Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz were the top-selling car marques in Switzerland in 2016. The Swiss car market contracted by 2% to 317,318 new passenger vehicle registrations in 2016. The Skoda Octavia seemed poised to replace the VW Golf as the best-selling car model in Switzerland in 2016. The Swiss New Car Market in 2016 New … Read more
Ford, Vauxhall and Volkswagen were the top-selling car brands in the UK in 2016. Car sales in Britain set a new record high for a calendar year increasing by 2.5% to 2,692,786 new passenger vehicle registrations. German premium brands BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz gained market share at the expense of the larger mass-market brands. The … Read more
The Ford Fiesta was the top-selling car model in Britain in 2016. The Vauxhall Corsa, Ford Focus and VW Golf were also popular in the UK. However, most of the top ten best-selling car models in Britain lost market share in 2016 with lower sales in an expanding market. New passenger vehicle registrations in the … Read more
In 2016 Volkswagen remained Germany’s largest carmaker and top-selling brand despite weaker sales in a growing market. New passenger vehicle registrations in Germany in 2016 increased by 4.5% to 3,351,607 cars. VW was again followed by Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW, Opel and Ford. Skoda remained the top-selling foreign carmaker in Germany while Renault was the top-selling … Read more
New passenger vehicle (PKW) registrations in Germany in 2016 increased by 4.5% to 3,351,607 cars – the highest sales since 2009. Total new motorized vehicle sales in Germany in 2016 increased by 5.1% to 3,932,467 vehicles. Electric car sales in Germany decreased while petrol was the favorite fuel type. Private buyers made up just over … Read more
New passenger vehicle registrations in France in 2016 increased by 5.1%. The PSA Group was the top-selling carmaker with Renault the best-selling brand. Most of the gains went to foreign brands although Renault and Dacia also had stronger sales. The Renault Clio was again the favorite car model of the French. New Car Market in … Read more
The Renault Clio, Peugeot 208 and 308 remained the best-selling car models in France in 2016 according to car sales statistics for the full year. The Dacia Sandero had strong sales in France in 2016. Two new models with a strong entry into the French new car market were the Renault Mégane IV and the … Read more
November 2016: New passenger vehicle registrations increased in China, Europe, the USA, Japan, India and Russia but car sales were down in Brazil. The new car market in China expanded by another fifth in November 2016 to exceed 2.5 million new passenger vehicle registrations in a single month for the first time ever. The US, … Read more
October 2016: New passenger vehicle registrations increased in China and India while car sales were down in Europe, Japan, the USA, Brazil and Russia. For the second consecutive month, the Chinese new car market exceeded two million cars with growth in October 2016 up by more than a fifth from a year ago. India was … Read more
Volkswagens are the most often stolen car brand in Germany but Land Rover is the highest risk marque with the Range Rover the highest risk model for theft. In 2015, a total of 18,659 insured cars were stolen in Germany at a cost of €291 million to the insurance industry. Volkswagen, Audi and BMW were … Read more