Audi is doing great. A4 is the best seller and A6 is very close to E and 5 while a few years ago E class outsold A6 more than 3 to 1 (and 5 series nearly 2 to 1). So E class is doing worse than any previous generation.

Audi is doing very well in Sweden
Sales during September 2005. Top 40.

1 VOLVO V/C70
2 VOLVO V50
3 SAAB 9−5
4 VW GOLF
5 TOYOTA COROLLA
6 FORD FOCUS
7 SAAB 9−3
8 PEUGEOT
9 VW PASSAT
10 RENAULT MEGANE
11 SKODA OCTAVIA
12 VOLVO S60
13 PEUGEOT
14 AUDI A4
15 PEUGEOT
16 OPEL ASTRA
17 AUDI A6
18 TOYOTA AVENSIS
19 SKODA FABIA
20 VOLVO S40N
21 CITROEN C5
22 BMW 3−SERIE
23 RENAULT CLIO
24 FORD MONDEO
25 TOYOTA YARIS
26 BMW 5−SERIE
27 CITROEN C4
28 VW POLO
29 VOLVO S80
30 HYUNDAI GETZ
31 MERCEDES C−KLASS
32 OPEL VECTRA
33 VOLVO XC90
34 CITROEN C3
35 AUDI A3
36 FORD FIESTA
37 MAZDA6
38 HONDA CR−V
39 MERCEDES E−KLASS
40 HYUNDAI SANTA FE

WOW, I'm really suprised that the CLS has out sold the S, A8 and even the 7er. Great job MB And even though the CLS has been selling well the E-class is still on top of the leauge which is even more suprising concidering that it is older than the A6 and 5er which are very comepetive cars. I guess MB is the thank the Taxi companies for the high sale number.

I bet by the end of it's life cycle the w211 outsells the w210. It's not a matter of the E performing particularly poorly, but the competition really upping the ante. The A6 is truly a fantastic car. Mercedes better recognise they've got a big job to do with this facelift.

The golf is a superb car for its price. As an overall package it trounces the competition as is worth the bit of extra $.

The Germans would have very well known that a new S was on its way, hence the weaker sales. The new one will sort this out no problem.

Personaly I hope the CLS, 7er, A8/S8 will outsell it.
Also, one thing that pisses me off, WTheF do germans see the MINIs as models of BMW instead off a stand alone brand ?!

good luck with that hope

Word!!!

I redid the list to give people an idea of VAG's market share here by bolding out the VWs and the Skodas in the list.

Uh huh.

Im gonna say this the second time but, Im very very very surprised with the E-Class. After the facelift, if the quality is better, it will sell more I hope!