April2026 Economic and Market Report Full year2025 Contents Copyright notice....................................................................................................................2Key takeaways......................................................................................................................3EU economic outlook............................................................................................................4Passenger cars.....................................................................................................................6Registrations......................................................................................................................6Global.............................................................................................................................6European Union (EU).....................................................................................................8Production........................................................................................................................11Global............................................................................................................................11European Union (EU)....................................................................................................14Trade................................................................................................................................16Imports..........................................................................................................................17Exports..........................................................................................................................18Commercial vehicles............................................................................................................19Registrations.....................................................................................................................19Global (only for vans)....................................................................................................19European Union (EU)....................................................................................................20Production........................................................................................................................22Global............................................................................................................................22Trade................................................................................................................................25 List of tables Table 1. EU economic forecast–Key figures........................................................................4Table 2. Global new car registrations....................................................................................7Table 3. Top five–New EU car registrations.........................................................................8Table 4. Global car production..............................................................................................12Table 5. Top ten EU car producers.......................................................................................14Table 6. EU new car trade....................................................................................................16Table 7. EU new car imports, main countries of origin..........................................................17Table 8. EU new car imports, main countries of origin..........................................................17Table 9. EU new car exports, main destinations...................................................................18Table 10. EU new car exports, main destinations.................................................................18Table 11. EU new commercial vehicle and bus registrations................................................20Table 12. Global van production...........................................................................................22Table 13. Global truck production.........................................................................................23Table 14. Global busproduction...........................................................................................24Table 15. EU new van trade.................................................................................................25Table 16. EU new truck trade...............................................................................................26Table 17. EU new bus trade.................................................................................................27 List of figures Figure 1. Estimated GDP growth for 2026 by country............................................................5Figure 2. New EU car registrations by power source for selected countries...........................9Figure 3. Production countries of EU car sales.........