Henk Bekker
2020 (Q1): Germany was the largest battery-electric car and electrified vehicle market in Europe with the UK leading in hybrid car sales. In the first quarter of 2020, the registration of electrically chargeable passenger vehicles in the European Union (EU), UK, and EFTA countries increased by 82% to 228,210 cars. The sales of battery-electric cars … Read more
In April 2020, the British new car market collapsed by 97.3%. Tesla and the Model 3 were the top-selling car brand and model in the UK. New passenger vehicle registrations in the UK contracted by 97.3% in April 2020 to only 4,321 cars — the lowest number of cars sold in the UK in a … Read more
In March 2020, global car sales contracted by 40% — European market strongly influenced by Coronavirus while China started to recover. Worldwide car sales in March 2020 contracted by 39% to 5.55 million new car registrations due to the restrictions placed on consumers and producers by the Coronavirus. China, Europe, and the US all posted … Read more
In 2019, the total number of vehicles registered for use on the road in the UK increased to just over 40 million. The Ford Fiesta is the most popular car in Britain. At the start of 2020, a record 40.4 million cars, vans, trucks, and buses were registered for use in Britain. Britain’s motorparc included … Read more
In the first quarter of 2020, new car sales decreased in all major markets of the world including Europe, China, the USA, Japan, Brazil, and India. In March 2020, new passenger vehicle registrations were sharply down in most major markets in the world due to closures in response to the coronavirus. The European, Indian, and … Read more
In the first quarter of 2020, Volkswagen remained the top-selling car brand in Europe while Peugeot outsold Renault. Volkswagen gained some market share in Europe during the first three months of 2020 but the overall market was down by more than a quarter. Peugeot was the second-best-selling car brand in Europe ahead of Renault. Mercedes-Benz … Read more
March 2020: New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union, UK, and EFTA halved while car sales in the first quarter were down 26%. During the first quarter of 2020, new car sales in the European Union (EU), EFTA, and the UK were down by more than a quarter. In March 2020, usually one of … Read more
January to March 2020: Toyota gained market share in a weak market to remain Japan’s largest carmaker. The Corolla was the top-selling model car and the Honda N-Box the favorite minicar (kei). During the first quarter of 2020, Toyota remained by far the largest vehicle manufacturer in Japan while Suzuki narrowly took second place ahead … Read more
Volkswagen, Renault, and Tesla were the top-selling electric car brands in Germany during the first quarter of 2020. The eGolf the favorite BEV. First-quarter 2020: Volkswagen was the best-selling battery-electric vehicle (BEV) brand in Germany, followed by Renault and Tesla. It was a similar order for the top-selling electric car models in Germany thus far … Read more
Volkswagen was the best-selling car brand in Britain during the first quarter of 2020. The Ford Fiesta remained the top-selling car model. January – March 2020: new passenger vehicle registrations in the UK were down nearly a third in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis. Volkswagen outsold Ford for the first time to become the … Read more