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Despite automotive sales in Europe being down by around 8% for the year so far, advertising spending by European automakers is about 3.9% in Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Spain.  France, Italy and Spain are among the countries where ...

Automakers are either closing factories or moving production

The analysts at IHS Automotive are predicting that European auto factories will run at under capacity for at least the next three years. To cope, automakers will have to either close factories or move more production to Europe to take up the unuse...

It believes that the Japanese automakers would have an unfair advantage

The European Auto Industry Association (ACEA) is protesting against a proposed free trade deal between the the EU and Japan. It claims that Japanese automakers would have an unfair advantage in such a deal.  "We are supportive of tra...

It is the fourth straight month of industry growth

The European Automobile Manufactures’ Association has released its monthly EU27 sales report and for the fourth straight month sales have increased. It is a good indicator that the worst of the recession may be over. There were 906,294 cars ...

Euro-wide sales tick up 1.7% in April

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) reports that auto sales in the European Union increased by 1.7% in April compared to April 2012. It is the first time in 19 months that there has been any increase in European auto sales. Th...

Sales down 5% in August

European Auto Sales fell to 686,957 vehicles in August, down 5%, from 722,458 in August 2012. Sales from January to August were also down 5% to 8.14 million cars, which is the lowest level since 1990. The fall in sales came as a surprise after...

Sales rise will be in single digits

December marked the first signs that auto sales in France, Italy and Spain may be starting to rebound. French sales rose 9%; Spain rose 18%, and Italy rose 1%. While sales in Northern Europe had already begun to rebound, Southern Europe had lagged...

Sales down 7.6% for year so far

The ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, has released its monthly report on EU auto registrations, and things are down for the 14th consecutive month.  In November, EU consumers registered 926,486 cars, which is down 1...

All major markets showing sales loss

The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association revealed that car sales in June were 1,134,042 cars, down 5.6% from June 2012. It was the worst June for EU auto sales since 1996. For the first half fo the year, 6,204,990 cars have been...

Just over one million cars were sold in the month

After one month of hope that things might be improving with sales increasing in April, this month's report from the European Automotive Manufacturers' Association shows that the European auto industry fell even further in May with sales of...