According to the data released by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Germany's passenger car output in May this year rose by 20 percent year on year to 563,300 units. May was the sixth consecutive month in which Germany's passenger car output increased on year-on-year basis.
During the month in question, new passenger car registrations in Germany increased by 22 percent year on year to 304,700 units, while passenger car exports rose by 16 percent year on year reaching 421,700 units.
In the January-May period of 2011, Germany's total passenger car output reached 2,534,600 units, up nine percent, passenger car exports amounted to 1,953,900 units, up 11 percent, while new registrations increased by 13 percent to 1,334,400 units, all compared to the corresponding period of 2010.