Henk Bekker 
In 2018, Volkswagen of America reported sales increases of 4.2% with passenger VW car sales down by 28% while SUV sales more than doubled. In December 2018, Volkswagen sales in the USA increased by 6% to just over 32,000 vehicles. This included 16,730 VW passenger cars and 15,317 SUVs to give SUVs a 48% percent … Read more
In 2018, Ford sold 2,497,318 vehicles as America’s top-selling car brand for the ninth consecutive year while the F-Series was again the favorite truck. In 2018, Ford sales, including Lincoln brand, were down 3.5% to just less than 2.5 million vehicles. Ford remained the top-selling car brand in the USA with 2,393,731 sales (-3.3%) in … Read more
In 2018, FCA US had its highest sales in 17 years with Jeep, Ram and the Dodge Challenger selling in record numbers. FCA US increased sales by 9% in 2018 to 2,235,204 vehicles sold. Jeep brand sales increased by 17 percent to a record 973,227 with Ram sales up 7% to a new record of … Read more
In 2018, the Renault Clio and Peugeot 208 were again the top-selling car models in France. The Renault Clio and Peugeot 208 easily maintained their positions as the favorite car models of the French in 2018. Both models sold in record numbers despite replacements being expected during 2019. Peugeot and Renault again dominated the top … Read more
In 2018, the PSA Group remained France’s largest carmaker while Renault was the top-selling car brand ahead of Peugeot, Citroen and Dacia. Car sales in France in 2018 increased by a moderate 3% during 2018 with the PSA Group still the largest carmaker followed by Renault and the Volkswagen Group. Renault was the top-selling car … Read more
November 2018: Car sales increased in Brazil, Russia and Japan but vehicle sales were flat in the USA and India and much weaker in Europe and China. January to November 2018: New passenger vehicle registrations in Brazil and Russia increased by 14% thus far this year. The Indian new car market also expanded by a … Read more
November 2018: The top-selling electric car brands in Germany were Renault ahead of Volkswagen and Smart with the Zoe, VW Golf, Nissan Leaf and BMW i3 the favorite electric car models. January to November 2018: Smart remained Germany鈥檚 best-selling electric car brand followed by Volkswagen, Renault, BMW and Kia. The favorite car models of the … Read more
October 2018: Car sales increased strongly in Brazil, Japan and Russia, were slightly higher in the USA and India but much weaker in Europe and China. January to October 2018: New passenger vehicle registrations in Brazil and Russia increased by more than 14% thus far this year, as the fastest growing major car markets in … Read more
Q3/2018: Germany was the largest market for electrically chargeable cars in Europe but Norway still led in pure battery electric passenger vehicle registrations. January to September 2018: the registration of electrically chargeable passenger vehicles in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries increased by 35% to almost 274,000 cars. The sales of battery electric cars … Read more
The most-often stolen car brand in Germany in 2017 was Volkswagen while Land Rover was the riskiest brand to own. SUVs are favorites of German car thieves. In 2017, Volkswagen, Audi and BMW were the car brands most frequently stolen in Germany. However, per number of insured cars, the theft risk was the highest for … Read more