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. … Read more
July 2018: The top-selling electric car models in Germany were the Kia Soul, Smart Fortwo and Renault Zoe with Smart the leading electric car brand. January to July 2018: The best-selling electric car brands thus far this year in Germany were Smart, Volkswagen and Renault. Germany’s favorite electric car models during the first seven months … Read more
During the first half of 2018, Germany remained by far the largest new car market in Europe followed by the UK, France and Italy. During the first semester of 2018, new passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union and EFTA increased by 2.8% to 8,695,785 cars. The German new car market expanded in line with … Read more
During the first half of 2018, the Volkswagen Group was the biggest car manufacturer in Europe, VW the best-selling brand and the Golf the top-selling model. During the first semester of 2018, the Volkswagen Group strengthened its position as Europe’s largest carmaker by again approaching a quarter share of the total new car market. The … 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 … Read more
During the first semester of 2018 Toyota remained Japan’s largest carmaker despite loosing market share. The Nissan Note was Japan’s top-selling car model. During the first six months of 2018 the Japanese new vehicle market contracted slightly to just over 2.7 million vehicles. Toyota sales were down by 9% allowing most other Japanese carmakers to … Read more
Ford, Volkswagen and Vauxhall were the top-selling marques in the UK during the first half of 2018. The Fiesta and Golf were the favorite car models of the British. During the first semester of 2018 new passenger vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom contracted by 6.3%. Ford remained the largest carmaker in the UK but … Read more
June 2018: The top-selling electric car models in Germany were the Renault Zoe and BMW i3 with Smart the best-selling electric car brand. January to June 2018: Smart, Volkswagen, Renault, Kia and BMW are the best-selling electric car brands in Germany. During the first half of 2018, the favorite electric car model of the Germans … Read more
During the first semester of 2018 Volkswagen was again Germany’s top-selling car manufacturer followed by Mercedes-Benz and Audi. January to June 2018: New passenger vehicle registration data for Germany once again confirmed that Volkswagen is not only the top-selling car marque in Germany but in 2018 regained market share lost in 2017 following the first … Read more
During the first semester of 2018, the PSA Group was France’s largest carmaker, Renault the biggest brand and the Clio the favorite car model. January to June 2018: The PSA Group was again the largest car manufacturer in France followed by Renault and the Volkswagen Group. The best-selling car brands in France were Renault, Peugeot … Read more