Henk Bekker 
Volkswagen, Mercedes and Audi remained Germany’s top-selling car brands during the first six months of 2019. The VW Golf was the favorite car model. During the first semester of 2019, Volkswagen lost market share but remained by far the largest carmaker in Germany. VW was followed by Mercedes-Benz and Audi – both also had slightly … Read more
In May 2019, new car sales increased in India and Japan, were flat in Europe and the USA, and weaker in Russia, China and India. January to May 2019: Brazil was the only major car market with growth during the first five months of 2019 with sales up by 11%. New passenger vehicle registrations in … Read more
May 2019: Renault and BMW were the best-selling electric car brands in Germany with the Renault Zoe, BMW i3 and Smart Fortwo the top-selling electric car models. January to May 2019: Despite weak sales in May, Tesla remained the leading electric car brand in Germany at the start of 2019. Tesla narrowly outsold Renault, which … Read more
April 2019: Car sales increased in Brazil and Japan but were lower in Europe, the USA, Russia and much weaker in India and China. January to April 2019: new passenger vehicle registrations were lower thus far this year in all major car markets in the world with the exception of Brazil. During the first four … Read more
2019 (January to March): Norway was the largest market for electrically chargeable cars in Europe followed by Germany, Britain and France. In the first quarter of 2019, the registration of electrically chargeable passenger vehicles in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries increased by 41% to 126,885 cars. The sales of battery-electric cars grew by … Read more
April 2019: Renault was the best-selling electric car brand in Germany with the Renault Zoe and BMW i3 the top-selling electric car models. January to April 2019: Tesla became the leading electric car brand in Germany at the start of 2019. Renault slipped to the second best-selling electric car brand in Germany thus far in … Read more
In March 2019, new car sales contracted by 3.6% in the EU. Electrified car registrations exceeded 100,000 for the first time while diesel sales fell to a 19 year low. In March 2019, new passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union and EFTA countries contracted for the seventh consecutive month. New car sales were down … Read more
March 2019: Car sales increased in Russia and were flat in Brazil but weaker in Europe, the USA, Japan, India and especially in China. January to March 2019: New passenger vehicle registrations during the first quarter of 2019 increased by 10% in Brazil but were lower in all other major regions of the world. New … Read more
January to March 2019: The Volkswagen Group was the largest carmaker in the EU and EFTA with VW the top-selling brand followed by Renault and Peugeot. During the first quarter the Volkswagen Group remained the largest car manufacturing corporation in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries. The French PSA and Renault groups remained second … Read more
During the first quarter of 2019, Germany and Britain were the largest two new car markets in Europe while France moved ahead of Italy. New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries contracted by 3.2% to 4,146,152 cars. Germany remained the largest single-country car market in Europe with flat sales. The … Read more