A total of 989,667 new cars were registered in Europe in November. This was 1.3% more than the amount registered in November 2013, according to data company JATO Dynamics.
Sales in Great Britain grew 8% year-on-year in the November, to 172,327 cars. Italian and Spanish sales also both grew year-on-year, by 5.4% and 22.0% respectively.
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The largest European car market, Germany, shrank by 1.8% in November compared to the same month 2013, to 250,082 cars, while the French market shrank by 2.7% to 135,067 over the same period.
Despite these late falls, all of the so called big five markets grew year-on-year for the 11 months to November, and the overall market was up 5.3%, year-on-year, for the period.
Across the continent, Volkswagen was the largest manufacturer, with 133,075 sold in November (up 1.2% year-on-year) and 1,486,479 for the year to November (up 4.1% year-on-year).
Ford’s sales slid 6.6% year-on-year in November to 66,054 vehicles, just 203 above the number Renault sold in the same month. Renault’s 65,851 units sold was 1.0% more than was sold than in the same period last year.
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By GlobalDataThe fastest growing top ten manufacturers for the month was BMW, which saw sales increase 8.2% year-on-year to 54,567 units. This was followed by Mercedes, which sold 52,704 in November, up 7.3% compared to the same month 2013. JATO said this was partly the result of new models being released for these brands.
