In February, European sales of passenger cars increased 4,4% to 1,15 million, which marks the fifth consecutive year of February sales growth, with sales up almost 40% on the nearly 829.000 sales of February 2013. Crossover and SUVs are the only segment to grow with an increase of 22,7% to a share of just over a third of the market while car models (hatchbacks, sedans, staton wagons, coupes and convertibles) lost 1,5% to 57,7% of the market and MPVs continued their sharp decline at -13,3% to 100.000 sales, 8,7% of the market.
US car sales analysis March 2018 – brands
The see-sawing continued as the US car market swung back with exuberant fashion following growth in January and a dip in February. With sales growing by 6.3%, March was the best performance the US car market has seen in over two years, with many brands recording growth rates of over 30%. As in previous months, it is too early to speculate [Read more…]
China car sales analysis February 2018
After a rather unexpected double digit gain in January, sales of domestic passenger cars in China are down 8,4% in February. However, the explanation for these swings is that the Chinese New Year celebrations fell in February this year, while last year they fell mostly in January (Jan. 27 – Feb. 2), which means fewer business days in February 2018. Compared to 2016, when the celebrations were in the second month as well, 2018 sales are up 10%. Combined sales figures for the first two months are still up 3,2% which is actually still above expectations, as the Chinese car market was expected to slightly decline in the early stages of this year. The Seasonally Adjusted Annualized selling Rate in February is up to 25,28 million, up 400.000 on January. which is down by 1 million on January 2017 at 24,74 million. [Read more…]
Geely is pulling ahead of the competition: a model-level analysis
Geely and its competition
Geely competes in China’s “mass” or “mid-tier”; market, meaning the company is mostly competing for car buyers that are part of China’s enormous middle class. Geely’s main competitors are Chinese companies that manufacture their cars in China, and primarily sell their cars in China.
While the Geely brand is positioned to appeal to buyers that are looking for both affordability and quality; other brands or subsidiaries owned by Geely compete in different market segments. Geely’s subsidiary Volvo competes in the luxury car segment, and Lynk & Co. (a recently launched brand by Geely-Volvo) is positioned between the mass market and the luxury market.
US car sales analysis February 2018 – models
After discussing the US auto brand sales ranking for February, let’s zoom in on the models ranking.
US car sales analysis February 2018 – brands
After beginning 2018 on an optimistic note, with sales rising by 1.2% in January, the market took a downward swing in February, shrinking by 2.2% and pushing the industry into the red for 2018 YTD (sales down 0.6%). It is worth noting too that this performance is not driven by Feb’18 being greatly different than last year in terms of selling [Read more…]
European car sales analysis January 2018 – models
After looking at the January 2018 car brand sales in Europe, let’s take a closer look at individual model sales figures. The Volkswagen Golf remains on top of the ranking but is also the fastest growing nameplate in the top-8 with a gain of 14,4% on a weak score a year ago when its facelifted version was not yet in showrooms. Still, this is the best [Read more…]
European car sales analysis January 2018 – brands
European sales of passenger cars in January increased 6,5% in January 2018 to 1,27 million, which marks the fourth consecutive year of January sales growth, with sales up 40% on the 908.000 sales in January 2013. As sales of car models (hatchbacks, sedans, staton wagons, coupes and convertibles) were stable at +2%, MPVs continued thier sharp decline as crossovers and SUVs are taking over the European streets. MPVs declined 19% to just 7,7% of the market (a new low) while crossovers increased 24% to take 34% of the market, a new high as their share was below 30% for the 2017 full year.
Global car sales analysis 2017
In 2017, worldwide sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles increased 2,4%, according to JATO Dynamics figures, based on their data of 52 markets. Slightly more than 2 million additional vehicle sales compared to 2016 make for a new total of 86,05 million global car sales. Passenger car sales were up 2,3% to 82 million and LCV sales were up 4,4% to 4,05 million vehicles. 13 out of the 52 markets showed double digit growth including Russia, Argentina and Thailand, balancing small declines in major markets like the UK, United States, South Korea and Mexico. Growth in China slowed to just 2,3% from 17% in 2016. India and Brazil were other engines of growth, the former setting a third consecutive annual sales record and the latter recovering from a decline the year before. [Read more…]
NEW: US green car sales analysis January 2018
In a first of a monthly series of articles, we will put a spotlight on sales of green cars in the US. The term “green cars” broadly means cars which incorporate electric motors in their drivetrains, in varying degrees of importance: Hybrid describes cars where the electric motor plays second fiddle to the primary internal combustion engine, [Read more…]
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