Global markets: recovery in the US contrasts with decline in Europe
BELGIUM: Renault takes a battering on plunging car markets
Data released by ACEA for September car sales in the EU shows big declines in European car sales for a…
UK: West European car market down 11.4% in September
Car sales in Western Europe fell by 11.4% in September. It was the twelfth successive monthly year-on-year decline as eurozone…
UK: New car sales up 8.2% in September
The UK new car market grew by 8.2% to 359,612 units in September, according to data released by the SMMT.…
US SALES: September SAAR surprises
Even optimistic forecasters predicted August’s hot sales would cool to lukewarm in September. But the US light vehicle market demonstrated…
SOUTH AFRICA: Vehicle sales up 10% this year
Vehicle sales in South Africa were up 10% in the first nine months of the year at 464,189 units according…
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ANALYSIS: Trends indicate a mid-14m US sales year
There has been pessimism among industry analysts who are couching their bets, looking for the big drop in US light…
BRAZIL: Sales plunge as tax breaks lose punch
Brazilian vehicle sales plunged 31% in September from a record-breaking August as the effect of extended tax breaks wore off…
GERMANY: Europe’s new car sales plunge in September
Sales of new cars fell across all major European markets in September, according to figures released this week. The UK…
INDIA: Maruti, Mahindra drive auto sector out of slowdown shadows
Market leader Maruti Suzuki and utility vehicle major Mahindra and Mahindra provided some relief to the intensifying gloom in the…