May 2020: Car sales increased in China but worldwide deliveries were sharply down in all major markets including Brazil, Europe, Japan, and the USA. In May 2020, most major car markets around the world contracted sharply with the exception of China where car sales increased for the first time in two years. In Brazil, new … Read more
April 2020: Car sales in China largely recovered while other major international markets including Europe, USA, Japan and Brazil remained weak. The Chinese new car market largely recovered in April 2020 but all other major car markets worldwide suffered major contractions. Car sales in Japan were down by a third, in the USA by half, … Read more
In March 2020, global car sales contracted by 40% — European market strongly influenced by Coronavirus while China started to recover. Worldwide car sales in March 2020 contracted by 39% to 5.55 million new car registrations due to the restrictions placed on consumers and producers by the Coronavirus. China, Europe, and the US all posted … Read more
In the first quarter of 2020, new car sales decreased in all major markets of the world including Europe, China, the USA, Japan, Brazil, and India. In March 2020, new passenger vehicle registrations were sharply down in most major markets in the world due to closures in response to the coronavirus. The European, Indian, and … Read more
In 2019, Lamborghini sales worldwide increased by 43% with the Urus super SUV by far the most popular Lamborghini model. In full-year 2019, Lamborghini achieved record sales by delivering 8,2015 cars to customers worldwide. The most-popular Lamborghini model was the Urus super SUV that contributed 60% of total cars sold by Lamborghini in 2019. Lamborghini … Read more
February 2020: car sales worldwide were lower with the market in China collapsing, sales weak in Europa, Japan, and India, and only the US and Brazilian markets stronger. January & February 2020: new passenger vehicle registrations were lower worldwide with only the US market growing to become again the largest single-country new car market in … Read more
Bugatti announced the production of the 250th Chiron in 2020 – the halfway mark for the planned Chiron production run of 500 cars. Production of the Bugatti Chiron hyper sports car has reached its halfway point three years after the first car was delivered to a client. The 250th聽Chiron – a Chiron Sport 鈥淓dition Noire … Read more
In 2019, car sales worldwide were mostly weaker. Although new car sales increased in Brazil and Europe, the Japanese, Russian and US markets were weaker while the car market in China and India contracted sharply. In 2019, global car sales were mostly weaker with worldwide car sales around 4% lower than a year ago. China … Read more
In 2019, German luxury car brands Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche had record sales worldwide and in China. Audi and Volkswagen had strong sales too. In full-year 2019, German luxury carmakers and premium brands had strong sales and gained market share in several major markets. Mercedes-Benz and BMW both had their ninth consecutive record year in … Read more
In 2019, Volkswagen sales worldwide increased by 0.5% to 6,278,300 cars. VW deliveries were up in Europe, South America, China and the USA. In full calendar year 2019, the Volkswagen brand delivered 6,278,300 vehicles throughout the world, exceeding the prior-year figure by 0.5 percent. In a shrinking overall market, VW gained market share in many … Read more