TURIN. Just born Stellantis climbs the hit parade of the European car. In the first quarter of the year, the company led by Carlos Tavares and chaired by John Elkann achieved the top of European global sales including passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, with an overall market share of 23.6%. “In a context of moderate growth of the European market of 3.8% – explains a note from the group born from the merger of FCA and PSA – the results of Stellantis are decidedly better, recording an increase in sales of 10.8% year on year. , a number of registered vehicles equal to 854,151 out of a total of 3,619,749 vehicles in the European market and an overall positive performance across the entire range of brands “.
Satisfied Maxime Picat, Stellantis Chief Operating Officer Enlarged Europe. «The main factors that contributed to the achievement of this excellent result, placing Stellantis as the first European producer in the first quarter of 2021, just three months after its birth, are the great teamwork and dedication of all the people of Stellantis and, second, an excellent portfolio of brands offering a complete range of products capable of meeting the expectations of our customers ».
As for the products, in the first quarter of 2021 the Peugeot 208 led the European ranking of the “Top Ten” which also saw the presence of other models belonging to Stellantis: the Citroen C3 and the Peugeot 2008. In the City Cars segment ( segment A), the Fiat Panda and the New 500 continue to dominate the market with over 38% share. Furthermore, on the path to electrification of the European market, the Peugeot 208 and the New Fiat 500 are in the “Top 3” of electrified cars in their respective category.
Substantial progress has been made, underlines the group, in almost all the main countries, including Austria (+ 22.1%), France (+ 17.6%), Germany (+ 4.3%), Italy (+27 , 2%), with Stellantis market leader in Belgium (with a share of 25.2%), France (37.7%), Greece (28.8%), Italy (41.3%), Lithuania (40 , 7%), Portugal (34.3%), Spain (28.9%) and Hungary (16.9%). Stellantis is also assuming a leadership role within the European light commercial vehicle market, with a market share of 34.3% and with over 184,000 vehicles registered in the first quarter of 2021.