August 2017: new car sales increased strongly in Russia, Brazil and India with registrations also up in Europa, Japan and China but negative in the USA.In August 2017, new passenger vehicle registrations increased by double-digit percentages in Brazil, Russia and India. New car sales growth was also up by around 5% in China, Japan and the European Union. The only major … [Read more...]
2017 (Jan to July) International: Worldwide Car Sales
July 2017: New passenger vehicle registrations increased in Europe, Russia, Japan, Brazil, India and China but car sales were sharply down in the USA.In July 2017, the USA was the only major car market in the world with weaker growth with new light vehicle sales down 7%. The Russian and Indian car markets expanded rapidly with double-digit growth while the recovery in … [Read more...]
2017 (Jan to June) International: Worldwide Car Sales
June 2017: New car sales were sharply up in Japan, Russia and Brazil, slightly stronger in Europe and China but weaker in the USA and India.Light vehicle registrations in Japan, Russia and Brazil increased by around 15% in June 2017 while the growth in car sales in Europe and China were more moderate at 2% and 3% respectively. For the sixth consecutive month, light … [Read more...]
2017 (Half Year) Europe: Car Sales per European Union and EFTA Country
During the first half of 2017, Germany and the UK remained the largest car market in the European Union where sales expanded nearly 5%.New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries increased by 4.6% to 8,461,476 cars during the first semester of 2017. Germany remained by far the largest new car market in Europe with sales increasing … [Read more...]
2017 (Half Year) Europe: Best-Selling Car Manufacturers and Brands
During the first half of 2017 the Volkswagen Group remained Europe’s largest carmaker despite a weak performance by leading brand Volkswagen.Thus far in 2017, the VW Group continued to dominate the European new car market despite underperforming the broader market during the first six months of 2017. Renault replaced the PSA Group as second largest carmaker in Europe. … [Read more...]
