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Where I live I see a lot of BMW 3 Series and Audi A4's but honestly don't see too many Mercedes vehicles. It's a weird anomaly. They all offer AWD options (very popular here).
For every MB I see there are at least 5-6 BMW/Audi
I would have said the big three are BMW, Mercedes and VW.
Although I maintain a residence, I am not often there, so I cannot say I live in any one place. I travel a great deal and part of my occupation is observation. From my personal experience what I see: In the American Northeast, BMW and VW appear common. Mercedes less so, except in Manhattan. In the American Northwest, VW is common, but BMW and Mercedes less so. In the American Midwest none of them are common. VW probably being the most prevalent. In Florida, Mercedes is common followed by BMW, VW not so much. Texas - Mercedes is somewhat common, a few BMWs and VWs but not enough to call them common.
Porsche is quite common in California and somewhat common in New YorkCity and Boston areas. I am lumping them in with VW.
Audi is not all that common in my experience. They seem most common in the Northeast, quite a few in California and Florida. I do not recall ever seeing one in Texas. Oddly I see them with some regularity in the US automaker states (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois). Those States tend to be overwhelmingly US based automakers vehicles (except Chicago).
These are merely my observations, it may well be the real spread of German makes is completely different.
I would say locally in WNY, BMW and Mercedes have a similar following, followed a distant third by Audi. There is not an over abundance of any of them however. (Each with a single dealer serving the whole metro area).
1. BMW (1-3-5 Series, X1-3-5)
2. Audi (A4-5-6, Q3-5-7)
3. Mercedes-Benz (A-C-E-M-GLK-CLA Class)
Best-selling cars of 2014:
1. VW Golf (hatcback, wagon, EV version available)
2. Toyota Auris (compact hatchback)
3. Nissan Leaf
4. Skodia Octavia (VW-derived sedan and wagon)
5. Tesla Model S
6. Toyota Yaris
7. Mazda CX-5
8. VW up! (tiny hatchback, EV version available)
9. Toyota RAV4
10. Volvo V40 (small hatchback)
BMW and Audi seem tied where I am in the western suburbs of Boston with more Q5's and X3's than anything else. In my town's 200-space commuter lot there are usually about 5 Q5's and 3 X3's. About 40 out of 200 cars are Audi/BMW, both of which outnumber every single other brand. Honda is probably #3. I don't see too many MB's. But then again, you know what they say ... you notice the car brands that you own more than other brands. I own an Audi, Honda and BMW. Go figure...
It's quite opposite to the US here. In the US, if you drive a BMW or Audi, you're probably a doctor, lawyer or some other highly skilled, high income individual who earned their money with hard work and can actually afford the car.
Here, BMW-s are usually driven by late teens to mid twenties wannabe thugs who got their first job, live at home, and spend all their money trying to maintain a German money pit car. They're everywhere. It's almost shameful to drive one. A few cause massive highway wrecks every winter.
Lots of BMW X5-s and X6-s are driven by overweight leather jacket wearing Russian maffia types doing 50 km/h above the speed limit.
Audis are more of a "construction worker working in Norway making big money" type of car. A6-s everywhere, especially around construction sites, heh. Many owners also go for the successful businessman vibe.
Lexus is different as it's the only luxury brand that's worth the money. It lasts forever even on crappy roads. They're less powerful and hybrid which seems to keep the lowlife thug types away.
A common theme is young hot blondes driving newish luxury vehicles. But hey, they probably "worked" for it.
In general there's a lot of showing off going on as few people here can actually afford those cars. Living in a studio apartment and driving a BMW 7 series is a depressingly common way of life here.
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