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In 2019, the top-selling car models in Europe were again the Volkswagen Golf, Renault Clio, VW Polo, and Ford Fiesta. In full-year 2019, the Volkswagen Golf was again the best-selling car model in the European Union (EU). The Renault Clio was again the second-top-selling car in Europe followed by the VW Polo and Ford Fiesta. … Read more
The European new car market outperformed the global market in 2019 with SUVs particularly popular. Electrified cars gained market share. In full-year 2019, the European new car market outperformed the global market with sales up by 1.1% to the highest number of new passenger vehicle registrations in twelve years. Strong sales in December 2019 turned … Read more
2019 (Full Year): The Netherlands was the largest battery-electric car market in Europe with Germany leading in electrified vehicles. In the full-year 2019, the registration of electrically chargeable passenger vehicles in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries increased by 46% to 564,225 cars. The sales of battery-electric cars grew by an even faster 81% … Read more
In December 2019, new car sales in Europe increased by 21% but market analysis shows that as an artificial boost. Tesla Model 3 was the third best-selling model. New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe in December 2019 increased by more than a fifth to a new record level. However, strong car sales in Europe in … Read more
In 2019, the Volkswagen Group was the largest car manufacturer in Europe and Volkswagen the top-selling brand followed by Renault and Ford. In full calendar year 2019, the Volkswagen Group remained the best-selling carmaker in Europe and increased market share to near a quarter. The PSA Group was the second largest car manufacturer in Europe … Read more
In 2019, new passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union increased slightly. Germany and the UK were the largest markets. In full calendar year 2019, new passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union and EFTA countries increased by 1.2% to 15,805,752 cars – the largest market since 2007. Germany remained by far the largest single-country … 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