The number of passenger cars registered in the European Union fell by 6.6% year-on-year in April, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).
Registrations were down to 1,191,034 units, which the ACEA attributed to Easter falling in April this year. Most of Europe’s major markets experienced a decline in sales, with the UK experiencing a 19.8% fall in passenger car registrations.
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German passenger car sales fell by 8%, France by 6%, and Italy by 4.6%, with only Spain seeing a slight increase of 1.1% in April. The ‘EU-12’ countries, those who joined the EU since 2004, posted an 8.2% year-on-year increase over the same period.
From January to April 2017, passenger car sales increased in all of the major European markets. In the EU as a whole, registrations rose 4.7% to 5,322,854 units.
Italian sales increased by 8%, followed by a 6.1% increase in Spanish sales. Passenger car sales in German increased by 2.5%, France by 2%, and the UK by 1.1%, despite the sales declines in April.
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