Henk Bekker
In full-year 2023, Daihatsu was the top mini-vehicle maker in Japan, Suzuki the best-selling minicar brand, and Honda N-Box the top-selling Kei model. 2023 (January to December): minicar sales in Japan increased by 9.5% to 1,341,330 kei passenger cars. Sales of mini commercial vehicles were down by 2.3% to 403,589 vehicles. The total mini vehicle … Read more
In full-year 2023, Volkswagen, Ford and Audi were again the top-selling car brands in Britain with all top marques increasing sales in the UK. 2023 (January to December): The seven largest car brands in Britain were in the same rank positions as a year ago. Volkswagen was the top-selling car brand in the UK for … Read more
In full-year 2023, the best-selling battery electric car models in Britain were the Tesla Model Y and the MG 4. 2023 (January to December): The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling electric car model in Britain for the second consecutive year. A new model, the MG 4 was the second most popular while the Audi … Read more
In full-year 2023, the Ford Puma and Nissan Qashqai were the top-selling car models in Britain while the Tesla Model Y was again the UK’s favorite battery-electric car. 2023 (January to December): For the first time ever, the Ford Puma was the top-selling car model in Britain in a full calendar year. It replaced the … Read more
In full-year 2023, the new car market in Britain expanded with sales up by 18% to 1.9 million new passenger vehicle registrations in the UK. 2023 (January to December): new passenger vehicle registrations in Britain increased by 17.9% to 1,903,054 cars — the highest level in four years and the first year-on-year market expansion since … Read more
In full-year 2023, Ford and Lincoln car sales in the USA increased by 7.1% to almost 2 million vehicles with the F-Series and Explorer the top-selling models. 2023 (January to December): Ford Motor Company sales in the USA were up 7.1% to 1,995,912 vehicles. Ford branded sales were up 7.5% to 1,914,094 vehicles while Lincoln … Read more
In full-year 2023, FCA (Stellantis) car sales in the USA were flat with Dodge and Chrysler brands growing but Jeep, Ram, Alfa Romeo, and Fiat were weaker. 2023 (January to December): FCA US LLC (Stellantis) sold 1% fewer vehicles in the USA compared to 2022. Jeep and Ram remained by far the largest two FCA … Read more
In full-year 2023, BMW sales in the USA increased by 9% to set a new brand record while Mini car sales were up by 13.5%. The BMW X5 and X3 were the top-selling models. 2023 (January to December): BMW of North America increased car sales in the USA by 9.4% to 395,741 vehicles. BMW brand … Read more
In full-year 2023, Volkswagen increased car sales in the USA by 9% with the Tiguan and Atlas the top-selling VW models in the US. 2023 (January to December): Volkswagen of America increased car sales in the USA by 9.3% to 329,029 vehicles. Although sales were 28,000 vehicles more than in 2022, VW sales were still … Read more
In full-year 2023, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and BMW were again the best-selling car brands in Germany while Skoda was again the the top foreign marque. 2023 (January to December): Volkswagen easily maintained its traditional position as Germany’s largest carmaker with VW the top-selling car brand. However, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and BMW all gained more market share. … Read more