Source:ACEA
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2009 FRANCE New Passenger Car Registrations
JANUARY 2009: New PASSENGER CAR REGISTRATIONS in Europe fall for nine consecutive months
New PASSENGER CAR REGISTRATIONS worsened in Europe year-on-year and plummeted -27% , (-17.8% in December last year, -25.8% in November and -14.5% October). In France, registrations fell -7.9% on the same period while major trade partners recorded stronger auto market contractions: in Germany, registrations decreased by 14.2%, in Spain by 41.6%, in Italy by 32.6% and in the UK by 30.9%
In the EU 15, car registrations fell -26.3%, tumbled -66.5% in Ireland, -43.1% in Portugal, and -46.4% in Finland. In Denmark, car sales plummeted -46%. New registrations in Iceland remained at abysmal levels, -88.1% as well as in Norway -45.9%
In east European member states, the car market fell harder than in the EU 27 although in Poland, along with the Czech Republic, markets declined respectively -5.3%, and -12.3% less abruptly than neighboring countries: in Latvia, car sales nose dived -77.5% in Lithuania -67.3% in Estonia -61.6% and in Romania -53.2%.
Per car manufacturer and in total Europe in one year, Volkswagen Group maintained the lead with the largest market share 20.8%, up +1.8% compared with the previous year, followed by PSA Peugeot at 13.4% market penetration (13% in 2008) and Ford at 10.7% (10% the previous year). Renault Group's market share slid to 7.5% from 8.3%. All major car manufacturers recorded massive car sales contractions with the exception of Jaguar +19.4% to 1 988 units. PSA Peugeot sales plunged -24.8% to 128 272 vehicles sold, Renault's
-33.9% to 72 038 units as sales of Dacia dived -33%
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