In October of last year, the number of registrations decreased by 7.3% due to the introduction of an updated procedure for testing cars for compliance with fuel consumption and environmental standards WLTP, which created a low base for comparison in 2019.
Last month, almost all EU member states recorded an increase in the number of registrations, except for Cyprus and the United Kingdom. Four of the five leading EU car markets showed noticeable growth: Germany (+12.7%), France (+8.7%), Italy (+6.7%), and Spain (+6.3%), while car sales in the UK fell by almost seven percent.
Germany again took the first position among countries in the number of new passenger car registrations — 284,593 vehicles.
France was in second place, with 188,987 cars registered in October.
The top three is closed by Italy with 156,851 registered new passenger cars.
Among European manufacturers, VW Group traditionally holds the first position, having sold 293,077 cars in the EU markets over the month, with growth of 30.8% compared to October last year.
PSA Group is in second place — 178,475 cars sold, which is 5.1% less than a year earlier.
The third result is demonstrated by RENAULT Group — 119,275 units (an increase of 13.2%).
Overall, from January to October, the number of registered new cars decreased by 0.7% compared to the first ten months of 2018. Although demand in the European Union grew in September and October, Germany (+3.4%) remained the only major European market showing growth in 2019. Spain (-6.3%) and the UK (-2.9%), on the contrary, showed the strongest decline over the ten months of the year, while the Italian (-0.8%) and French (-0.3%) markets almost returned to 2018 volumes.
