According to the data released by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Germany's passenger car output in June this year fell by 14 percent year on year to 453,700 units. June was the first month in which Germany's passenger car output recorded a decline recorded after six consecutive months of increase on year-on-year basis.
During the month in question, new passenger car registrations in Germany decreased slightly by 0.3 percent year on year to 288,400 units, while passenger car exports fell by 14 percent year on year, declining to 343,200 units.
In the January-June period of 2011, Germany's total passenger car output reached 2,988,000 units, up five percent, passenger car exports amounted to 2,295,600 units, up six percent, while new registrations increased by 10 percent to 1,622,600 units, all compared to the corresponding period of 2010.