In September this year, new car registrations totaled 1,427,105 units in the European Union (EU), decreasing two percent year on year, according to the latest figures issued by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA).
In September, momentum in some of the EU’s five key markets started to slow, especially in the United Kingdom (‐9.3%) and Germany (‐3.3%). However, these declines were partially offset by the solid performance of the Italian and Spanish markets (up 8.1% and 4.6% respectively), all year on year.
Meanwhile, in the first nine months of this year new passenger car registrations in the EU increased to more than 11.7 million units, up 3.7 percent year on year. In this period, Italy (+9.0%), Spain (+6.7%), France (+3.9%) and Germany (+2.2%) saw their demand increase, while car demand in the United Kingdom fell by 3.9 percent, all on year-on-year basis.