Last month, the largest car markets in the European Union showed mixed dynamics. A number of key markets showed negative dynamics: in the UK, the decline was 9.3%, in Germany — 3.3%. At the same time, the Italian and Spanish markets demonstrated confident growth — by 8.1% and 4.6% respectively, which partially compensated for the overall decline.
The leader in sales volume among EU countries remains Germany, where 288,035 passenger cars were sold during the month.
In second place is still France — in September, 170,645 cars were bought there.
The top three is closed by Italy with 166,956 cars sold.
Among European manufacturers, the first line is traditionally held by the VW Group, which sold 330,112 cars on the European market, which is 0.9% less than in September last year.
The second place is occupied by PSA Group with a result of 216,005 cars sold — this is 70% more than a year earlier, thanks to the acquisition of the Opel and Vauxhall brands from GM.
The third indicator in terms of the number of cars sold is Renault Group — 130,116 units, which corresponds to an increase of 0.6%.
According to the results of the first nine months of 2017, about 11.7 million new passenger cars were registered in the European Union countries, which is 3.7% more than in the same period last year. Almost all major European markets contributed to the overall growth: Italy added 9%, Spain — 6.7%, France — 3.9%, Germany — 2.2%. In the UK, however, a slight decrease in sales of 3.9% was recorded. Separately, it is worth noting the new EU member states, which showed particularly high results (+13.8%) and made a significant contribution to the overall statistics of the region.
