World car registrations in September 2019 were down 2.7% compared with the same month in 2018, at 7.51m units, according to LMC Automotive.
In the US, sales were lower by 10.7% in September, at 1.3m units. In the same month in 2018, US dealers sold 1.4m units.
In China, according to LMC Automotive, sales of 2.2m units represent a 6.2% decline compared to the previous month. In the same month in 2018, Chinese dealers sold 2.4m units.
Sales in Western Europe were 1.4m units in the month. This is 11% higher than the number sold in September 2018.
In Brazil and Argentina, sales increased slightly for the 2019 month to 257,000 units, up from 256,000 units in the same month in 2018.
