representative imageberlin the mood in the german automotive industry worsened in december a survey showed on tuesday as the rising number of coronavirus infections forced europes largest economy into a full lockdown in the last month of 2020 the ifo economic institute said its car industry sentiment indicator fell to 54 points in december after 50 points in november but said the companies in the automotive sector expect the situation to improve over the next six months reuters published on jan 5 2021 at 0101 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app automotive industry ifo auto sale auto sector german automotive homenewsindustrygermanys auto industry sentiment darkens in december ifo