In all key markets of the European Union, a decrease in interest in purchasing new passenger cars has been recorded. The largest percentage drop was demonstrated by Italy, where demand fell by 9.6%. Next came Spain with a figure of minus 4.3%, the United Kingdom, which lost 3.4%, France, where the decline was 2.3%, and Germany with a minimal decline of 0.5%.
In March, the largest national car market in the European Union was the United Kingdom — 458,054 new cars found their owners there.
The second position in this list was held by Germany, where 345,523 cars were bought during the month.
The top three was closed by France, which sold 225,818 passenger cars.
Among European automakers, the first place, as usual, remained with the VW Group. During the month, the company sold 399,742 cars in EU markets, which is 1.1% less than in March last year.
The second is the PSA Group alliance with sales of 281,597 cars. This result is 1.4% lower than the figure of a year ago.
The third place was taken by Renault Group, which sold 179,089 units of equipment. Here, growth of 2.3% was recorded.
Based on the results of the first three months of 2019, 4,032,881 new passenger cars underwent initial registration in the European Union countries. This is 3.3% less than in the same period of the previous year.
At the same time, in Germany, registration indicators remained almost unchanged, adding only 0.2%. But in other key EU markets, the situation was different. Spain ended the quarter with a decline of 6.9%, Italy lagged behind last year's result by 6.5%, and in the United Kingdom, demand for new passenger cars fell by 2.4%.
