Henk Bekker
Q1/2020: Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi were the best-selling car brands in Germany and the VW Golf the top-selling model. January to March 2020: New passenger vehicle registrations in Germany contracted by 20% largely due to the Coronavirus closing both salesrooms and registration offices. Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz remained the top-selling car brands in Germany during the … Read more
Peugeot replaced Renault as the best-selling car brand in France in the first quarter of 2020 while the Peugeot 208 was the top-selling model ahead of the Renault Clio. From the beginning of 2020, the French new car market was weaker but it completely collapsed during March 2020. The PSA Group remained by far the … Read more
In February 2020, new passenger vehicle registrations in Europe contracted by 7%. The Renault Clio outsold the Volkswagen Golf. New car sales in Europe (European Union, EFTA, and the UK) were 7% lower in February 2020 than a year ago and follows on January when the market contracted by an even stronger 7.6%. Car sales … Read more
In 2019, Lamborghini sales worldwide increased by 43% with the Urus super SUV by far the most popular Lamborghini model. In full-year 2019, Lamborghini achieved record sales by delivering 8,2015 cars to customers worldwide. The most-popular Lamborghini model was the Urus super SUV that contributed 60% of total cars sold by Lamborghini in 2019. Lamborghini … Read more
February 2020: car sales worldwide were lower with the market in China collapsing, sales weak in Europa, Japan, and India, and only the US and Brazilian markets stronger. January & February 2020: new passenger vehicle registrations were lower worldwide with only the US market growing to become again the largest single-country new car market in … Read more
January 2020: New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe contracted by 8% while electrified car sales surged in many markets. The European new car market was smaller in January 2020 with sales significantly down on both January 2019 and December 2019. The contraction was largely predicted due to a change in emission regulations that brought many … Read more
In full-year 2019, car CO2 emissions in Europe increased overall to a five year high with increases in most countries and for most brands. In 2019, volume-weighted average CO2 emissions emitted by all new passenger vehicles registered for the first time during 2019 in the European Union increased by 1.3 g/km to a five-year high … Read more
In 2020, the total number of passenger vehicles registered for use on German roads increased to almost 50 million. Volkswagen and Mercedes were the most common cars. On 1 January 2020, the total number of passenger vehicles registered for use on public roads in Germany was 47,715,977 cars – an increase of 1.3%. Volkswagen remained … Read more
Bugatti announced the production of the 250th Chiron in 2020 – the halfway mark for the planned Chiron production run of 500 cars. Production of the Bugatti Chiron hyper sports car has reached its halfway point three years after the first car was delivered to a client. The 250th Chiron – a Chiron Sport “Edition Noire … Read more
In 2019, the top-selling car models in Europe were again the Volkswagen Golf, Renault Clio, VW Polo, and Ford Fiesta. In full-year 2019, the Volkswagen Golf was again the best-selling car model in the European Union (EU). The Renault Clio was again the second-top-selling car in Europe followed by the VW Polo and Ford Fiesta. … Read more