German registrations plunged 31 percent last month as sales dried up following the introduction of the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure, or WLTP, on September 1. Most mass-market brands dropped last month. Audi decreased the most, falling 78 percent, followed closely by fellow VW Group brand Porsche, with a 76 percent drop. The group’s core VW brand was next with a 62 percent fall. Seat volume was down 55 percent and Skoda 44 percent. Source Automotive News Europe
The second stage of the German capital’s rent cap law has come into effect, meaning that thousands of Berlin landlords could be forced to reduce their rents. But the legal battle over the law is not yet over. Source Deutsche Welle
A group of more than 100 migrants attempted to break through the Röszke border crossing with Serbia, in southern Hungary.
According to local police, the illegal entrants threw stones at the police while some 30 of them climbed on the border fence. Police thwarted the attempt. Source Abouthungary
A gendarmerie crew was the target of two Molotov cocktails this Monday evening in Villefontaine (Isère). For Patrick Nicole-Williams, the mayor of Villefontaine, the gendarmes have fallen into an ambush. The soldiers were called to intervene in the Muissiat district around 11 p.m. Source Actu17
