The growing global market pie hides diverse regional trends

UK: New car sales up 12.1% in September

The UK car market continued its positive growth trend in September with monthly car sales up by a healthy 12.1%…

INDIA: LMC revises India market outlook down

The forecasters at LMC Autmotive have cut their forecast for vehicle sales in India on the back of recent problems…

GERMANY: September sales down 1.2%

A smaller fall in German car sales in September has strengthened hopes that weakness in Europe's largest car market is…

US: Labour Day loss slows September sales

Thanks to a quirk in the reporting calendar, US light vehicle sales in September missed their year ago mark for…

THAILAND: Sales down 23% in August, exports up

Thai new vehicle sales fell by 22.6% to 100,289 units in August, from 129,509 units in the same month of…

INDONESIA: Indonesia vehicle sales up 2% in August

New vehicle sales in Indonesia rose by 2% to 77,961 units in August, compared with 76,445 units in the same…

VIETNAM: Vietnam vehicle sales up 20% in August

Vietnam’s new vehicle market continued to rebound in August, with sales rising by 13.6% to 7,236 units, from 6,371 units…

PHILIPPINES: Sales up 20% in August

New vehicle sales in the Philippines increased by over 20% to 13,704 units in August, compared with year earlier sales…

CHINA: Sales rise 10% in August

New vehicle sales in mainland China increased by 10.3% to 1,648,902 units in August compared with 1,495,200 units sold in…

UK: Western Europe’s car market down 5.3% in August

Car sales in Western Europe fell by 5.3% in August, according to data released by LMC Automotive. LMC said that…