In April this year, new passenger car registrations in the German market totaled 315,900 units, down 2.2 percent month on month and increasing by eight percent year on year, according to the data released by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA). Meanwhile, in the first four months of this year, Germany's new passenger car registrations increased by six percent year on year, totaling 1,107,300 units.
According to the VDA, in April of the current year 546,500 passenger cars rolled off production lines in Germany, which represents a month-on-month increase of 5.9 percent and a year-on-year rise of 14 percent. German passenger car output in the January-April period of this year amounted to 2,015,800 units, showing a three percent growth compared to the same period of last year.
In April this year, a total of 414,600 passenger cars were exported from Germany, up by 4.6 percent month on month and increasing by 13 percent compared to April last year. In the first four months of the current year, German passenger car exports amounted to 1,521,200 units, remaining stable year on year.