EU passenger car registrations: +6.6% over two months; +8.0% in February

February 2014 saw an increase in demand for new passenger cars in the European Union for the sixth consecutive month. Sales were up 8 percent on the same period a year ago. Though in absolute figures, the total of 861,058 units registered was the second lowest result for a month of February since 2003. Spain

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China auto sector reports boom month in February

Production and sales of automobiles in China experienced double digit year on year growth of 21.5% and 17.8% respectively in the year to February. However, production was down 21.7% and sales fell by 26% when compared against February 2013. Accumulated sales for the top 10 auto companies accounted for 90.9% of the total sales in

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