· Global car market: the global market is not bad

In May's data, except for China's good looks, the global market seems to have fallen into a downturn.
North America: German martial arts According to data provided by Autodata, the sales volume of new light vehicles in the United States in May 2015 was 1,634,952, an increase of 1.6% over the 1,608,827 vehicles in May 2014. From January to May, the cumulative sales of new light-duty vehicles in the United States reached 7,406,658, compared with 6,743,353 vehicles in the same period last year, up 4.5% year-on-year.
However, the best performance in the US auto market in May was actually the German brand. Sales of German cars such as Volkswagen, Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz increased year-on-year. Among them, Audi increased by 11.7%, the biggest increase; BMW Group increased by 10.1% overall, MINI performed best; Mercedes-Benz increased by 10.1%, but Smart fell very sharply, -28.3%. In the US car, GM increased slightly by 4.9%, and the growth of Fiat Chrysler and Ford was also very weak. The most surprising thing is that Japanese cars, which have always been popular in the US, have weak sales in May, while Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda have seen weak growth. In addition, the US electric vehicle market performed well in May, with an overall sales volume of 11,540. Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt are facing a new generation. Tesla Model X will be launched in the second half of the year. It is expected that the sales of electric vehicles will increase in the second half of the year.
Europe: year-on-year growth of 0.2%
Recently, LMC Automotive announced data on car sales in 17 countries in Western Europe in May. Sales growth in the region was weak at 0.2% last month, and total sales in January-May increased by 6.6% year-on-year. In May of this year, the sales volume of new cars in Western Europe was 1,061,513, a slight increase of 0.2% compared with 1,589,939 in the same period of last year. In addition, the total sales volume in January-May increased by 6.6% year-on-year, from 5,238,830 in the same period last year to 5,583,028.
Among them, Germany's sales in May fell 6.7% year-on-year, from 274,804 vehicles in the same period last year to 256,385 vehicles. A total of 19,870 new cars were sold in the UK, up 2.4% year-on-year. The Italian auto market continued to grow, with 146,582 units sold last month, up 10.8% year-on-year. France's new car sales in May were 14,059 units, down 4.0% year-on-year.
Japan: a slight increase of 1.4%
According to data released by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA), Japanese car sales in May this year increased slightly by 1.4%.
The registered sales volume of ordinary passenger cars in Japan was 88,631, which was 3.7% higher than the 85,489 vehicles in the same period of last year. In the case of mini-cars (displacement of 660 cc or less), the registered sales volume of passenger cars increased by 1.2% year-on-year to 180,759.
On the manufacturer side, Toyota sales fell slightly by 0.5% to 95,287 units from 95,575 units. Sales in the first five months fell 10.4% year-on-year to 614,242 units. Honda's sales in May fell 11.5% year-on-year to 26,619 units, and sales in the first five months were 159,525 units. The year-on-year sales volume dropped 24.7%. In May, the daily sales volume reached 24,362 units, down 4.1% year-on-year. The sales volume in the first five months was 164,752 units, down 19.6% year-on-year.