Henk Bekker 
In 2019, American Honda sales increased by 0.2% in the US with Honda brand trucks selling at record levels. In 2019, American Honda sold 1,608,176 cars and SUVs in the USA – an increase of 0.2%. Honda brand sales were up by 0.3% while Acura sales contracted by 1%. Honda truck sales in the US … Read more
In 2019, Hyundai sales in the USA increased by 3% to 688,771 cars and SUV. The Elantra and Tucson were the top-selling models. In 2019, Hyundai sold 688,771 vehicles in the USA for the best calendar year total sales since 2016. The total year sales results were a 3% volume increase, while retail sales were … Read more
Genesis reported a record 21,233 retail sales for its cars in the USA in full calendar year 2019. Genesis Motors America reported doubling sales to 21,233 cars in the USA for the full year 2019. The top-selling model was the G70 that represented nearly 60% of all Genesis sales in the USA in 2019. Genesis … Read more
In full-year 2019, the Renault Clio and Peugeot 208 were again the best-selling car models in France despite model changes during the year. Although the Peugeot 208 topped the car sales statistics of the best-selling car models in France in 2019, the Renault Clio remained by far the top-selling car name and the clear favorite … Read more
In 2019 (full year), the PSA Group remained the largest carmaker in France while Renault was the top-selling brand. In 2019, the PSA Group was again the largest car manufacturing group in France followed by the Renault and Volkswagen groups. Renault was the top-selling car brand followed by Peugeot, Citroen, Volkswagen, and Dacia. New passenger … Read more
In 2019, the new car market in France expanded by 2% to just over 2.2 million passenger vehicles. Electric car sales were up, diesels were down. In 2019 (full year), new passenger vehicle registrations in France increased by 2.2% to 2,214,279 cars – the highest total car sales in France since 2010. French car manufacturers … Read more
October 2019: New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe increased by 8%. Diesels sales were down by SUVs took a record 40% market share. New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union increased by 8.7% to 1,177,746 cars in October 2019. The growth was helped by exceptionally low sales in October 2018 but still represents the … Read more
September 2019: New passenger vehicle registrations in the EU and EFTA increased by 14.4%. Volkswagen led the market followed by Mercedes-Benz and Renault. The European new car market recovered strongly in September 2019 with sales up by 14.4% to 1,285,494 cars. The sharp increase is largely due to very weak sales in September 2018. Volkswagen … Read more
January to September 2019: The Volkswagen and Peugeot Groups were Europe’s largest carmakers, Volkswagen and Renault the top-selling brands, and the VW Golf the favorite car model. Q1-Q3/2019: The VW, PSA and Renault groups remained Europe’s largest carmakers with Volkswagen, Renault, and Ford the top-selling car brands. The largest carmakers and brands had weaker sales … Read more
Q1-3 /2019: Germany remained the largest new car market in Europe followed by the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. January to September 2019: New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union and EFTA countries contracted by 1.6% to just over 12 million cars. Germany was again by far the largest new car market in Europe … Read more