2019 (Full Year) France: New Car Market Overview and Analysis

Renault Zoe at Geneva 2019

In 2019, the new car market in France expanded by 2% to just over 2.2 million passenger vehicles. Electric car sales were up, diesels were down. In 2019 (full year), new passenger vehicle registrations in France increased by 2.2% to 2,214,279 cars – the highest total car sales in France since 2010. French car manufacturers … Read more

2019 (October) Europe: Car Sales and Market Analysis

October 2019: New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe increased by 8%. Diesels sales were down by SUVs took a record 40% market share. New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union increased by 8.7% to 1,177,746 cars in October 2019. The growth was helped by exceptionally low sales in October 2018 but still represents the … Read more

2019 (September) Europe: Car Sales and Market Analysis

September 2019: New passenger vehicle registrations in the EU and EFTA increased by 14.4%. Volkswagen led the market followed by Mercedes-Benz and Renault. The European new car market recovered strongly in September 2019 with sales up by 14.4% to 1,285,494 cars. The sharp increase is largely due to very weak sales in September 2018. Volkswagen … Read more

2019 (Q1-Q3) Europe: Best-Selling Car Manufacturers and Brands

January to September 2019: The Volkswagen and Peugeot Groups were Europe’s largest carmakers, Volkswagen and Renault the top-selling brands, and the VW Golf the favorite car model. Q1-Q3/2019: The VW, PSA and Renault groups remained Europe’s largest carmakers with Volkswagen, Renault, and Ford the top-selling car brands. The largest carmakers and brands had weaker sales … Read more

2019 (Q3) Japan: Best-Selling Car Brands, Models and Minicars

January to September 2019: Toyota remained Japan’s top vehicle manufacturer, the Prius was the top-selling model and the Honda N-Box the best-selling minicar. During the first three quarters of 2019, Toyota, Honda and Suzuki were again the best-selling car brands in Japan. The Toyota Prius regained the best-selling car model position from the Nissan Note. … Read more

2019 (Q3) Britain: Best-Selling Car Brands and Models

January to September 2019: Ford, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz were the best-selling car brands in the UK with the Fiesta, Corsa and Golf the top-selling models. During the first three quarters of 2019, Ford and Volkswagen were again the top-selling car marques in Britain. Mercedes-Benz moved ahead of Vauxhall. Despite weaker sales, the Ford Fiesta maintained … Read more

2019 (Q3) Germany: Best-Selling Car Brands and Models

January to September 2019: Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and Audi were the top-selling carmakers in Germany. The German new car market expanded by 2.5%. New passenger vehicle registrations in Germany increased by 2.5% during the first three quarters of 2019. Volkswagen remained by far Germany’s largest carmaker during the first nine months of 2019 but lost market … Read more

2019 (Q3) International: Worldwide Car Sales

Q1-Q3 2019: Brazil and Japan were the only major car markets to expand with car sales lower in the USA, Russia, China, Europe, and India. January to September 2019: During the first three quarters of 2019, car sales were lower in all major car markets in the world with the exception of Brazil where sales … Read more

2019 (Half Year) Europe: Car Sales per Country (EU & EFTA)

First Half 2019: Germany was the largest car market in Europe followed by the UK, France, Italy and Spain. The overall market contracted by 3%. January to June 2019: New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries contracted by 3.1% to 8,183,562 cars. The German new car market had its best … Read more