Europe’s new car market saw a 4.9 percent increase in sales in July. 1,023,086 units were registered in the region, 48,202 more than in July 2012. Year-to-date, the market is down by 5.2 percent. This according to data supplied by London-based Jato Dynamics. JATO’s headline market analysis:
- Four of the ‘Big Five’ European volume markets were up in July. Only the UK is up year-to-date. Year-to-date, France is down 9.7%, Germany 6.7% and Italy 9.3% on the same period in 2012.
- Six of the top ten manufacturers recorded an increase last month.
European New Car Sales By Market, July 2014 | ||||||
Country | Jul’13 | Jul’12 | YoY | YTD’13 | YTD’12 | YoY |
Austria | 28,543 | 28,268 | 1.0% | 199,747 | 215,226 | -7.2% |
Belgium | 34,879 | 36,701 | -5.0% | 324,752 | 321,817 | 0.9% |
Croatia | 3,180 | 2,682 | 18.6% | 18,563 | 22,940 | -19.1% |
Cyprus* | 570 | 879 | -35.2% | 3,721 | 6,672 | -44.2% |
Czech Republic* | 10,999 | 11,158 | -1.4% | 91,814 | 105,370 | -12.9% |
Denmark | 14,306 | 16,709 | -14.4% | 106,216 | 100,919 | 5.2% |
Estonia | 1,811 | 1,794 | 0.9% | 12,159 | 12,125 | 0.3% |
Finland | 8,452 | 6,443 | 31.2% | 64,912 | 73,306 | -11.5% |
France | 150,218 | 148,924 | 0.9% | 1,081,694 | 1,197,917 | -9.7% |
Germany | 253,146 | 247,860 | 2.1% | 1,755,776 | 1,882,261 | -6.7% |
Great Britain | 162,228 | 143,884 | 12.7% | 1,325,851 | 1,201,564 | 10.3% |
Greece | 6,459 | 5,743 | 12.5% | 36,794 | 38,066 | -3.3% |
Hungary | 5,054 | 4,521 | 11.8% | 32,381 | 32,521 | -0.4% |
Iceland* | 675 | 574 | 17.6% | 5,479 | 5,428 | 0.9% |
Ireland | 11,640 | 4,422 | 163.2% | 64,870 | 71,069 | -8.7% |
Italy | 108,068 | 110,072 | -1.8% | 842,807 | 928,917 | -9.3% |
Latvia | 934 | 895 | 4.4% | 6,071 | 6,357 | -4.5% |
Lithuania | 1,071 | 1,051 | 1.9% | 7,085 | 7,245 | -2.2% |
Luxembourg | 3,905 | 4,195 | -6.9% | 30,314 | 32,851 | -7.7% |
Norway | 11,633 | 12,133 | -4.1% | 83,358 | 82,394 | 1.2% |
Poland | 24,836 | 20,820 | 19.3% | 172,419 | 169,490 | 1.7% |
Portugal* | 11,060 | 9,265 | 19.4% | 66,026 | 62,677 | 5.3% |
Romania | 7,105 | 5,603 | 26.8% | 36,067 | 41,551 | -13.2% |
Serbia* | 1,711 | 1,879 | -8.9% | 12,303 | 13,736 | -10.4% |
Slovakia | 5,700 | 5,977 | -4.6% | 37,383 | 39,781 | -6.0% |
Slovenia | 4,229 | 4,105 | 3.0% | 32,458 | 32,432 | 0.1% |
Spain | 75,946 | 65,183 | 16.5% | 464,900 | 470,964 | -1.3% |
Sweden | 18,161 | 18,076 | 0.5% | 147,055 | 160,709 | -8.5% |
Switzerland | 25,715 | 24,151 | 6.5% | 181,004 | 201,337 | -10.1% |
The Netherlands | 30,852 | 30,917 | -0.2% | 243,582 | 362,254 | -32.8% |
Grand Total | 1,023,086 | 974,884 | 4.9% | 7,487,561 | 7,899,896 | -5.2% |
Sourcce: JATO Dynamics |
Ireland had its first mid-year number plate change, which propelled sales by 163.2% over July 2012.
As mentioned yesterday, the European umbrella auto manufacturer association ACEA, which usually keeps score of EU auto sales, is on vacation in August, giving JATO the once-a-year chance of being the sole supplier of EU-wide sales data. ACEA will supply the official July and August numbers in September.