Little sales tidbit

["Mark L. Chang" <mchang@ece.nwu.edu>]

Interesting...

TABLE-W.Europe July car registrations up 17.1 pct

   BRUSSELS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Following are provisional West
European new car registrations and market share figures for July
released by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association
(ACEA). ACEA does not publish its July data until September.
Brand                July 99   pct change  mkt share vs July 98


All brands         1,463,699   +17.1
Volkswagen           265,064   +10.6         18.1       19.2
PSA                  200,484   +42.3         13.7       11.3
GM                   167,408   +18.6         11.4       11.3
Renault              181,466   +18.1         12.4       12.3
Japanese             152,506   +17.7         10.4       10.4
Ford                 161,541   +34.9         11.0        9.6
Fiat                 132,410   -13.9          9.0       12.3
BMW                   71,632   +20.7          4.9        4.8
DaimlerChrysler       77,133   +12.6          5.3        5.5
Korean                47,299   +22.5          3.2        3.1

NOTE - (Volkswagen <VOWG.F> includes Audi, Seat, Skoda; GM
<GM.N> includes Opel/Vauxhall, U.S. imports, Saab <INVEb.ST>,
IBC <IBC.BK>/ISUZU <7202.T>; Ford <F.N> includes U.S. imports,
Jaguar, Volvo; Fiat <FIA.MI> includes Lancia, Alfa Romeo,
Innocenti, Ferrari, Maserati; PSA includes Peugeot <PEUP.PA>,
Citroen; Japanese includes Nissan <7201.T>, Toyota <7203.T>,
Mazda  <7261.T>, Honda <7267.T>, Mitsubishi, others; BMW
<BMWG.F> includes Rover; DaimlerChrysler <DCXGn.F> includes
Mercedes and Chrysler. ACEA provides no breakdown for the Korean
figures.)

   Breakdown by country:
Country              July 99    pct change

yr/yr
Austria               28,819   + 2.1
Belgium               37,871   + 5.1
Denmark               11,248   - 5.9
Finland               11,155   +11.2
France               292,625   +22.5
Germany              341,045   + 5.6
Greece                24,916   +32.3
Ireland               15,064   + 4.7
Italy                227,900   -11.2
Luxembourg             3,551   +11.2
Netherlands           52,017   + 4.9
Portugal              29,700   +14.0
Spain                160,129   +16.1
Sweden                20,422   +16.6
United Kingdom       167,324  +341.5
EU-15              1,423,786   +17.6
Iceland                1,794   +11.4
Norway                10,292   -18.7
Switzerland           27,827   +11.2
W.Europe           1,463,699   +17.1