Henk Bekker
In November 2021, car sales in Europe contracted by nearly a fifth but Volkswagen was again the top carmaker while the Renault Clio was the best-selling car model. New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe contracted by 18% in November 2021 largely due to the continued lack of computer chips and other components. Although the Volkswagen … Read more
October 2021: Stellantis outsold Volkswagen as the new car market in Europe contracted by a third with the VW Golf slipping to only 20th sales position. The European new car market contracted by nearly a third in October 2021 with sales down to only 790,652 vehicles. All manufacturers struggled with a shortage in electronic components … Read more
September 2021: new passenger vehicle registrations in Europe contracted by 25% while the Tesla Model 3 was the top-selling car model and SUVs sales increased to take a 47% share of the total market. Car sales in Europe in September 2021 slumped by a quarter to only 964,800 vehicles. Strong end of the third quarter … Read more
2021 (Q1-Q3): The Volkswagen Group was the largest carmaker in Europe with Volkswagen the best-selling car brand while Toyota outsold Peugeot. January to September 2021: The Volkswagen Group gained market share to once again supply just over a quarter of all new cars registered in the European Union, EFTA, and the UK. The Stellantis Group … Read more
Q1-Q3/2021: Germany was the largest single-country car market in Europe. Car sales in the European Union (EU), EFTA, and the UK increased by 6.9%. January to September 2021: new passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU), EFTA, and the UK increased by a modest 6.9%, after weak sales during the third quarter of 2021. … Read more
In August 2021 the European new car market contracted by 18% — sales of electrified vehicles were higher than diesels for the first time ever in Europe. New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU), EFTA, and the UK contracted by 18% in August 2021 to only 713,714 cars. The share of diesel cars … Read more
In July 2021, new car sales in Europe contracted by a quarter compared to the market in 2020 and 2019. The Dacia Sandero followed by the VW Golf were the top-selling car models. New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe contracted by 24% in July 2021 compared to July 2020 and were 26% lower than in … Read more
Half Year 2021: new car sales increased in all major global markets with growth particularly strong in Q2. China remained the largest car market followed by the USA and Europe. First Half Year 2021: car sales worldwide increased in all major markets of the world. In India, the market nearly doubled while sales were up … Read more
In June 2021, new car sales in Europe increased by 13% from June 2020 but the market was still over 200,000 cars smaller than in June 2019. Volkswagen was the top-selling brand with the VW Golf the best-selling car model ahead of the Tesla Model 3. New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe increased by 13% … Read more
2021 (First Half): Germany was the largest battery-electric car market in Europe and also leading in plug-in hybrid car sales. The UK was the second-largest electric car market followed by France. In the first half of 2021, the registration of battery-electric passenger vehicles in the European Union (EU), UK, and EFTA countries more than doubled … Read more