2010 New Car Sales Around The World: Mostly Up (With Exceptions)

New car sales around the world are mostly rebounding – except in the markets where they had been artificially stimulated last year. This list will be continuously updated as new data becomes available.

In China, sales rose 32.37 percent in 2010 to 18,061,900 vehicles. Automobile production rose to 18,264,700 units, an increase of 32.44 percent. China established a new world record, previously held by the U.S.A. with sales of 17.4 million units in 2000.

In the U.S.A., new car sales climbed 11 percent to 11.59 million units.

In Japan, sales rose 7.5 percent to a total of 4,956,136 vehicles (including minivehicles.)

In India, new car sales rose 31 percent to 1.87 million, according to Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers data cited in the Wall Street Journal.

In Russia, new car and light vehicle sales rose 30 percent to 1.91 million units, according to data provided by the Association of European Businesses’ Automobile Manufacturers Committee to the Moscow Times.

In the EU as a whole , sales dropped -5.5 percent to 13,360,599 units.

In the Philippines, new car sales rose 27.2 percent to 168,490 units, surpassing the industry’s highest ever sales of 162,000 units in 1996, the Manila Bulleting writes.

Israel celebrates a record year for vehicle sales. 216,430 vehicles were sold in 2010, up 25.3 percent from 2009, according to data provided by the Vehicle Importers Association to Globes.

Malaysia’s new car sales rose 13 percent in 2010 to a record 605,156 vehicles, the Malaysian Automotive Association told The Nikkei [sub]

In Australia, sales of new cars and trucks jumped 10.5 percent to 1.04 million. This was only the third time the million mark has been broken in a calendar year, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries told The Australian.

In New Zealand, new car sales in 2010 were up 14 percent to 62,029, while sales of new commercial vehicles rose 17.8 percent to 18,424, according to data by the New Zealand Transport Agency, cited by TVNZ.

In Argentina, vehicle sales climbed 29 percent, the Argentina Automobiles Dealer Association told Bloomberg.

In Brazil, auto sales expanded 11 percent last year, the national car dealers’ association FENABRAVE told AFP. A total 3.3 million light vehicles were sold. Truck sales jumped 44 percent. The all vehicle total is 3.51 million, a plus of 11.9 percent.

In Chile, sales of new automobiles and light trucks surged 68 percent to 289,280 units sold, the Anac automotive association told the Wall Street Journal. Anac expects 325,000 new automobiles and light trucks to be sold in 2011.

In Turkey, the market recovered after a deep decline. Sales grew 30 percent to 750.000 units, the Gerson Lehmann Group reports. Last time the Turkish market had seen these levels was in 2005, when sales stood at 758.000 units. The group expects the Turkish market to be close to 900.000 units in 2011, and to cross the 1 million mark in 2013.

In Switzerland, new car sales climbed 10.6 percent to about 294,000, the highest number of cars sold since 2002, automobile importer association auto-suisse told Reuters.

In Canada, sales rose 6.6 percent from a weak 2009, Reuters says.