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In January 2023, the European new car market grew by 11% with Volkswagen, Toyota, and Skoda the leading brands and a record 51% of all new cars sold in Europe SUVs. New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe increased by 11% in January 2023 to 907,000 cars but the market was still far smaller than in … Read more
In full-year 2022, the Peugeot 208, Dacia Sandero, and Volkswagen T-Roc were the top-selling car models in Europe. In the full-calendar-year 2022, no car in the list of the top ten best-selling models in Europe was in the same position as in 2021. The Volkswagen Golf was dethroned after 15 years with Europe’s favorite car … Read more
In full-year 2022, the new car market in Europe contracted for the third consecutive year with sales down 4% in European Union, EFTA, and the UK. 2022 (January to December): New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU), EFTA, and the UK were 4.1% weaker than in 2021. Volkswagen and Stellantis remained the largest … Read more
In full year 2022, Germany was the largest single-country market in Europe for battery electric car and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales. In full calendar year 2022, new battery electric vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU), EFTA, and the UK increased by 29.% to over one and a half million electric cars. Germany remained by … Read more
In full-year 2022, Volkswagen and Stellantis remained the largest carmakers in Europe while VW, Toyota, and BMW were the top-selling brands. In 2022, the Volkswagen Group was again the largest producer of passenger cars in the European Union (EU), Britain, and EFTA followed by Stellantis and the Renault Group. Volkswagen remained the top-selling car brand … Read more
In full-year 2022, new passenger vehicle registrations in Europe, including the EU, the UK, and EFTA countries, contracted by 4.6% after the lowest European car sales in three decades. January to December 2022: car sales in the European Union, Britain, and EFTA contracted for the third consecutive year with new passenger vehicle registrations down to … Read more
In November 2022, new car sales in Europe increased by 17% with battery-electric cars outselling diesel vehicles in the European market. New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU), EFTA, and the United Kingdom increased by 17% to 1,010,900 cars in November 2022. Battery-electric vehicle sales increased to take a 17.1% share of the … Read more
Car sales in Europe increased by 14% in October 2022 with Volkswagen the best-selling brand and Peugeot 208 top model. New passenger vehicle registration in Europe expanded by 14% to 900,000 cars in October 2022. Although the third consecutive month of sales increases, the European new car market remained 8% weaker thus far in 2022 … Read more
In September 2022, the European new car market expanded by 7.5% with sales of electric cars up 15% and the Tesla Model Y the top-selling car model overall in Europe. New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe (EU, EFTA, UK) expanded in September 2022 for the second consecutive month. The 7.5% increase in sales increased the … Read more
In August 2022, car sales increased in Europe for the first time this year with battery-electric vehicles gaining market share. The European new car market expanded in August 2022 by 3.5% but year-to-date 2022 car sales in Europe are still 12% lower than in 2021 and significantly below pre-pandemic levels. SUV remained the largest market … Read more
