SALES WRAPS: The end of a difficult year
EUROPE: Car sales in Western Europe down 5.2% in 2010
Data released by JD Power Automotive Forecasting shows that car sales in Western Europe declined by 5.4% in December to…
CHINA: China vehicle market tops 18m units in 2010
Vehicle sales in China soared by 32% to 18.06m units in 2010 according to data released by the China Association…
GERMANY: VW sets sales record in 2010
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand ended 2010 with a new sales record: 4.5m vehicles - up 13.9% year on year - were…
BRAZIL: Vehicle market hits new record in 2010
Helped by a strong economy, Brazil's vehicle market posted a new record of over 3.5m units sold in 2010 according…
UK: 2010 sales up 1.8%
UK new car sales in 2010 rose 35,847 units to 2,030,846 units, ending the year 1.8% up on 2009 figures.…
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SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai India posts record sales in 2010
Hyundai Motor said its Indian operation’s sales and production rose above 600,000 in 2010 for the first time since its…
US: Daimler’s Sprinter van sales up 2.5%
Daimler Vans USA (DVU) said Sprinter van sales volume for 2010 rose 2.5% to 8,559. The Mercedes-Benz designed, US assembled…
AUSTRALIA: Sales hit 1m again
The Australian new vehicle market continued to outperform other economic indicators during 2010 to post its second highest annual sales…
US: Ford closes the brand gap on Toyota
Ford is catching up on Toyota in the eyes of US customers, according to the 2011 Consumer Reports' 2011 Car…
ANALYSIS: Germany’s car market turns a corner
As the German car market turns positive after 2010's post-scrappage slump, Dave Leggett rakes over some of the 2010 data…