In August this year, new car registrations totaled 865,047 units in the European Union (EU), increasing 5.6 percent year on year, according to the latest figures issued by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA).
In August, among the five big markets, Italy (+15.8%) and Spain (+13.0%) posted the strongest increases, followed by France and Germany (+9.4% and +3.5% respectively), while demand for cars declined in the United Kingdom (-6.4%), all year on year.
Meanwhile, in the first eight months of this year new passenger car registrations in the EU increased to more than 10 million units, up 4.5 percent year on year. In this period, Italy (+9.1%), Spain (+6.9%), France (+4.2%) and Germany (+2.9%) saw their demand increase, while the United Kingdom registered a slight decline (-2.4%), all on year-on-year basis.