In 2017, Britain’s favorite car model was again the Ford Fiesta but the VW Golf was the second best-selling car model in the UK for the first time ever. The Ford Fiesta remained the favorite car model of the British in 2017 but the Volkswagen Golf claimed the second spot ahead of the Ford Fiesta. … Read more
In 2017, Volkswagen remained the top-selling car brand in Germany ahead of Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW. Ford outsold Opel. Volkswagen had weaker sales and lost market share but easily remained the largest carmaker in Germany in 2017. Second placed Mercedes-Benz increased sales and gained market share while Audi and BMW both had weaker sales. Ford … Read more
In 2017, new passenger vehicle registrations in Germany increased by 2.7% to 3,441,262 cars. The total new motorized vehicle market exceeded 4 million. New passenger car sales in Germany in 2017 exceeded 3 million vehicles for the fourth consecutive year. The total new motorized vehicle market in Germany was just over 4 million vehicles in … Read more
The PSA Group (Peugeot, Citroen, DS, Opel) was again the largest car manufacturer in France in 2017 with Renault the best-selling car brand and the Clio the favorite car model of the French. In 2017, PSA increased its positions as the leading car manufacturer in France with strong sales by Peugeot and Opel sales included … Read more
In 2017, the Renault Clio was again the top-selling car model in France followed by the Peugeot 208. The Peugeot 3008 was the third most popular car model with the French. The Renault Clio increased its lead as the most-popular car model in France in 2017. The Peugeot 208 maintained its traditional second place with … Read more
November 2017: new passenger vehicle registrations increased in Europe, Russia, Brazil, China and the USA but car sales were lower in Japan. In November 2017, car sales increased in most major regions of the world with Japan the only large car market with weaker sales. Passenger vehicle registrations in Russia, Brazil and India were up … Read more
The global passenger car market in 2018 is predicted by the VDA to grow by one percent to 85.7 million vehicles. The VDA, a German automotive industry association, predicts that car sales worldwide will increase by 1% to 85.7 million cars. Car sales in Europe will expand slightly but the British and German markets are … Read more
October 2017: New car sales increased in Russia, Brazil, Europe and China but new vehicle registrations were lower in India, Japan and the USA. In October 2017, the Russian and Brazilian car markets again expanded fast with double-digit growth while new passenger vehicle registrations in Europe increased by 6%. The Chinese and Indian new car … Read more
January to September 2017: Norway, Germany, France and the UK were the largest European markets for electric and hybrid vehicles. New passenger vehicle registrations of electric and hybrid cars in the European Union and EFTA countries rose dramatically during the first three quarters of 2017. Sales of electrically chargeable vehicles (ECVs) increased by 40% thus … Read more
September 2017: New car sales increased strongly in Brazil, Russia and India with solid growth in the USA, Japan and China. European sales were weaker. In September 2017, new passenger vehicle registrations increased by a quarter in Brazil while sales in India were up by 11% to set a new monthly record of 310,000 cars. … Read more