Global sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in September fell nearly 5% year-on-year to 7.73 million units, Vodibi writes, citing data from consulting firm Globaldata. For nine months the market volume decreased by 4.3%. The leader in sales remained in China, where car sales fell by 25.6% to 1.88 million units, while in the United States and Western Europe there was an increase of 5.9% and 7.7% respectively.