The data describes the share of new products and imitation innovations in the total revenue of the car production industry in Germany from 2008 to 2016. In 2016, the share of new products in the revenue of the car production industry amounted to roughly 10.8 percent, and the share of imitation innovations in the revenue amounted to roughly 40.1%. New products are defined as those which the company has introduced as the first provider on the market. Imitation innovations are new products of a company which have already been offered by other companies at the time of introduction.
