2024 (January to July): Volkswagen and Mercedes were the best-selling car brands in Germany during the first half of 2024. The German new car market expanded by 5% during the first half of 2024 with sales just below 1.5 million cars. Volkswagen remained the top-selling car brand in Germany and gained market share at the … Read more
May 2024: New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe (EU, EFTA, UK) were slightly weaker but car sales of battery-electric vehicles contracted by 11%. The European new car market contracted slightly in May 2024 largely due to weaker electric car sales. Volkswagen and Toyota remained the largest car brands in Europe. The Volkswagen T-Roc, VW Golf, … Read more
April 2024: the European new car market expanded by 13% but the growth in battery-electric car, PHEV, and SUV sales in Europe was slower than in recent months. Car sales in Europe (European Union, EFTA, and UK) increased by 12.6% in April 2024 to just over a million vehicles. Battery-electric vehicle sales increased by 15% … Read more
2024 (Q1): new car sales worldwide increased in most major international markets except Japan with China by far the largest single-country market.
In March 2024, new passenger vehicle registrations in Europe (EU, EFTA, UK) contracted by 3% but sales of hybrid electric cars were much stronger while demand for battery electric cars was weak. New car sales in Europe decreased by 2.7% in March 2024 with persistently high inflation, interest rates, and very high prices restraining demand. … Read more
In February 2024, new passenger vehicle registrations in Europe (EU, EFTA, UK) increased by 10% with sales increasing mostly for petrol cars. New car sales in the European market increased by a tenth in February 2024. The major growth sector was for petrol-engined vehicles with sales of diesels lower and the market share of battery-electric … Read more
In January 2024, new car sales in Europe increased by 11% with Volkswagen the top-selling brand in Europe and the Dacia Sandero Europe’s favorite car model. The European new car market (EU, EFTA, and UK) expanded by 11% in January 2024 to just over a million new passenger vehicle registrations. Volkswagen remained the largest carmaker … Read more
In 2024, the total number of passenger vehicles registered for use on public roads in Germany increased to over 49 million cars. Volkswagen and Mercedes were the most common brands. On 1 January 2024, the total number of passenger vehicles (PKW) registered for use on public roads in Germany was 49,098,685 cars — an increase … Read more
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 … Read more