August 2016: New passenger car sales in China, India, Europe and Japan increased while vehicle registrations were down in the US, Russia and Brazil. The Chinese new car market expanded by nearly 30% in August 2016 with year-to-date sales up 16% to 14 million cars. New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe and India were also up while Japan had a rare positive month. In the … [Read more...]

July 2016: Car sales were slightly down in the Europe Union but increased in the USA, India and China. Sales were lower in Japan, Russia, and Brazil. After 34 months of sales increases, July 2016 was the first year-on-year monthly decline in car sales in the European Union although the outlook remains positive. New vehicle registrations in China increased by nearly a third in … [Read more...]

June 2016: new passenger car registrations increased in China, Europe, the USA and India but sales were weaker in Brazil, Russia and Japan. During the first half of 2016, car sales in China increased by 12%, in Europe by 9%, in India by 4.5% and in the USA by a moderate 1.3%. During the first six months of 2016, car sales contracted in Japan by 5%, in Russia by 14% and in … [Read more...]

May 2016: new passenger vehicle registrations increased in Europe, China and India while car sales were lower in the USA, Japan, Russia and Brazil. During the first five months of 2016, the European and Chinese new car markets grew by around 10% while the Indian market expanded by 6% and the US market a more moderate 1%. Cars sales in Japan were down 5% while the Russian market … [Read more...]

April 2016: Car sales increased strongly in India, Europe and China, moderately up in the USA and Japan while sales in Russia and Brazil were lower. India was the fastest growing major new passenger vehicle market in the world in April 2016 with registrations increasing by 11%. China remained the world’s largest new car market with sales up 8.4% in April 2016 with more than 7 … [Read more...]

March 2016: new passenger vehicle registrations increased in China, Europe, India and the USA with weaker sales in Japan, Russia and Brazil. China was again the largest and fastest growing major car market in the world while Europe outperformed the US market in March. The contraction in Russia and Brazil was less severe in March than for the quarter as a whole but the outlook … [Read more...]

February 2016: Car sales increased strongly in Europe and the USA, moderately in China and India while the Japanese, Russian and Brazilian markets weakened further. The European Union saw the 30th consecutive month of car sales increases in February 2016. The US market also expanded and was the largest single-country market in the world for the month. Thus far this year, China … [Read more...]

January 2016: Car sales increased in China, Europe and India but light vehicle sales were weaker in the USA, Japan, Russia and Brazil. New passenger vehicle registrations in China in January 2016 were almost the same total as car sales in Europe and the USA combined. Light vehicle sales in the USA were flat while the Russian and Brazilian car markets continue to weaken … [Read more...]

December 2015: the annual car sales trend intensified – the market strengthened in China, Europe, the USA and India but weakened in Russia, Brazil and Japan. In 2015, Europe registered the strongest increase in new passenger vehicle registrations but China remained the largest single-country market by far and increased its lead over the USA. Car sales in India were up but in … [Read more...]

November 2015: The Chinese car market expanded by a quarter while sales were also up in Europe, India and the USA. Russia, Brazil and Japan contracted. Year-to-date, new passenger vehicle registrations increased the most in Europe (8.6%) but increases have also been strong in China, India and the USA. New car sales in Japan contracted during the first eleven months of 2015 by … [Read more...]

October 2015: New vehicle registrations increased strongly in India, China and the USA while the slump in car sales continued in Brazil and Russia. New passenger vehicle registrations continued to increase in Europe but the UK had its first negative month in two and a half years. The Japanese car market remained weak but the contraction was less severe than earlier in the … [Read more...]

September 2015: Car sales increased strongly in the USA, Europe, China and India but were lower in Japan and down by a third in Russia and Brazil. Although light vehicle sales in the USA grew by 16% - the strongest September in 15 years – China again became the world’s largest single-country car market for the first time since April 2015. Europe remained the world’s fastest … [Read more...]

August 2015: new passenger vehicle registrations increased in Europe and India but car sales were lower in the US, Japan, China, Russia and Brazil. Car sales have been higher in the European Union (EU) every month for the past two years making Europe the fastest growing major region in the world. Year-to-date China remains the largest car market in the world but sales in the US … [Read more...]

July 2015: New passenger vehicle registrations increased in Europe, India and the USA but car sales were lower in China, Japan, Russia and Brazil. In July 2015, car sales were stronger in all five largest European countries to record the 23rd consecutive month of year-on-year increases in car sales in the European Union. In July 2015, the Chinese car market was weaker than a … [Read more...]

June 2015: New passenger vehicle registrations increased in Europa and the USA but new car sales were down in Russia, Brazil, Japan, India and China. During the first half of 2015, China and the USA remained the largest single-country car markets but growth was the fastest in the European Union. Car markets expanded in the January to June 2015 six-month period in Europa, the … [Read more...]

May 2015: New passenger vehicle registrations increased in China, Europe, India and the US but car sales were weaker in Brazil, Japan and Russia. China remained the world’s largest single car market but growth in the much smaller Indian market was faster during May 2015. Slow growth in car sales in Europe were partly due to holidays while light truck sales contributed most to … [Read more...]

April 2015: New passenger vehicle registrations increased in Europe, China, the USA and India but car sales were sharply weaker in Russia, Brazil and Japan. For a change, India with a car market expansion of 16% was the strongest major growth region in the world followed by Europe with a 7% increase in car sales. China remains the world’s largest new car market in April 2015 … [Read more...]