Auto sales rose 1% in Europe in 2007

Sales of passenger cars in Eastern and Western Europe increased from 15.78 million in 2006 to 15.96 million vehicles in 2007.

Sales in Eastern Europe jumped 14.5% in 2007.

But the Western Europe grew only 0.2%.

Sales fell 9% in Germany, 1% in Spain and grew 3% in France and 2.5% in UK Renault lost 4% and VW lost 1%.

BMW and Fiat gain 7% and Toyota, Ford and GM gain 2%.

Hector Fratty

Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.