Automotive Retail Markets
French PSA sales up 5.5 pct in first half of 20142014-07-18
Resilient demand in Europe and booming Chinese market helped France's No.1 car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen to provide 5.5 more units worldwide in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2013, the group said Thursday.
BMW sells over one million vehicles in H12014-07-09
German car producer BMW Group sold more than a million vehicles in the first half of 2014, marking a new sales record in the company's history, BMW said in an announcement on Tuesday.
Audi reports record H1 sales in China2014-07-05
German car producer Audi AG has achieved new record sales figures in the Chinese market in the first half of 2014, selling 268666 automobiles, Audi announced on Friday.
British new car sales up 10.6% in H1: SMMT2014-07-04
The units of new car registered in the first six months of 2014 were 1287265, 10.6 percent up from the same period of 2013, and registering the best half-year total sales since 2005.
Sales of new cars in France gains momentum in June2014-07-02
Sales of new cars in France recorded upward trend in June with auto manufacturers selling 3.2 percent more units than in May, the French Car Sales Federation(CCFA)said in a statement on Tuesday.
Spain's car sales rise by 17.8 pct in H12014-07-02
Sales of new cars in Spain rose by 17.8 percent in the first six months of the year compared with the same period in 2013, organizations from the Spanish automobile sector reported on Tuesday.
Japan's new vehicle sales down 5.6 pct in May2014-06-02
New vehicle sales, excluding mini-vehicles, slid down 5.6 percent from a year earlier to 206906 units in May in Japan for the second straight month of decrease probably due to the sales tax hike on April 1.
Passenger car sales back in fast lane in April2014-05-10
The nation's passenger vehicle sales increased 12.7 percent year-on-year in April, recovering to double-digit growth after gains of 9.4 percent in February and 9 percent in March.