Press releases

Bad Homburg. Numerous international motor vehicle manufacturers have announced that they will offer attractive exchange programs and thus contribute to accelerated fleet renewal and improved air quality in cities. These programs flank the strategy of switching to state-of-the-art Euro6 vehicles and alternative drive systems, which began immediately after the Diesel [...]

Bad Homburg. With 200,134 new registrations, the September result is 30.5 percent down on the same month last year. In the first three quarters of the year, 2.67 million new passenger cars were registered in Germany, corresponding to an increase of 2.4 percent. At 23 percent, the VDIK member companies [...]

Bad Homburg. On the occasion of the current discussion about a new concept to avoid driving bans, the VDIK makes it clear that nitrogen oxide emissions from road traffic have fallen by 70 percent since 1990. The successful VDIK strategy of renewing the fleet to include state-of-the-art Euro6 vehicles and [...]

Bad Homburg. With 316,405 new registrations, August recorded a strong increase of 25 percent compared to the same month last year. The result is significantly influenced by the WLTP test procedure valid from September. In the first eight months of the year, 2,473,284 new passenger cars were registered, an increase [...]

Bad Homburg. With the intended amendment of the Income Tax Act, the Federal Government is sending out a clear signal in favour of electromobility. For the private use of battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles as company cars, this amendment halves the gross list price of the [...]

Bad Homburg. The German market continued to show strong demand for new passenger cars in July. 317,848 new passenger car registrations correspond to an increase of 12.3 percent over the same month last year. In the months from January to July 2018, growth amounted to 4.2 percent with a total [...]

Bad Homburg. In today's cabinet meeting, the German government has initiated another agreement from the coalition agreement. The taxation of the private use of electric vehicles (battery electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles) as company cars purchased or leased between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2021 inclusive will [...]

Bad Homburg. The number of road deaths has declined significantly in recent years, yet cyclists and pedestrians are repeatedly endangered or come to harm by turning trucks. The VDIK supports all measures that contribute to increasing traffic safety, including the rapid introduction of turning-assistance systems. A Europe-wide harmonized regulation of [...]

Bad Homburg. The German passenger car market remained on course for success in June. With 341,308 new passenger car registrations, it closed 4.2 percent above the same month last year. In the first half of 2018, a total of 1.839 million new passenger cars were registered, representing an increase of [...]