In September, the European car market loses a quarter of its volumes compared to 2019. This is certified by the data from That on registrations in the Old Continent. During the month, the drop in sales in the EU, EFTA and UK areas was 24.3%, confirming the trend recorded in the January-September period, – 24.4%. These are the worst performances for the month of September since 1995 with all major markets in negative territory: from -34.4% in Great Britain to -32.7% ofItaly and to -25.7% in Germany up to a contraction of 20.5 in France and 15.7 in Spain.
The “recovery” on 2020
In 2020, the recovery of volumes in the European area over 2020 was in any case 6.9%, while comparing the month of September with last year, the lower registrations reached 25.2%. The crisis is weighing on the market semiconductors, with long lead times of models and factories working in fits and starts across Europe. Dynamics that are conditioning the choice of consumers, who choose used cars where possible while marking a further spike in car sales full electric O plug in. On the one hand there is the growing interest in this type of vehicle, on the other hand the fact that there is probably a good availability of this type of cars at dealerships throughout Europe.
Who loses the most
Among the manufacturers the 2 major European producers, Volkswagen e Stellantis, lost 29.7 and 30.4% respectively in September, Renault it loses 24% in September and is in negative ground compared to 2020 if sales from January to September are taken into account. The result of Hyundai which grew by 26.9% in the month. It should be noted that Daimler Group and Ford lost about half of their volumes over 2020 during the month, while from the beginning of the year the decline was 5 and 11%.
The performance of electric cars
In the United Kingdom in September, the Centro Studi Promotor points out, the market share of electric cars stood at 15.2% while the plug-in hybrid reached 6.4%. In Germany, full electric cars represented a third of volumes, in Italy the market share of electric cars jumped to 8% compared to 0.9% in September 2019.