In 2022, new passenger vehicle registrations in Germany increased somewhat surprisingly by 1,1% but market analysis shows the German car market is still a quarter smaller than in 2019. In full-year 2022, the German new car market expanded by 1.1% to 2,651,357 passenger cars (PKW) — the second-lowest total of new passenger vehicle registrations in … Read more
In full-year 2022, the top-selling car models in France were the Peugeot 208 followed by the Dacia Sandero and Renault Clio. 2022 (January to December): the Peugeot 208 increased its lead as the favorite car model of the French with slightly higher sales volumes. The Dacia Sandero was the second-most popular car model in France … Read more
In full-year 2022, Stellantis was the largest carmaker in France while Peugeot, Renault, and Dacia were the best-selling car brands. 2022 (January to December): the largest car manufacturer in France was again Stellantis with Peugeot and Renault the top-selling car brands. Dacia moved ahead of Citroën while Toyota replaced Volkswagen as the favorite foreign car … Read more
In full-year 2022, the French new car market contracted by 8% with passenger vehicle registrations in France at historic lows. January to December 2022: new car sales in France were down 8% with the French new car market significantly smaller than two million units for the third consecutive year. Although battery-electric cars continued to gain … Read more
In 2022, Tesla global sales, production, and worldwide deliveries of battery-electric vehicles increased to over a million passenger cars. In the full calendar year 2022, Tesla increased worldwide production, sales, and deliveries of its electric cars to well over a million vehicles. Global production of Tesla cars increased by almost 50% while production of the … Read more
Car sales in Europe increased by 14% in October 2022 with Volkswagen the best-selling brand and Peugeot 208 top model. New passenger vehicle registration in Europe expanded by 14% to 900,000 cars in October 2022. Although the third consecutive month of sales increases, the European new car market remained 8% weaker thus far in 2022 … Read more
In September 2022, the European new car market expanded by 7.5% with sales of electric cars up 15% and the Tesla Model Y the top-selling car model overall in Europe. New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe (EU, EFTA, UK) expanded in September 2022 for the second consecutive month. The 7.5% increase in sales increased the … Read more
In August 2022, car sales increased in Europe for the first time this year with battery-electric vehicles gaining market share. The European new car market expanded in August 2022 by 3.5% but year-to-date 2022 car sales in Europe are still 12% lower than in 2021 and significantly below pre-pandemic levels. SUV remained the largest market … Read more
July 2022: new car sales in Europe contracted by a tenth with battery electric vehicle registrations taking a 10% share of the European market. New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe were down by another ten percentage points in July 2022 but the decline in sales was slower than earlier in the year. Battery-electric vehicle (BEV) … Read more
In June 2022, new car sales in Europe fell to a record low with even battery electric passenger vehicle registrations weaker. New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe in June 2022 contracted by 17% to just over a million cars — the lowest June total since 1993. As in previous months, production shortages rather than a … Read more