Henk Bekker 
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
First Semester 2021: the Volkswagen and Stellantis groups were the largest car manufacturers in Europe with VW and Peugeot the top-selling car brands. During the first half of 2021, the Volkswagen Group easily remained the largest carmaker in Europe while the newly formed Stellantis Group was the second largest car manufacturer in the European Union. … Read more
First Semester 2021: new car sales in the European Union, UK, and EFTA countries increased by 27% with Germany and France the largest markets in Europe. January to June 2021: New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU), United Kingdom, and EFTA countries increased by 27.1% but were still around 2 million cars less … Read more
First Semester 2021: Volkswagen, Tesla, and Smart were the best-selling electric car brands in Germany with the VW Up, Tesla Model 3, and VW ID.3 the top-selling car models. During the first half of 2021, Volkswagen was by far the best-selling electric car brand in Germany followed by Tesla and Smart. The VW Up was … Read more