Overview of the Industry

Germany is recognized by the world over for its outstanding automotive industry and excellence in engineering. From Asia to America, German cars embody highly cherished values of innovation, reliability, safety, and design. Germany is, by some distance, Europe’s leading production and sales market. The country’s world-class R&D infrastructure, complete industry value chain integration, and highly qualified workforce create an internationally peerless automotive environment. It enables companies to develop cutting-edge technologies that ideally address tomorrow’s mobility needs.

Being home to the modern car, the German automobile industry is regarded as the most competitive and innovative in the world. It has the third-highest car production in the world and the fourth-highest total motor vehicle production, with an annual output close to six million and a 31.5% share of the European Union (2017).

German-designed cars won the European Car of the Year, the International Car of the Year, and the World Car of the Year annual awards, most often among all countries, with BMW, Audi, and Mercedes Benz contributing and competing to be at the top of the table.