Germany April new-car sales rise 8.4% year on year

LONDON (ICIS)–Germany’s new-car registrations rose 8.4% year on year to 315,921 in April, the country’s federal vehicle authority said in a data release on Thursday.

Compared with March, registrations were down 2.2%, Flensburg-based Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt said.

For the first four months of 2016, registrations were up 5.6% year on year, to 1.1m.

Volkswagen remained the market leader with a share of 20.1% of new registrations in April, and of 20.5% in the first four months.
Mercedes came in second in April, with a 9.5% share, followed by Volkswagen Group member Audi with 9.4%. For the first four months, Audi claimed second place with 9.5% of registrations, followed by Mercedes with 9.0%.

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