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June 2016 was the 34th consecutive month of car sales growth in the European Union with 2016 the strongest half year since 2008. During the first six months of 2016, new passenger vehicle registrations increased by 9.1% in the European Union (EU) and EFTA to just more than 8 million cars. Germany, the UK and … Read more
Volkswagen remained Europe’s 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
In 2015, new passenger vehicle registration data confirmed the Volkswagen Golf, Ford Fiesta, Renault Clio and VW Polo as Europe’s favorite car models. Of the top ten best-selling car models in Europe in 2015, the Volkswagen Passat was the most improved with a sales increase of 49%. The Nissan Qashqai was Europe’s favorite SUV and … Read more
In 2015, new passenger vehicle registrations in the Europe increased by 9.2% to 14.2 million cars. Car sales increased in almost all European countries. In December 2015, the European Union and EFTA countries had the 28th consecutive month of increases in car sales with car sales in 2015 the highest in five years. New Car … Read more
In 2015, the Volkswagen Group remained Europe’s largest carmaker, Volkswagen the best-selling brand and the VW Golf the top-selling model. New passenger vehicle registration in the European Union (EU) and EFTA increased by 9.2% to 14,202,024 cars in 2015. Almost all carmakers increased sales but the smaller manufacturers gained more than the larger brands that … Read more
In September 2015, car sales in Europe increased for the 25th successive month. New passenger vehicle registrations increased by 8.8% to 10,776,66 cars in the EU and EFTA during the first three quarters of 2015. During the first nine months of 2015, only four European countries registered weaker car sales while the largest European markets … Read more
Volkswagen was Europe’s largest car manufacturer in the first three quarters of 2015 with VW the top-selling brand and the Golf Europe’s favorite model. Only four car brands sold fewer cars in Europe thus far this year compared to a year ago. Jeep and Smart were the fastest-growing car brands in Europe thus far in … Read more
The European car market (EU and EFTA) expanded by 8.5% during the first three months of 2015 – including the strongest March in five years – to 3,637,635 new passenger vehicle registrations. All major brands increased sales compared to a year ago with only very minor changes in the rank order of best-selling manufacturing groups … Read more
New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union increased by 8.6% in the first quarter of 2015 with growth in all the largest countries. In March 2015, the European new car market expanded for the 19th consecutive month. During the first three months of 2015, Germany, the UK and France all experienced growth while Italy … Read more