March 2019: Car sales increased in Russia and were flat in Brazil but weaker in Europe, the USA, Japan, India and especially in China. January to March 2019: New passenger vehicle registrations during the first quarter of 2019 increased by 10% in Brazil but were lower in all other major regions of the world. New … Read more
January to March 2019: The Volkswagen Group was the largest carmaker in the EU and EFTA with VW the top-selling brand followed by Renault and Peugeot. During the first quarter the Volkswagen Group remained the largest car manufacturing corporation in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries. The French PSA and Renault groups remained second … Read more
During the first quarter of 2019, Germany and Britain were the largest two new car markets in Europe while France moved ahead of Italy. New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries contracted by 3.2% to 4,146,152 cars. Germany remained the largest single-country car market in Europe with flat sales. The … Read more
Toyota was the top-selling car brand in Japan during the first quarter of 2019. The Nissan Note was the most-popular model and the Honda N-Box the favorite kei mini-car. Toyota increased car sales in Japan during the first quarter of 2019 to gain some market share in a flat market. Honda was again the second … Read more
March 2019: Tesla was the best-selling electric car brand in Germany with the Model 3 and Renault Zoe the top-selling electric car models. January to March 2019: Tesla became the leading electric car brand in Germany at the start of 2019. Renault slipped to the second best-selling electric car brand in Germany thus far in … Read more
Ford remained the largest carmaker in the UK during the first quarter of 2019 while the Fiesta was again the favorite car model of the British. New passenger vehicle registrations in the UK contracted by 2.5% during the first three months of 2019 to 701,036 cars. Ford was again the best-selling car brand but lost … Read more
Renault was the best-selling car brand in France, PSA the top carmaker and the Clio the favorite model of the French during the first quarter of 2019. January to March 2019: the French new car market contracted slightly to 553,335 cars during the first quarter of 2019. French carmakers increased sales while foreign brands lost … Read more
The top-selling car brands in Germany during the first quarter of 2019 were Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. The VW Golf was the favorite car model. New passenger vehicle registrations in Germany during the first three months of 2019 were flat at 880,092 cars (+0.2%). Volkswagen was again the largest carmaker in Germany at the start … Read more
February 2019: New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe contracted by 1.3%. The Tesla Model 3 was the top-selling electric and premium midsize sedan. February 2019: the European new car market contracted for the sixth consecutive month but was weaker by a modest 1.3%. Volkswagen and Peugeot remained the two largest car brands in Europe and … Read more
February 2019: Car sales were stronger in Brazil, flat in Europe, Japan and India, and weaker in the USA, Russia and China. January & February 2019: new passenger car sales in major regions of the world were lower at the start of 2019. The Brazilian new car market continued to expand and the Japanese car … Read more
