According to a survey made by the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany in 2012 sold 3.08 million new cars, each costing an average of €26,000. As you know, domestic brands dominate both in terms of sales volume and by the side of profitability, although there were unexpected surprises. For example, Hyundai and Kia earned an average of €1.183 per car, while Nissan was earning €890 per car.
Someone who wanted to buy a Mercedes-Benz, on average, gave €42.000, leaving €3.032 gain in the company from Stuttgart. The Audi and BMW were earning more from each car sold because the Audi was making €3.721 per car, while the BMW €4.132. The lower profits were the French companies, since the Renault won just € 241, while PSA Peugeot Citroen €510.
However, the company with the biggest gains were Porsche , after an average of €17.053 was making each time you sell a car.
Somehow that explains the profits announced by Porsche for the first quarter of 2013 which reached 573 million (+9% over 2012). The income reached 3.27 billion euro (8%) and sold a total of 37,009 cars (+21% compared to the same period of 2012).
