British car sales in Germany up sevenfold in 50 years

According to auto, motor + sport British cars made up 0.2% of West German car registrations in 1963 and 0.6% of German ones in 2013.



I see that in 1963 the West Germans bought 1,271,000 cars and in 2013 the Germans registered 2,950,000.



Therefore, by these figures, only around 2,500 British cars were sold in 1963 but more like 18,000 in 2013.



The German statistics go by home country of the brand (counting Jaguar, Land Rover, Bentley, Rolls Royce, Lotus, Morgan etc as British) so that a Polo from Spain is German but a SEAT model made in Wolfsburg (as they once were) is an import.



While the MINI Countryman (aka Arnie) will count as British and inflate these figures, they are still understated for the Nissans, Toyotas and Hondas made in England - let alone the Opels from Vauxhall!



I was very surprised at this though it's still chickenfeed compared to Britain.

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