Global sales of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in January 2025 amounted to 6.53 million units, which is 5.5% less than in the same period last year.China remains the largest automotive market in the world, despite a 13.4% decrease in sales to 2.001 million cars. The PRC's share in global sales was 30.6%.The second position is held by the United States, where 1.11 million cars were sold in the month, which is 4.4% less than in January 2024.India came in third place, selling 406,426 cars (+1.5%), and Japan took fourth place with a result of 364,199 cars (+12.9%).Germany remains the largest car market in Europe, ranking fifth in the world with 207,426 cars sold (-2.7%).Brazil ranked sixth with 159,409 cars sold (+4.8%).The UK dropped to seventh place with 159,335 cars sold (-6.9%).Italy dropped one position in the ranking, ranking eighth with 150,338 cars sold (-6.2%).Mexico (118,750 cars) and Canada (117,767 cars) rounded out the top ten.
SOURCE: MMR
