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 … Read more
February 2018: Smart remained the top-selling electric car brand in Germany with the Smart Fortwo again Germany’s favorite electric car model followed by the Renault Zoe and VW e-Golf. January & February 2018: The Smart Fortwo was the best-selling electric car model in Germany thus far this year with nearly a fifth of the market. … Read more
The total number of passenger vehicles registered for road use in Germany on 1 January 2018 increased by 1.5% to 46,474,594 cars. VW, Opel and Mercedes-Benz remained the most-popular car brands. The total number of motorized vehicles registered in Germany on 1 January 2018 increased by over a million from a year ago to 63.7 … 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 … Read more
January 2018: The Smart ForTwo was the top-selling electric car model in Germany with Smart also by far the leading electric car brand. In January 2018, the best-selling electric car model in Germany was the Smart Fortwo, ahead of the Kia Soul and Volkswagen Golf. The Renault Zoe slipped to fourth. Smart was also the … Read more
In 2017, Norway remained the largest market for electric cars in Europe while Germany finally moved ahead of Britain and France. Electric car sales increased by 39% in the EU. In full year 2017, Norway was again the leading market for electrically chargeable vehicles while Britain was the largest market for hybrid cars. The total … Read more
The Volkswagen Golf, Renault Clio, VW Polo and Ford Fiesta were again Europe’s favorite car models in 2017. SUVs such as the Nissan Qashqai and VW Tiguan made strong gains. In 2017, for the tenth consecutive year, the Volkswagen Golf was the best-selling car model in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries. For 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 … Read more
In 2017, new passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union increased to just over 15 million cars. Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain remained the largest car markets in Europe. The European New Car Market in 2017 (Full Year) New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries in 2017 increased by … Read more
In 2017, Volkswagen remained Europe’s largest carmaker despite the best-selling VW brand loosing market share. New passenger vehicle registration data for the European Union and EFTA confirmed the Volkswagen Group as Europe’s largest car manufacturer in 2017 with the Volkswagen brand still by far Europe’s best-selling car marque. The French PSA and Renault groups increased … Read more