Most car brands are on target to meet CO2 targets in 2020 in Europe while forecasts show electric vehicles taking a 15% share of car sales in 2021. Electric car sales are due to treble market share in Europe in 2020, as carmakers rush to comply with European Union CO2 targets. By mid-2020, the PSA, … Read more
2020 (Q3): China had 365 million motorized vehicles on the road, including around 280 million cars, and in total 450 million licensed drivers. The total number of motorized vehicles, cars, and licensed drivers in China continued to increase sharply in 2020. Thus far in 2020, an additional 23 million new vehicles were registered for use … Read more
September 2020: car sales increased in China, Europe, and the USA but during the first three quarters of 2020 all major global markets worldwide were lower. In September 2020, for the first time in more than three years, the world’s three largest new car markets — China, the USA, and Europe — registered increases in … Read more
2020 (Q1-Q3): The Volkswagen Group was the largest carmaker in Europe with Volkswagen the best-selling car brand and the VW Golf the top-selling car model. January to September 2020: The Volkswagen Group gained market share in a contracting market to once again supply just over a quarter of all new cars registered in the European … Read more
Q1-Q3/2020: Germany was the largest single-country car market in Europe. Car sales in the European Union (EU), EFTA, and the UK contracted 29%. January to September 2020: new passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU), EFTA, and the UK were down 29.3%. Germany remained the largest single-country market in Europe and performed the best … Read more
2020 (Q1-Q3) — Toyota was the best-selling car brand in Japan, the Yaris the top-selling model, and Honda N-Box the favorite minicar. January to September 2020: New passenger vehicle registrations in Japan contracted by 19%. Toyota remained the top-selling vehicle brand in Japan and gained market share. Suzuki was the second best-selling car brand in … Read more
2020 (Q1-Q3) — Volkswagen was again the best-selling car brand in Germany but Mercedes-Benz and BMW gained market share. The VW Golf remained the top-selling model. January to September 2020: new passenger vehicle registrations in Germany contracted by 25% to just over two million cars. Volkswagen remained the largest carmaker in Germany but both Mercedes-Benz … Read more
2020 (Q1-Q3) — Ford, VW, and Mercedes-Benz remained the best-selling car brands in Britain with the Fiesta the top-selling model in the UK. During the first three quarters of 2020, new passenger vehicle registrations in Britain contracted by 33% to 1,243,656 cars. Ford lost market share but remained the largest car brand in the UK … Read more
2020 (Q1-Q3): The best-selling car brand in France was Renault while the Peugeot 208 was the top-selling car model. The French market contracted 29%. September 2020: New passenger vehicle registrations in France largely recovered to normal levels with new car sales only 3% lower in September 2020 than a year ago. However, during the first … Read more
In August 2020 the European new car market contracted by 18% as sales dropped in all major markets. SUVs took the largest market share in Europe. New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union, UK, and EFTA were down by 18% in August 2020 to only 880,200 cars. Year-to-date 2020 the European new car market … Read more