Henk Bekker 
June 2018: The top-selling electric car models in Germany were the Renault Zoe and BMW i3 with Smart the best-selling electric car brand. January to June 2018: Smart, Volkswagen, Renault, Kia and BMW are the best-selling electric car brands in Germany. During the first half of 2018, the favorite electric car model of the Germans … Read more
During the first semester of 2018 Volkswagen was again Germany鈥檚 top-selling car manufacturer followed by Mercedes-Benz and Audi. January to June 2018: New passenger vehicle registration data for Germany once again confirmed that Volkswagen is not only the top-selling car marque in Germany but in 2018 regained market share lost in 2017 following the first … Read more
During the first semester of 2018, the PSA Group was France鈥檚 largest carmaker, Renault the biggest brand and the Clio the favorite car model. January to June 2018: The PSA Group was again the largest car manufacturer in France followed by Renault and the Volkswagen Group. The best-selling car brands in France were Renault, Peugeot … Read more
May 2018: Car sales were sharply higher in India and Russia with growth also recorded in China, the USA, Brazil, and Europe but lower in Japan. January to May 2018: Thus far in 2018, new passenger vehicle registrations have been stronger in all major regions of the world with the exception of Japan. In Russia, … Read more
May 2018: The best-selling electric cars in Germany were the Renault Zoe, VW Golf and Kia Soul with Renault, Volkswagen and Smart the top-selling electric car brands. January to May 2018: Weak registrations for the electric Smart Fortwo finally allowed the Volkswagen Golf to take the lead as Germany鈥檚 most-popular electric car. Thus far in … Read more
April 2018: New passenger vehicle registrations increased in the European Union, Russia, Japan, Brazil, India and China but light truck sales were lower in the USA. During the first four months of 2018, car sales increased in Europe, Russia, Brazil, India and China. New light vehicle sales in the USA were flat while new passenger … Read more
April 2018: Germany鈥檚 best-selling electric car models were the Kia Soul, VW Golf and Renault Zoe with the top-selling electric car brands Kia, Volkswagen and Smart. January to April 2018: Thus far this year, the Smart Fortwo, VW Golf and Renault Zoe were Germany鈥檚 best-selling electric car models. The leading electric car brands were Smart, … Read more
Germany, Norway and Britain were the leading markets for electrically chargeable passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union and EFTA during the first quarter of 2018. The market for electrically chargeable vehicles expanded by 47% in the European Union during the first three months of 2018. Sales of battery electric cars were up in the … Read more
Mercedes-Benz remains Germany鈥檚 favorite classic car brand while the Volkswagen Beetle is the most common car model on historic H plates in 2018. The number of historic and classic cars in Germany in 2018 increased by 11% to 422,213 cars using H number plates for cars older than 30 years in good original condition. Mercedes-Benz, … Read more
March 2018: Car sales increased in the USA, China, India, Brazil and Russia but were weaker in Europe and Japan. During the first quarter of 2018, car sales were at record highs in Europe, the USA and China. During the first quarter of 2018, car markets reached new record highs in the USA, Europe and … Read more