Henk Bekker 
Renault, Peugeot and Citroen remained the best-selling motorcar brands in France during the first six months of 2012. Volkswagen remained the top-selling foreign auto marque. The French car market remained weak during the first half of 2012. January to June 2012 saw a 14.4% decline in new passenger vehicle registrations in France to 1,048,298 cars. … Read more
Car sales statistics for Greece in 2011 reflect the dire state of the Greek economy. Toyota, Opel and Volkswagen were the top brands in a very weak market. The best-selling car manufacturers and brands in Greece in 2011 were Toyota, Opel, and Volkswagen. New passenger vehicle registrations in Greece were sharply down with almost a … Read more
A Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa tops the list of the most expensive cars sold at auction in 2011. A 540K Spezial Roadster was the most expensive Mercedes sold ever. 2011 was a good year for very rare vintage cars sold at auction. A 1957 Ferrari 250 TR Testa Rossa became the most expensive car ever … Read more
Black, gray and white were the favorite colors for new cars registered in Germany. Brown showed the largest percentage increase. Black narrowly overtook gray in 2011 to become the most popular color for new cars registered in Germany. White cars are increasingly in fashion again while blue is less popular. More worryingly, brown overtook red … Read more
The Toyota Auris, Prius, and Lexus CT were the most popular hybrid vehicles with the highest number of new car registrations in Germany in 2011. In 2011, the German hybrid car market was again dominated by Japanese manufacturers Toyota, Lexus, and Honda. Top-selling hybrid cars were the Toyota Auris and Toyota Prius. Only three of … Read more
Renault, Peugeot, Citroen, and Volkswagen, were the best-selling car brands in France at the start of 2012. The Renault Clio remains France’s favorite car. 2012 started badly for the French motoring industry with sales down by over a fifth during the first three months of the year. French manufacturers Renault, Peugeot, and Citroen remained the … Read more
The VW Group remained the best-selling car manufacturer in Western Europe and Volkswagen the top-selling auto brand in the first quarter of 2012. The first quarter of 2012 saw the VW Group and Volkswagen brand increase their dominance of the European car market. Other major automobile manufacturing groups including Peugeot, Ford, Renault, GM, and Fiat … Read more
New passenger vehicle registrations in Western Europe continued to decline during the first quarter of 2012. Germany, Britain, France and Italy were the biggest auto markets in Europe. 2012 began with weak car sales in Western Europe with new passenger vehicle registrations down by 7.3% for the first quarter of 2012. Germany and the United … Read more
The Japanese car market grew by half with Toyota and Honda sales up two-thirds during the first quarter of 2012. The Toyota Prius and Honda Fit remained the best selling models. 2012 started very well for the Japanese car market. During the first three months of the year, Japanese new vehicle registrations increased by nearly … Read more
During the first three months of 2012, the British car market showed weak growth with Ford, Vauxhall, and Volkswagen the strongest selling car brands. The first quarter of 2012 saw an increase of almost a percentage point in new passenger vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom. The British car market grew by 0.93% to 563,556 … Read more