Thursday, 8 September 2016

SUVS BECOME THE LARGEST AND FASTEST-GROWING AUTOMOTIVE SEGMENT IN 2015

LONDON, Sept 8 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Global market research company Euromonitor International released today new automotive data. According to the new research, global sales of light vehicles grew 1.7 percent in 2014-2015, driven by the increasing popularity of Sports-utility Vehicles (SUVs), sales of which surged 22 percent in 2015.
 

SUVs overtook lower medium cars to become the largest automotive segment in 2015, accounting for 22.9 percent of light vehicle sales globally. Sales of SUVs grew from 5 million units in 2000 to 20 million in 2015 and are forecast to hit 42 million units by 2031. 

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