In December last year, new passenger car registrations in the German market totaled 247,300 units, down 9.21 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 2015 Germany's new passenger car registrations increased by six percent year on year, totaling 3,206,000 units.
According to the VDA, in December last year 361,700 passenger cars rolled off production lines in Germany, which represents a month-on-month decrease of 30 percent and a year-on-year decline of one percent. German passenger car output in 2015 amounted to 5,739,900 units, showing a two percent growth from 2014.
In December last year, a total of 283,900 passenger cars were exported from Germany, down by 27.09 percent month on month and decreasing by four percent compared to December 2014. In 2015 German passenger car exports amounted to 4,411,400 units, increasing by three percent year on year.