-European market relating to 27 countries fell by 5.1% in October down to 994,582 units.

  Same market recorded a 7.1 % decrease over the last 10 months (cumulative data), down to 10 699 143 units.

-The western part (ex-Europe 17 countries) fell by 5.4% in October to 928,585 units, marking a lighter decrease than over the previous

  three months. Same market recorded a 7.4 % decrease for the last aggregated 10 months, down to 10,054,509 units.

  Regarding the eastern part (ex-Eastern Europe), one can observe that the market  remained quasi-stable in October (-0.1% compared to October 2011) to 65,997 units. Over the last ten months, the eastern part decreases only by 2.8% down to 644,634 units.

-Poor performances are to be noted for most carmakers over last 10 months (cumulative data):

  Toyota Group (-0.5%), Daimler (-1.9%), BMW Group (-2.0%), VW Group (-2.2%), Geely Group (-9.9%), Ford Group (-12.1%), PSA (-12.4%),

  GM Group(-12.8%), Renault-Nissan (-14.6%) and Fiat-Chrysler Group (-16.0%).

  Only two manufacturers manage a breakthrough: Hyundai-Kia Group (+12.9%) and Tata Group (+29.7%).