In the first quarter of 2020, Volkswagen remained the top-selling car brand in Europe while Peugeot outsold Renault. Volkswagen gained some market share in Europe during the first three months of 2020 but the overall market was down by more than a quarter. Peugeot was the second-best-selling car brand in Europe ahead of Renault. Mercedes-Benz and BMW gained fourth and … [Read more...]
2020 (Q1) Europe: New Car Sales per EU and EFTA Country
March 2020: New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union, UK, and EFTA halved while car sales in the first quarter were down 26%. During the first quarter of 2020, new car sales in the European Union (EU), EFTA, and the UK were down by more than a quarter. In March 2020, usually one of the most important months of the year for new car sales, the effect of … [Read more...]
2020 (Q1) Japan: Best-Selling Car Brands, Models, and Minicars
January to March 2020: Toyota gained market share in a weak market to remain Japan's largest carmaker. The Corolla was the top-selling model car and the Honda N-Box the favorite minicar (kei). During the first quarter of 2020, Toyota remained by far the largest vehicle manufacturer in Japan while Suzuki narrowly took second place ahead of Honda. The Toyota Corolla is … [Read more...]
2020 (Q1) Germany: Best-Selling Electric Car Brands and Models
Volkswagen, Renault, and Tesla were the top-selling electric car brands in Germany during the first quarter of 2020. The eGolf the favorite BEV. First-quarter 2020: Volkswagen was the best-selling battery-electric vehicle (BEV) brand in Germany, followed by Renault and Tesla. It was a similar order for the top-selling electric car models in Germany thus far in 2020: the … [Read more...]
2020 (Q1) Britain: Best-Selling Car Brands and Models
Volkswagen was the best-selling car brand in Britain during the first quarter of 2020. The Ford Fiesta remained the top-selling car model. January - March 2020: new passenger vehicle registrations in the UK were down nearly a third in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis. Volkswagen outsold Ford for the first time to become the best-selling car brand in Britain for the … [Read more...]
2020 (Q1) Germany: Best-Selling Car Brands and Models
Q1/2020: Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi were the best-selling car brands in Germany and the VW Golf the top-selling model. January to March 2020: New passenger vehicle registrations in Germany contracted by 20% largely due to the Coronavirus closing both salesrooms and registration offices. Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz remained the top-selling car brands in Germany … [Read more...]
2020 (Q1) France: Best-Selling Car Brands and Models
Peugeot replaced Renault as the best-selling car brand in France in the first quarter of 2020 while the Peugeot 208 was the top-selling model ahead of the Renault Clio. From the beginning of 2020, the French new car market was weaker but it completely collapsed during March 2020. The PSA Group remained by far the largest car manufacturer in France followed by Renault and … [Read more...]
2020 (February) Europe: Car Sales and Market Analysis
In February 2020, new passenger vehicle registrations in Europe contracted by 7%. The Renault Clio outsold the Volkswagen Golf. New car sales in Europe (European Union, EFTA, and the UK) were 7% lower in February 2020 than a year ago and follows on January when the market contracted by an even stronger 7.6%. Car sales were down in all but seven small European country … [Read more...]
2020 (January and February) International: Car Sales Worldwide
February 2020: car sales worldwide were lower with the market in China collapsing, sales weak in Europa, Japan, and India, and only the US and Brazilian markets stronger. January & February 2020: new passenger vehicle registrations were lower worldwide with only the US market growing to become again the largest single-country new car market in the world. The Chinese … [Read more...]
2020 (January): Europe New Car Sales and Market Analysis
January 2020: New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe contracted by 8% while electrified car sales surged in many markets. The European new car market was smaller in January 2020 with sales significantly down on both January 2019 and December 2019. The contraction was largely predicted due to a change in emission regulations that brought many car purchases forward … [Read more...]
2020: Germany – Total Number of Registered Cars By Brand
In 2020, the total number of passenger vehicles registered for use on German roads increased to almost 50 million. Volkswagen and Mercedes were the most common cars. On 1 January 2020, the total number of passenger vehicles registered for use on public roads in Germany was 47,715,977 cars - an increase of 1.3%. Volkswagen remained by far the most common car brand seen in … [Read more...]
2020 Global: Bugatti Chiron Production at 250
Bugatti announced the production of the 250th Chiron in 2020 - the halfway mark for the planned Chiron production run of 500 cars. Chiron Sport “Edition Noire Sportive” © Bugatti Production of the Bugatti Chiron hyper sports car has reached its halfway point three years after the first car was delivered to a client. The 250th Chiron - a Chiron Sport “Edition Noire … [Read more...]
2020 (Forecast) Britain: Electric Car Sales Prediction
DriveElectric predicts that nearly 100,000 electric cars will be sold in the UK in 2020. The forecast is for a 260% increase in battery electric passenger vehicle registrations in Britain. At least 98,500 new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will be registered in the UK in 2020, according to DriveElectric. If the forecast is correct, new electric car sales in Britain in … [Read more...]
2020 Global: BMW Electric Car Sales Worldwide and Forecast
BMW delivered its 500,000th electrified vehicle in December 2019 and predicted a quarter of its vehicles sold in Europe in 2021 will be electric. BMW announced that it delivered half a millionth electrified vehicles worldwide by December 2019 - double the number of electric cars built by Volkswagen to date. BMW introduced the electric i3 car in 2013 and in 2019 had 12 … [Read more...]
2020 UK: Most Trusted Car Brands in Britain
Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Ford are the most trusted car brands in Britain of the top 20 best-selling car marques in the UK. Mercedes-Benz is the UK’s most trusted car brand, according to the 2020 CarGurus Car Buyer Trust Index report, a study commissioned by online automotive marketplace CarGurus. While British men had the most trust in Mercedes-Benz, women trusted Audi … [Read more...]
2020 Global: Volkswagen Electric Car Production Forecast
VW forecasts electric car production to reach one million cars by 2023 with Volkswagen producing 1.5 million electric ID branded cars by 2025. Volkswagen forecasts that its electric car production will reach one million cars in 2023 - two years earlier than previously predicted. Volkswagen also predicts that it will produce 1.5 million vehicles worldwide from the new ID … [Read more...]
