Austria April 2026: BYD breaks into Top 10, smashes all records

13 May 2026 at 06:21

The BYD Atto 3 is up to 6th place in Austria in April.

The Austrian new car market continues on its outstanding run: after growing by 27.2% in March, it is up by another 10.7% in April to 27,509. As a result the year-to-date volume is up by a strong 15.3% to 104,744. Volkswagen (+2.9%) easily remains in the lead of the brands charts but trails the market to 13.5% share vs. 14.5% so far this year. Skoda (+10.7%) ranks #2 again at 10.5% share, while Audi (+16%) soars YoY but remains in third place. Seat (+35.6%, for once) ensures the Top 5 is 100% VW Group, while Mercedes (+34.3%) also lodges a fantastic result. However the performer of the month is BYD, up a stunning 116.2% year-on-year to break all its records: first time inside the Austrian Top 10 at #7 (previous best #11 reached in August 2025, January 2026 and March 2026, 1,243 sales (previous best 1,112 last month) and 4.5% share (previous best 3.6% last August).

Model-wise, the Skoda Octavia (+7.2%) is up one spot on March to lead the way with 2.4% share ahead of the VW Golf (+9.4%) which remains by far the YTD best seller with almost 1,000 units more than the Octavia. The BMW X1 (-26.4%) advances to #3 but is down sharply YoY due to a high year-ago comparison base when it topped the charts outright. The Seat Ibiza (+8.9%) is all up one rank to #4 followed by the Skoda Elroq (+38.4%). Meanwhile the BYD Atto 3 (+792.2%) lodges its second ever Top 20 finish alongside #13 in June 2024 and breaks into the Austrian Top 10 for the first time at #6. The BMW X3 (+98.3%), Mercedes GLC (+94.6%), Hyundai Tucson (+93.8%) and Skoda Enyaq (+84.5%) also impress below.

Previous month: Austria March 2026: Market up 27.2%, Tesla Model Y best-seller

One year ago: Austria April 2025: Cupra breaks all records, BMW X1 #1

Full April 2026 Top 56 All brands and Top 20 models below.

Austria April 2026 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Apr-26	%	/25	Mar	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Volkswagen	3,713	13.5%	+ 2.9%	1	15,238	14.5%	+ 16.7%	1	1
2	Skoda	2,888	10.5%	+ 10.7%	2	11,426	10.9%	+ 19.9%	2	2
3	Audi	1,995	7.3%	+ 16.0%	3	7,461	7.1%	+ 14.5%	3	4
4	BMW	1,821	6.6%	– 16.7%	4	6,447	6.2%	– 8.5%	4	3
5	Seat	1,474	5.4%	+ 35.6%	6	5,206	5.0%	+ 19.9%	5	8
6	Mercedes	1,382	5.0%	+ 34.3%	7	4,808	4.6%	+ 17.4%	6	6
7	BYD	1,243	4.5%	+ 116.2%	11	3,727	3.6%	+ 69.0%	9	15
8	Cupra	1,086	3.9%	– 18.0%	10	3,971	3.8%	– 2.3%	8	10
9	Hyundai	943	3.4%	+ 0.0%	8	2,922	2.8%	+ 8.2%	15	7
10	Dacia	940	3.4%	– 10.4%	9	4,026	3.8%	– 3.1%	7	5
11	Toyota	923	3.4%	– 21.2%	13	3,453	3.3%	– 4.5%	10	9
12	Ford	881	3.2%	+ 13.8%	17	2,997	2.9%	+ 5.2%	12	13
13	Peugeot	834	3.0%	+ 6.5%	15	3,371	3.2%	+ 33.3%	11	12
14	Renault	805	2.9%	– 13.0%	12	2,986	2.9%	– 7.4%	13	11
15	Opel	756	2.7%	+ 24.5%	16	2,937	2.8%	+ 25.0%	14	14
16	Kia	754	2.7%	+ 54.2%	19	2,585	2.5%	+ 29.9%	17	17
17	Citroen	741	2.7%	+ 40.6%	21	2,245	2.1%	+ 31.1%	18	20
18	MG	614	2.2%	+ 64.6%	18	1,906	1.8%	+ 35.8%	20	19
19	Mazda	510	1.9%	+ 15.6%	14	2,111	2.0%	+ 2.5%	19	16
20	Volvo	404	1.5%	+ 5.2%	23	1,489	1.4%	+ 18.4%	22	21
21	Fiat	346	1.3%	+ 86.0%	22	1,642	1.6%	+ 118.9%	21	23
22	Tesla	248	0.9%	+ 26.5%	5	2,616	2.5%	+ 74.4%	16	18
23	Jeep	220	0.8%	+ 49.7%	25	854	0.8%	+ 93.2%	24	27
24	Suzuki	219	0.8%	– 35.6%	20	1,339	1.3%	– 13.6%	23	22
25	Mini	192	0.7%	– 4.5%	35	485	0.5%	– 23.3%	34	26
26	Jaecoo	183	0.7%	new	29	617	0.6%	new	27	42
27	Nissan	167	0.6%	+ 263.0%	24	739	0.7%	– 47.1%	25	24
28	Leapmotor	166	0.6%	+ 163.5%	31	565	0.5%	+ 433.0%	30	32
29	Mitsubishi	154	0.6%	– 10.5%	26	709	0.7%	+ 11.7%	26	25
30	Porsche	144	0.5%	– 30.8%	32	523	0.5%	– 22.1%	31	28
31	Alfa Romeo	134	0.5%	– 11.3%	30	494	0.5%	– 2.9%	33	29
32	Land Rover	110	0.4%	– 22.0%	33	586	0.6%	+ 22.1%	28	31
33	Omoda	106	0.4%	new	28	514	0.5%	new	32	57
34	Honda	102	0.4%	– 21.5%	27	574	0.5%	+ 22.9%	29	30
35	Xpeng	64	0.2%	new	37	181	0.2%	new	36	43
36	Smart	45	0.2%	+ 246.2%	36	167	0.2%	+ 81.5%	37	34
37	Polestar	38	0.1%	– 33.3%	34	246	0.2%	– 5.7%	35	33
38	Lexus	30	0.1%	+ 7.1%	39	126	0.1%	+ 15.6%	38	37
39	KGM/SsangYong	29	0.1%	– 17.1%	38	116	0.1%	– 2.5%	39	36
40	Subaru	22	0.1%	– 42.1%	40	73	0.1%	– 45.1%	40	35
41	Alpine	19	0.1%	+ 0.0%	41	44	0.0%	– 24.1%	42	38
42	Lamborghini	11	0.0%	+ 57.1%	44	36	0.0%	+ 56.5%	43	40
43	Aston Martin	9	0.0%	+ 28.6%	47	15	0.0%	– 6.3%	46	45
44	DS	9	0.0%	– 59.1%	42	56	0.1%	+ 12.0%	41	39
45	Bentley	7	0.0%	+ 40.0%	45	16	0.0%	– 11.1%	45	44
46	Ferrari	6	0.0%	+ 20.0%	46	17	0.0%	– 52.8%	44	41
47	ACS	5	0.0%	new	–	10	0.0%	new	48	–
48	McLaren	4	0.0%	+ 0.0%	52	7	0.0%	– 56.3%	51	49
49	MAN	3	0.0%	+ 200.0%	58	13	0.0%	+ 333.3%	47	48
50	DFM	2	0.0%	new	–	5	0.0%	new	52	61
51	Morgan	2	0.0%	+ 0.0%	–	2	0.0%	– 33.3%	60	62
52	NIO	2	0.0%	+ 100.0%	60	8	0.0%	+ 700.0%	50	52
53	BAIC	1	0.0%	– 50.0%	50	4	0.0%	– 55.6%	53	50
54	Fisker	1	0.0%	– 75.0%	–	1	0.0%	– 97.4%	63	46
55	Lancia	1	0.0%	new	–	1	0.0%	new	65	68
56	Maserati	1	0.0%	– 50.0%	59	4	0.0%	+ 33.3%	54	54

Austria April 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Apr-26	%	/25	Mar	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Skoda Octavia	652	2.4%	+ 7.2%	2	2,362	2.3%	– 13.3%	2	1
2	VW Golf	607	2.2%	+ 9.4%	3	3,268	3.1%	+ 31.7%	1	2
3	BMW X1	518	1.9%	– 26.4%	4	1,838	1.8%	– 5.8%	4	3
4	Seat Ibiza	491	1.8%	+ 8.9%	5	1,819	1.7%	– 10.2%	5	4
5	Skoda Elroq	476	1.7%	+ 38.4%	n/a	1,493	1.4%	+ 142.0%	10	17
6	BYD Atto 3	455	1.7%	+ 792.2%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
7	Seat Leon	439	1.6%	+ 30.3%	14	1,472	1.4%	+ 44.5%	12	14
8	Hyundai Tucson	434	1.6%	+ 93.8%	7	1,206	1.2%	+ 169.2%	18	19
9	Skoda Enyaq	430	1.6%	+ 84.5%	n/a	1,268	1.2%	+ 65.8%	17	20
10	Toyota Yaris/Cross	395	1.4%	– 29.8%	10	1,612	1.5%	+ 17.9%	8	5
11	Skoda Karoq	373	1.4%	– 14.6%	6	1,556	1.5%	+ 2.7%	9	8
12	VW Tiguan	370	1.3%	+ 9.1%	12	1,372	1.3%	– 2.1%	15	6
13	Mercedes GLC	362	1.3%	+ 94.6%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	79	n/a
14	BMW X3	357	1.3%	+ 98.3%	13	1,166	1.1%	+ 21.7%	20	n/a
15	Skoda Fabia	355	1.3%	– 9.4%	8	1,648	1.6%	+ 8.5%	7	9
16	BYD Seal	352	1.3%	+ 53.7%	15	1,407	1.3%	+ 18.2%	13	15
17	Dacia Sandero	344	1.3%	+ 4.2%	16	1,338	1.3%	– 16.6%	16	10
18	VW T-Roc	341	1.2%	+ 29.2%	n/a	1,185	1.1%	+ 22.4%	19	n/a
19	MG ZS	327	1.2%	+ 36.8%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	82	18
20	Audi Q3	303	1.1%	+ 99.3%	9	1,492	1.4%	+ 193.1%	11	n/a
n/a	BYD Sealion	285	1.0%	+ 5.6%	n/a	775	0.7%	+ 3.3%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Dacia Bigster	281	1.0%	+ 132.2%	20	1,405	1.3%	+ 830.5%	14	16
n/a	VW Polo	263	1.0%	– 35.4%	18	1,726	1.6%	+ 42.8%	6	11
n/a	Tesla Model Y	221	0.8%	+ 49.3%	1	2,047	2.0%	+ 113.0%	3	7

Source: Statistik Austria

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