While car sales in the U.S., China, India and Russia growled in June 2012, Western Europe went again on losses. Among the brands dominate VW, Audi and Skoda, bitter break-ins were at Opel and Fiat.
The key international markets outside Europe could come up in June 2012 with consistently double-digit growth rates in passenger car sales. "The global car market continues to grow. Alone in the U.S. and Japan in the first half of 2012 were each around one million cars sold more than a year earlier. The Chinese market grew by approximately 500,000 units. Thus, the decline in Western Europe more than offset, "said Matthias Wissmann, President of the Association of the Automotive industry (VDA). The Western European car market was ranked slightly lower than last year - the positive demand in the German and British markets prevented an even worse record. With a slight decrease of two percent in Western Europe fell in June after all, a lot better than the entire first half.