The number of new cars registered in the UK in April 2020 was down 97.3% to 4321 vehicles. The last time the number of vehicles registered was lower than this was Febrary 1946, said SMMT.

World car registrations in April 2020 were down 44.8% compared with the same month in 2019 at 3.97 m units, according to LMC Automotive. 

Western European car registrations in April 2019 were down by 80.0% at 243,288 units. compared with April 2019 , according to data from LMC Automotive

The number of new cars registered in the UK in April 2020 was down 97.3% to 4321 vehicles. The last time the number of vehicles registered was lower than this was Febrary 1946, said SMMT.

Passenger vehicle production in China was 1.0m units in March 2020. This is a 49.0% fall compared with March 2019, according to consultants LMC Automotive. It is something of a rebound from the 80% drop in February. 

World car registrations in November 2019 were down 2.4% compared with the same month in 2018 at 7.70 m units, according to LMC Automotive.

Faurecia, which makes automotive seating and interior components, generated sales of EUR 4185m in the third quarter of 2019.

Automotive seating-to-interiors group, Grammer, expects to make a loss in its earnings before interest and taxes of EUR 2m in the first quarter of 2020.

Car sales in the Asean trading area in January were 177, 000 units. This is a fall of 12% compared with the same month last year -- LMC Automotive.