The latest figures issued by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) show that European Union (EU) new car registrations recorded in June this year totaled 1,233,298 units, dropping by 8.1 percent year on year but up 2.04 percent compared to May this year. ACEA indicated that June counted on average 0.7 working days less across the region.
In June, all important markets faced a downturn; new car registrations decreased in Germany by 0.3 percent, in France by 12.6 percent, in Italy by 1.7 percent, in Spain by 31.4 percent and the United Kingdom by 6.2 percent, all on year-on-year basis.
Meanwhile, in the first half of this year, new car registrations in the EU, which totaled 7,120,499 units, were down by 2.1 percent over the same period of 2010. In particular, in the first six months of 2011, while Germany (+10.5 percent) performed better than in the same period a year ago, the UK (-7.1 percent), Italy (-13.1 percent) and Spain (-26.8 percent) saw their number of new car registrations decrease. Registrations in France (+1.0 percent) were almost level compared to last year.