Half Year 2021: new car sales increased in all major global markets with growth particularly strong in Q2. China remained the largest car market followed by the USA and Europe. First Half Year 2021: car sales worldwide increased in all major markets of the world. In India, the market nearly doubled while sales were up … Read more
In June 2021, new car sales in Europe increased by 13% from June 2020 but the market was still over 200,000 cars smaller than in June 2019. Volkswagen was the top-selling brand with the VW Golf the best-selling car model ahead of the Tesla Model 3. New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe increased by 13% … Read more
2021 (First Half): Germany was the largest battery-electric car market in Europe and also leading in plug-in hybrid car sales. The UK was the second-largest electric car market followed by France. In the first half of 2021, the registration of battery-electric passenger vehicles in the European Union (EU), UK, and EFTA countries more than doubled … Read more
First Semester 2021: the Volkswagen and Stellantis groups were the largest car manufacturers in Europe with VW and Peugeot the top-selling car brands. During the first half of 2021, the Volkswagen Group easily remained the largest carmaker in Europe while the newly formed Stellantis Group was the second largest car manufacturer in the European Union. … Read more
First Semester 2021: new car sales in the European Union, UK, and EFTA countries increased by 27% with Germany and France the largest markets in Europe. January to June 2021: New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU), United Kingdom, and EFTA countries increased by 27.1% but were still around 2 million cars less … Read more
First Semester 2021: Volkswagen, Tesla, and Smart were the best-selling electric car brands in Germany with the VW Up, Tesla Model 3, and VW ID.3 the top-selling car models. During the first half of 2021, Volkswagen was by far the best-selling electric car brand in Germany followed by Tesla and Smart. The VW Up was … Read more
First semester 2021: Toyota was the leading car brand in Japan, the Toyota Yaris the best-selling car model, and the Honda N-Box the favorite kei minicar. The Japanese new car market expanded by 11.6% during the first half of 2021 with total vehicle sales just below 2.5 million vehicles. Toyota remained the largest carmaker in … Read more
In the first semester of 2021, Volkswagen was the best-selling car brand in Germany with BMW ahead of Mercedes-Benz. The VW Golf was the top-selling car model. During the first half of 2021, VW easily maintained its position as Germany’s best-selling car brand by increasing sales by nearly a quarter to take a fifth of … Read more
First Semester 2021: Volkswagen replaced Ford as the best-selling car brand in Britain and the Vauxhall Corsa outsold the Fiesta as the UK’s favorite model. During the first half of 2021, the British new car market expanded by 40% to only 910,000 new passenger vehicle registrations — still well below ten-year averages for first-semester car … Read more
In the first half-year of 2021, Stellantis was the largest carmaker in France, but Peugeot replaced Renault as the top-selling brand, and the 208 outsold the Clio as the favorite car model of the French. January to June 2021: the French new car market recovered by nearly 29% compared to the first half of 2020 … Read more