Hybrid booming

Diesel and electric cars are currently slow sellers

The number of newly registered cars has fallen

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The crisis on the car market and the tense financial situation of many people is apparently also having an impact on the car trade. Significantly fewer cars were registered in Upper Austria in 2024 than a year ago. However, one drive variant is experiencing a real boom.

According to Statistics Austria, 232,100 new passenger cars were registered in Austria in the period from January to November 2024. This is an increase of 11,447 cars or 5.2 percent compared to the same period last year. However, the clocks are apparently ticking differently in Upper Austria, where there was a year-on-year decline. While 38,140 vehicles were registered from January to November 2023, this year only 36,505 were registered, which is 1635 fewer cars.

Hybrid is ahead by a nose
When it comes to the drive variant (fuel or electric), Mr. and Mrs. Upper Austrians have a clear favourite, or else they don't want to commit themselves clearly yet. Because there has been a significant increase in the hybrid petrol/electric variant. In 2023, 8284 were registered, in 2024 it was already 9920. This makes hybrids the clear number two for Upper Austrians behind petrol cars - 11,381 were registered in 2024, a year ago it was slightly more at 11,991.

More e-cars than diesel
In contrast, there was a significant decline in diesel vehicles (from 7307 to 6102). Although the number of e-cars was slightly higher, there was also a decline here from 8281 to 7060.