Henk Bekker 
June 2020: new car sales in China increased but other global markets including the USA, Europe, Brazil, Japan, and Russia were weaker. First Half Year 2020: car sales worldwide were much weaker with sharp contractions in all major global new car markets. During the first half of 2020, new passenger vehicle registration in Japan contracted … Read more
First Semester 2020: the Volkswagen and PSA groups remained the largest car manufacturers in Europe with VW and Renault the top-selling car brands. During the first half of 2020, the Volkswagen, PSA, and Renault groups remained the largest carmakers in Europe. Volkswagen, Renault, and Peugeot similarly were again the three best-selling car brands in Europe … Read more
First Semester 2020: new car sales in the European Union, UK, and EFTA countries contacted by 40%, with June 2020 sales down 24%. January to June 2020: New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU), United Kingdom, and EFTA countries contracted by 38%. German remained the largest single-country car market in Europe but more … Read more
First Semester 2020: Volkswagen, Renault, and Tesla were the best-selling electric car brands in Germany with the VW Golf, Renault Zoe, and Tesla Model 3 the top-selling car models. During the first half of 2020, Volkswagen was the best-selling electric car brand in Germany followed by Renault and Tesla. The VW e-Golf narrowly outsold the … Read more
First Semester 2020: Ford was the best-selling car brand in Britain and the Fiesta the favorite model. The new car market halved. During the first half of 2020, the British new car market contracted by 49% to only 653,503 new passenger vehicle registrations — the lowest first-semester car sales in the UK since 1971. Ford … Read more
First semester 2020: Toyota was the leading car brand in Japan, the Toyota Raize the best-selling car model, and the Honda N-Box the favorite kei minicar. The Japanese new car market contracted by 20% during the first half of 2020 with total vehicle sales down to 2.2 million vehicles. Toyota easily remained the largest carmaker … Read more
In the first semester of 2020, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz were the best-selling car brands in Germany. The VW Golf was the top-selling car model. In June 2020, as for the first six months of 2020, new passenger vehicle registrations in Germany contracted by a third. All car brands had weaker sales in Germany during the … Read more
In the first half of 2020, the PSA Group remained the largest carmaker in France, Renault the top-selling brand, and the Clio the favorite model. June 2020: New passenger vehicle registrations in France recovered with sales in June just higher than a year ago. Year-to-date 2020, car sales in France are down by 39% with … Read more
In May 2020, new passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union, UK, and EFTA were down 57%. The Renault Clio outsold the VW Golf. New car sales in the EU, UK, and EFTA were 43% lower during the first five months of 2020, although the contraction of 57% in May 2020 was an improvement on … Read more
For full-year 2020, a fall of 25% in new car sales in the EU is predicted in a revised forecast by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has radically revised its 2020 forecast for passenger car registrations down to about -25% in light of the major economic crisis facing … Read more