New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union and EFTA set new records despite flat sales during the first quarter of 2018. Germany, Britain, Italy, France and Spain were the largest single country new car markets in Europe. March 2018: New car sales in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries contracted by 5% leaving the market flat during the first … [Read more...]

The Volkswagen Golf, Renault Clio, VW Polo and Ford Fiesta were again Europe’s favorite car models in 2017. SUVs such as the Nissan Qashqai and VW Tiguan made strong gains. In 2017, for the tenth consecutive year, the Volkswagen Golf was the best-selling car model in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries. For the second consecutive year, the Renault Clio was second … [Read more...]

In 2017, new passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union increased to just over 15 million cars. Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain remained the largest car markets in Europe. The European New Car Market in 2017 (Full Year) New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries in 2017 increased by 3.3% to 15,631,687 cars – around … [Read more...]

In 2017, Volkswagen remained Europe’s largest carmaker despite the best-selling VW brand loosing market share. New passenger vehicle registration data for the European Union and EFTA confirmed the Volkswagen Group as Europe’s largest car manufacturer in 2017 with the Volkswagen brand still by far Europe’s best-selling car marque. The French PSA and Renault groups … [Read more...]

January to September 2017: The European new car market grew by 3.6% with Germany, the UK, France and Italy the largest car markets in the EU. During the first three quarters of 2017, new car sales in the European Union and EFTA grew by 3.6% to just over 12 million cars. Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Spain remained the five largest car markets in the EU but sales … [Read more...]

January to September 2017: The VW Group and Volkswagen remained the largest carmaker and top-selling car brand in the European Union. During the first three quarters of 2017, the VW Group was again the largest car manufacturer in the European Union (EU) and EFTA despite loosing market share due to the weak performance by the Volkswagen brand. The PSA Group was again … [Read more...]

During the first half of 2017, Germany and the UK remained the largest car market in the European Union where sales expanded nearly 5%. New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries increased by 4.6% to 8,461,476 cars during the first semester of 2017. Germany remained by far the largest new car market in Europe with sales increasing by 3% … [Read more...]

During the first half of 2017 the Volkswagen Group remained Europe’s largest carmaker despite a weak performance by leading brand Volkswagen. Thus far in 2017, the VW Group continued to dominate the European new car market despite underperforming the broader market during the first six months of 2017. Renault replaced the PSA Group as second largest carmaker in Europe. … [Read more...]

In the first quarter of 2017, the VW and PSA groups remained Europe’s largest carmakers with Volkswagen, Ford and Renault the top-selling brands. The VW Group and PSA Group were again the largest car manufacturers in the European Union and EFTA countries during the first three months of 2017. Volkswagen was still the clear market leader despite loosing half a percentage … [Read more...]

New passenger vehicle registrations in the EU and EFTA countries increased by 8.2% to 4,256,202 cars during the first quarter of 2017. Car sales during the first three months of 2017 were strong in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries with sales up in all but two countries. Germany and the United Kingdom remained the two largest single-country car markets in Europe … [Read more...]

In 2016, Volkswagen remained Europe’s largest car manufacturing group but the best-selling VW brand lost market share with weaker sales. The Renault Group surpassed the PSA Group as the second largest carmaker in Europe in 2016 while the Renault brand moved into second place at the expense of Ford. Mercedes Benz, Fiat and Renault were the most improved of the top car brands in … [Read more...]

In 2016, new passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union and EFTA increased by 6.5% to 15 million cars. Germany was the largest car market in Europe followed by the UK, France, Italy and Spain. The Netherlands and Switzerland were the only countries in Europe with weaker car sales in 2016. European New Car Market in 2016 (Full Year) New passenger vehicle … [Read more...]

Volkswagen remained Europe’s largest car manufacturer and brand during the first three quarters of 2016 with the VW Golf the best-selling car model. Renault replaced Ford as the second largest car marque in the European Union. In a growing European new car market, almost all manufacturers increased sales with German premium brands Mercedes Benz and BMW amongst the best … [Read more...]

September 2016: Car sales in the European Union and EFTA remained strong with the highest new passenger vehicle registrations for the month on record. New car sales in Europe have increased for 36 of the last 37 months. During the first nine months of 2016, the European Union new car market expanded by 8% to 11,243,263 cars. The Netherlands was the only EU country with weaker … [Read more...]

During the first half of 2016, Europe’s largest car manufacturer and brand remained Volkswagen, despite loosing market share with the VW Golf top model. New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union and EFTA increased by 9.1% during the first half of 2016. The Volkswagen Group and Volkswagen brand lost a percentage market share while Renault replaced Ford, as the … [Read more...]

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 France remained the largest markets while Italy and Spain were the … [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 weaker sales. Ford remained Europe’s … [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 in the European Union and EFTA to have contracted … [Read more...]