2021 (Q1), new car sales increased worldwide with a strong recovery in China, India, and the USA but weak growth in Japan and Europe, and weaker sales in Russia and Brazil. In the first quarter of 2021, major car markets worldwide largely recovered from the initial shock of lockdowns that started early in 2020. In China, new car sales were 76% higher than in the first … [Read more...]

November 2020: Car sales increased in China, Japan, Brazil, and India but were weaker in the USA and Europe, as global markets diverge on developments of the pandemic. January to November 2020: car sales were weaker in all major markets of the world thus far this year. However, in China, car sales have increased for the past seven months with year-to-date figures down by … [Read more...]

October 2020: Worldwide car sales increased with higher sales in major global markets including China, the USA, Japan, and India. New passenger vehicle registrations were lower in Europe and Brazil. January to October 2020: thus far in 2020, despite stronger sales in October, all major global car markets were weaker with car sales lower worldwide. China, which had several … [Read more...]

September 2020: car sales increased in China, Europe, and the USA but during the first three quarters of 2020 all major global markets worldwide were lower. In September 2020, for the first time in more than three years, the world's three largest new car markets -- China, the USA, and Europe -- registered increases in car sales in the same month. However, during the first … [Read more...]

August 2020: car sales increased in China and India but worldwide sales were lower with markets sharply down in the US, Europe, Japan, and Brazil. January to August 2020: Global car sales remained weak worldwide with contractions in all major markets. Although there are some signs of recovery, all the largest new car markets are weaker thus far this year. China remained … [Read more...]

July 2020: Car sales increased in China and although still lower in other major global markets some recovery was seen worldwide. January to July 2020: new passenger vehicle registrations thus far this year were down around a fifth in China, Japan, and the USA, and weaker by more than a third in Europe, India, and Brazil. However, in July 2020, there were clear signs of … [Read more...]

June 2020: new car sales in China increased but other global markets including the USA, Europe, Brazil, Japan, and Russia were weaker. First Half Year 2020: car sales worldwide were much weaker with sharp contractions in all major global new car markets. During the first half of 2020, new passenger vehicle registration in Japan contracted by a fifth -- the best performance … [Read more...]

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 car sales were down by three quarters, while sales … [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, and in Brazil by three quarters. New … [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 double-digit declines in March … [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 Chinese new car markets were halved. In the USA, … [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 the world. The Chinese … [Read more...]

Q1-Q3 2019: Brazil and Japan were the only major car markets to expand with car sales lower in the USA, Russia, China, Europe, and India. January to September 2019: During the first three quarters of 2019, car sales were lower in all major car markets in the world with the exception of Brazil where sales increased by 8% and Japan where new passenger vehicle registrations … [Read more...]

June 2019: Brazil was the only major car market to expand with car sales lower in the USA, Russia, Japan, China, Europe and India. January to June 2019: During the first half year of 2019, car sales were lower in all major car markets in the world with the exception of Brazil where sales increased by 11%. The Japanese car market was flat while the US and Russian markets … [Read more...]

In May 2019, new car sales increased in India and Japan, were flat in Europe and the USA, and weaker in Russia, China and India. January to May 2019: Brazil was the only major car market with growth during the first five months of 2019 with sales up by 11%. New passenger vehicle registrations in Japan were flat while the European, US, and Russian markets contracted by … [Read more...]