Henk Bekker 
May 2016: new passenger vehicle registrations increased in Europe, China and India while car sales were lower in the USA, Japan, Russia and Brazil. During the first five months of 2016, the European and Chinese new car markets grew by around 10% while the Indian market expanded by 6% and the US market a more … Read more
In 2016, the VW Beetle (K盲fer) and Mercedes-Benz W123 remained the top classic cars on historic H-plate registrations in Germany for cars 30 years or older. The number of classic cars on historic plates (H-Kennzeichen) increased by 11% to 343,958 automobiles. H-plates are available for cars in good, original condition and at least 30 years … Read more
April 2016: Car sales increased strongly in India, Europe and China, moderately up in the USA and Japan while sales in Russia and Brazil were lower. India was the fastest growing major new passenger vehicle market in the world in April 2016 with registrations increasing by 11%. China remained the world鈥檚 largest new car market … Read more
March 2016: Sales of electric cars in Germany contracted while sales of hybrid cars, and especially plug-in hybrid vehicles, continued to increase. During the first quarter of 2016, new electric passenger vehicle registrations were flat compared to a year ago while hybrid car registrations were up by more than a quarter with plug-in hybrid car … Read more
March 2016: new passenger vehicle registrations increased in China, Europe, India and the USA with weaker sales in Japan, Russia and Brazil. China was again the largest and fastest growing major car market in the world while Europe outperformed the US market in March. The contraction in Russia and Brazil was less severe in March … Read more
Volkswagen remained Europe鈥檚 largest carmaker and best-selling brand despite loosing market share in a expanding market at the start of 2016. The European new car market grew by 8.1% to just below 4 million cars during the first three months of 2016. Almost all car manufacturers and marques increased sales but market leader Volkswagen had … Read more
New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union increased by 8.1% to almost 4 million cars during the first quarter of 2016. Germany and the UK were again the largest markets but Italy took third place from France during the first three months of 2016. Greece, The Netherlands and Switzerland were the only car markets … Read more
2016 started well for German luxury car brands with Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, BMW and Audi all setting new sales record during the first quarter of the year. Mercedes-Benz sales grew the fastest of the German premium car brands allowing Mercedes to overtake both Audi and BMW to become the largest manufacturer of luxury cars in the … Read more
The British car market grew by 5.1% during the first quarter of 2016. Ford and the Fiesta were the top-selling car brand and model. Although Ford, Vauxhall and Volkswagen remained the strongest carmakers in the UK, most of the gains accrued to smaller marques. March 2016 set new records for car sales in Britain with … Read more
New vehicle registrations in Japan shrank by 6.9% during the first quarter of 2016. Toyota remained the top-selling car brand and the Prius the top model. Passenger car sales in Japan were even weaker and contracted by 7.5%. Lexus and BMW were the only top brands to have increased sales in Japan during the first … Read more