In 2018, car sales in Brazil, Russia and India increased but were flat in Europe, Japan and the USA, and weaker in China. In December 2018, new car sales were stronger in Brazil, Russia and USA but flat in India, and weaker in the EU, Japan and China. For the full year 2018, car sales increased by double digits in Brazil and Russia while sales increased by 5% in India. … [Read more...]

November 2018: Car sales increased in Brazil, Russia and Japan but vehicle sales were flat in the USA and India and much weaker in Europe and China. January to November 2018: New passenger vehicle registrations in Brazil and Russia increased by 14% thus far this year. The Indian new car market also expanded by a solid 5.5%. Despite weak sales the past three months, car … [Read more...]

October 2018: Car sales increased strongly in Brazil, Japan and Russia, were slightly higher in the USA and India but much weaker in Europe and China. January to October 2018: New passenger vehicle registrations in Brazil and Russia increased by more than 14% thus far this year, as the fastest growing major car markets in the world. Car sales in India remained firm … [Read more...]

September 2018: Car sales were higher in Russia and Brazil but weaker in Japan, India, the USA and China and much lower in Europe. Q1 - Q3 / 2018: New passenger vehicle registrations in all major regions of the world, with the exception of Japan, increased during the first nine months of 2018 despite mostly weak performances in September 2018. In the two largest new car … [Read more...]

August 2018: Car sales were sharply higher in Europe, strong in Russia, Brazil and Japan but flat in the USA and weaker in China and India. January to August 2018: China remained the largest single car market in the world but car sales increased the most in Russia, Brazil and India. New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union were strong throughout the year … [Read more...]

July 2018: New passenger vehicle registrations increased in Europe, Russia, Japan and Brazil but car sales were weaker in the USA, China and India. January to July 2018: Car sales in all major regions of the world increased thus far this year with the exception of the Japanese new car market that was moderately weaker. Russia, Brazil and India remained the fastest … [Read more...]

June 2018: Car sales increased in India, Russia, the USA, Europe, Brazil and China but were weaker in Japan. January to June 2018: new passenger vehicle registrations during the first half of 2018 increased in all major regions of the world with the exception of Japan. During the first six months of 2018, car sales increased by double digits in Russia (18%), Brazil (14%) … [Read more...]

May 2018: Car sales were sharply higher in India and Russia with growth also recorded in China, the USA, Brazil and Europe but lower in Japan. January to May 2018: Thus far in 2018, new passenger vehicle registrations have been stronger in all major regions of the world with the exception of Japan. In Russia, car sales are up by a fifth while sales in Brazil increased by … [Read more...]

April 2018: New passenger vehicle registrations increased in the European Union, Russia, Japan, Brazil, India and China but light truck sales were lower in the USA. During the first four months of 2018, car sales increased in Europe, Russia, Brazil, India and China. New light vehicle sales in the USA were flat while new passenger vehicle registrations in Japan were … [Read more...]

March 2018: Car sales increased in the USA, China, India, Brazil and Russia but were weaker in Europe and Japan. During the first quarter of 2018, car sales were at record highs in Europe, the USA and China. During the first quarter of 2018, car markets reached new record highs in the USA, Europe and China while car sales grew fastest in Russia, Brazil and India. Japan … [Read more...]

February 2018: New passenger vehicle registrations increased in Europe, Russia, Brazil and India but car sales were lower in China, the USA, and Japan. In February 2018, China remained the largest single car market in the world but sales were lower due to holidays. Car sales grew in Europe, Russia, Brazil and India but were weaker in the USA and Japan. Thus far in 2018, … [Read more...]

January 2018: new light passenger vehicle registrations increased in Europe, China, the USA, India, Brazil and Russia but car sales were weaker in Japan. In January 2018, car sales increased in all major regions of the world except Japan and Britain. Light passenger vehicle sales expanded the fastest in Russia and Brazil but China and the European Union remained the … [Read more...]

December 2017: car sales increased in Russia, Brazil and India but were weaker in China, Japan, Europe and the USA. In full year 2017, the USA was the only major car market with weaker car sales. In 2017, China was again the world’s largest car market followed by the USA and the European Union. The USA was the only major car market with weaker light vehicle sales in … [Read more...]

November 2017: new passenger vehicle registrations increased in Europe, Russia, Brazil, China and the USA but car sales were lower in Japan. In November 2017, car sales increased in most major regions of the world with Japan the only large car market with weaker sales. Passenger vehicle registrations in Russia, Brazil and India were up by double digits while the European … [Read more...]

The global passenger car market in 2018 is predicted by the VDA to grow by one percent to 85.7 million vehicles. The VDA, a German automotive industry association, predicts that car sales worldwide will increase by 1% to 85.7 million cars. Car sales in Europe will expand slightly but the British and German markets are likely to contract. The US market is unlikely to … [Read more...]