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Green Cars Gain Ground in Germany as Neutral Shades Dominate 2025 Registrations

VDA cites resale-value expectations as a key driver of color choices.

Overview

  • VDA analysis of KBA data through November shows grey/silver, black and white accounted for 77.8% of new-car registrations in 2025, totaling roughly two million vehicles.
  • Green climbed 26.5% year over year to 100,715 registrations, surpassing 100,000 for the first time in more than two decades and reaching a 3.9% share.
  • Blue remained the leading non-neutral hue with 267,075 registrations, with red at 101,706 narrowly ahead of green.
  • The combined share of neutral tones slipped from 79.5% to 77.8% as grey/silver and white lost ground and black ticked up slightly.
  • Total passenger-car registrations reached about 2.6 million through November, up 0.7% from a year earlier, with Volkswagen the top brand.