The top-selling car brands in Germany during the first quarter of 2019 were Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. The VW Golf was the favorite car model. New passenger vehicle registrations in Germany during the first three months of 2019 were flat at 880,092 cars (+0.2%). Volkswagen was again the largest carmaker in Germany at the start … Read more
February 2019: New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe contracted by 1.3%. The Tesla Model 3 was the top-selling electric and premium midsize sedan. February 2019: the European new car market contracted for the sixth consecutive month but was weaker by a modest 1.3%. Volkswagen and Peugeot remained the two largest car brands in Europe and … Read more
February 2019: Car sales were stronger in Brazil, flat in Europe, Japan and India, and weaker in the USA, Russia and China. January & February 2019: new passenger car sales in major regions of the world were lower at the start of 2019. The Brazilian new car market continued to expand and the Japanese car … Read more
February 2019: Tesla became the best-selling electric car brand in Germany with the Model 3 and Renault Zoe the top-selling electric car models. January and February 2019: Renault was the leading electric car brand in Germany at the start of 2019. BMW was the second best-selling electric car brand in Germany thus far in 2019. … Read more
In 2019, the total number of cars registered for use on public roads in Germany was 47 million with VW, Opel and Mercedes-Benz the most common brands. In 2019, the number of motorized vehicles in Germany increased by nearly a million to 64.8 million vehicles, including 47 million cars. Volkswagen remained the most-common car brand … Read more
In 2018, around 86 million cars were sold in the top 54 world markets. SUVs were popular worldwide and electric car sales grew by 75%. Global car and light commercial vehicle sales in 2018 contracted by 0.5% to 86 million vehicles. The Volkswagen Group, Toyota and Renault-Nissan were the largest carmakers and manufacturing groups in … Read more
The Ford F-Series, Toyota Corolla, and Honda Civic were the top-selling car models worldwide in 2018. In 2018 (full year), the Ford F-Series pickup was again the world’s best-selling passenger vehicle model with sales of just over a million units globally. The Toyota Corolla remained the top-selling passenger car in the world with sales increasing … Read more
Toyota, Volkswagen and Ford were the best-selling passenger vehicle brands worldwide in 2018. In 2018, Toyota was again the world’s leading car brand with sales increasing to just over 8 million vehicles worldwide. Volkswagen was second with sales increasing to over 6.7 million cars while Ford sales contracted by 11% to just over 5.3 million … Read more
2018 (January to December): Norway was the largest market for electrically chargeable cars in Europe followed by Germany, Britain and France. In full year 2018, the registration of electrically chargeable passenger vehicles in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries increased by 33% to 384,000 cars. The sales of battery electric cars grew and even … Read more
January 2019: Volkswagen was the best-selling electric car brand in Germany but the Renault Zoe was the top-selling electric car model. Volkswagen remained the leading electric car brand in Germany at the start of 2019. VW was followed by Renault, BMW and Hyundai. Sales of electric Smarts slipped but Audi and Kia showed strong gains. … Read more