way. The sooner your homeroom teacher teaches you that the better you'll be when you can drive a grown-up car and not the Hot Wheels you have now.

IS220d - most polluting in its class, worst MPG in its class.

CO2 emissions of (all manual models):
IS220d: 168g/km
Merc C220 cdi: 156
A4 2.0 tdi: 144
320d: 128

And Imperial MPG of:
IS220d: 44.8
Merc C220 cdi: 46.3
A4 2.0 tdi: 51.4
BMW 320d: 58.9

0-62.5 times:
IS220d: 8.9
Merc C220 cdi: 8.5
A4 2.0 tdi: 9.4 (there will be a 2.0 tdi with 30 more hp which should get similar CO2 and MPG but will be faster)
BMW 320d: 7.9

i think josh and michel are in love

They're sure gonna wave each time they pass one another

Did a little investigating, it was two US Amry Commander's wives!

atomic bri - lol!

Well the crossfire > Lexus SC

I cant believe that was the first non-German car...that thing is a hideous POS...those lines on the hood? YUCK.

I'm also shocked they sold any SC's at all.

They most likely sold the Lexi to some American MD's based over there

The Chrysler Crossfire is built in Germany by Karmen.

crossfire is the old mercedes SLK platform by the way.

Interesting, I don't see the 3 series coupes anywhere.
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the 3-series is not considering a sports car.
however, it's laughable that the SC is.

TauronB2G: BMW 3 series coupes fall in to a different classification.

but the CLK doesn't? Weird. I guess the 6-Series does too?

I'm English, and I feel the SL is more of a sportscar than the 6 series. Why? Because the SL looks like a sports car, long bonnet short boot etc.

Erich.....I'm curious to know how the Ford Mustang is received over there; I was surprised to see it on this list.

In Britain the Mustang is a niche car, something fun and interesting, not a serious 3 series or whatever alternative (mainly because the steering wheel is on the wrong side).

What amazes me is that the SLR sold more than Ferrari 612, even though it is more expensive.

why is that fact sad? pimps are people too.

"It's one of the best cars ever made if you're looking for unmatched cruising performance."

then why doesn't it sell?

What happened to the best selling sports car in the world? The Mazda MX-5. I went to KBA's website in germany, but could not find a list for sports cars but for only the top cars , so it may be that Agent 009 just took out the ones that he remembered to be sports car and mistakenly omitted some, like the MX-5. Because it should be here.

Then for those of you who are laughing at the sales of the Lexus SC in Germany, you might feel a little worse when those in europe see our own list of say..."best selling coupes", that "honor" might fall to the Chrysler Sebring Coupe/conv!! Men, I shudder just thinking about that!! Second may go to the Pontiac G6 coupe/conv. Even the failed Crossfire might be on the top 20 list for sports cars in the US, with uglies like the Lexus SC close to the top of the list too!!

Worse still, the Smart coupe/conv, might end up being the best selling 2dr in the US this year. So lets be careful when we laugh at the Germans, we may not be any better.

Sales Statistics for the 20 Best Selling Cars in Germany in 2007:

Car Model … No of Cars Sold in 2007 … % Change from 2006 Sales
1. VW Golf/Jetta … 214,368 … -9.5
2. VW Passat … 105,308 … -15.5
3. BMW 3-Series … 100,559 … -13.1
4. Audi A4 … 84,092 … -12.8
5. Opel Astra … 83,048 … -23.3
6. Opel Corsa … 79,098 … 29.7
7. Mercedes C-Class… 78,254 … 25.4
8. VW Polo … 76,683 … -10.5
9. VW Touran … 73,081 … -12.4
10. Audi A3 … 70,517 … -8.5
11. Mercedes A-Class … 62,193 … -12.8
12. Ford Focus … 57,546 … -20.2
13. Mercedes E-Class … 56,695 … -0.2
14. Audi A6 … 55,361 … -14.4
15. BMW 1-Series … 55,105 … -2.1
16. Mercedes B-Class … 51,484 … -18.7
17. Ford Fiesta … 50,807 … -13.0
18. Skoda Fabia … 50,328 … -7.9
19. BMW 5-Series … 50,024 … -1.6
20. Skoda Octavia … 47,711 … -15.9

I do not think Lexus has a commanding market share in Germany unless you can show the data. Considering overall Lexus sales in Germany were around 40,000 for Europe per ANE with Russia taking like 13,000 of that total, I doubt the figures would be that large. Any bread and butter model of Audi, BMW, and MB likely outsold ALL of Lexus in Europe.

Who cares I live in the U.S.

A true tier 1 premium brand has global clout and respect and not just one market. Plus, the US is no longer the most important market considering that Europe will out pace the US this year due to East European growth in the premium class. Just because it doesn't go your way, no need to cry of spilled milk junior. Don't be arrogant. Lexus is only popular here. Means nothing in terms of Tier 1 respectability globally.

@josh-
..sc tops in the country of bavaria.

No we don't make better choices at buying cars. We buy cheaply made crap because we fall for the gimmicks domestic car companies throw at us. Or some single person with no kids buying a suburban or and f350 dually that never uses it for any kind of hauling or people moving whatsoever. Whats sad is if I buy a Mercedes that gets 24 mpg I have to pay a gas guzzler penalty but I can buy a 12 mpg hummer and no gas guzzler tax. Man if that isn't backwards as hell. I get penalized even though the car I am looking at gets twice the gas mileage. A few people like me do know how to buy a car. Yeah Lexus is a Good reliable alternative to BMW ETC, but there is alot missing. I think the ES is a very nice looking car, and I am a big time BMW fan. I have not had any trouble with my BMW's and everyone I know that has one has had fewer problems than Domestic cars, especially cheap Cadillacs they had before them.

what is a Wiesmann Roadster?

holy crap I haven't all of season 10 yet!!! well, at least BBC america will put it on feb the 25th when the new season starts...

A Wiesmann is an E46 BMW M3 in a 1960's roadster body. Awesome car.

This was a fan boy blood bath waiting to happen...lol. The list is opposite in Japan.

Same here in Britain fastonekiller.

And yet another classless statement from a total waste-of-space douchebag. But hey, at least you're consistent. Consistently a douchebag.

LOLZ!

You just keep those snappy one liners coming don't you? Your wit and sharpness is amazing.

And yes, we're all gay. In fact right now I've got a man dancing around me in a well filled pink thong while I throw money at him in return for some face grinding. It's rather distracting so i aplogisise fro aynspeling erorororrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrss.

Haha, they sold more Murcielagos than Lexus SC's

Great list, some errors though

1: Audi TT 14375 (Germany) HUNGARY
5: BMW Z4 6213 (Germany) USA
6: Porsche Boxster/Cayman 4213 Germany plus FINLAND
8: Opel GT 1096 (Germany) USA
9: Chrysler Crossfire 1053 (United States) GERMANY
25: Mercedes SLR 73 (Germany) UK

The Lexus SC retails for 79.000 euros in Germany, or ~$118.000. Now honestly, how much would they sell in the States if they wanted to get the same amount of money...?

Its not where its made/assembled, its what country it (the manufacturing company) originates from...