| Car sales accelerate their decline in Europe. The market for new cars was down fourteen months in a row in November, dropping by 10.3 percent compared with November 2011, says the European manufacturers association ACEA. From January to November, 11.25 million new cars changed hands in the EU, 7.6 percent less than in the same period a year ago. Sales in Europe have not been that bad since 1993. | New car sales Europe November 2012 | | Nov | Nov | % Chg | Jan – Nov | Jan – Nov | % Chg | | '12 | '11 | 12/11 | '12 | '11 | 12/11 | | AUSTRIA | 24,377 | 30,339 | -19.7 | 317,589 | 332,787 | -4.6 | | BELGIUM | 35,834 | 40,440 | -11.4 | 464,413 | 523,448 | -11.3 | | BULGARIA | 1,670 | 1,830 | -8.7 | 17,434 | 17,913 | -2.7 | | CYPRUS | 710 | 1,175 | -39.6 | 10,397 | 13,369 | -22.2 | | CZECH REPUBLIC | 14,203 | 15,920 | -10.8 | 161,225 | 158,263 | +1.9 | | DENMARK | 16,334 | 15,051 | +8.5 | 160,050 | 154,681 | +3.5 | | ESTONIA | 1,436 | 1,454 | -1.2 | 16,224 | 14,194 | +14.3 | | FINLAND | 7,710 | 9,060 | -14.9 | 104,836 | 119,239 | -12.1 | | FRANCE | 144,602 | 179,038 | -19.2 | 1,738,446 | 2,016,412 | -13.8 | | GERMANY | 259,846 | 269,144 | -3.5 | 2,878,173 | 2,929,133 | -1.7 | | GREECE | 4,164 | 7,890 | -47.2 | 54,810 | 92,144 | -40.5 | | HUNGARY | 4,647 | 4,521 | +2.8 | 48,014 | 41,847 | +14.7 | | IRELAND | 883 | 778 | +13.5 | 79,169 | 89,507 | -11.6 | | ITALY | 106,491 | 133,284 | -20.1 | 1,314,868 | 1,637,812 | -19.7 | | LATVIA | 873 | 1,169 | -25.3 | 9,869 | 9,920 | -0.5 | | LITHUANIA | 948 | 1,054 | -10.1 | 11,328 | 12,190 | -7.1 | | LUXEMBURG | 3,782 | 3,707 | +2.0 | 47,326 | 47,239 | +0.2 | | NETHERLANDS | 30,247 | 41,082 | -26.4 | 485,334 | 538,599 | -9.9 | | POLAND | 23,239 | 24,909 | -6.7 | 252,448 | 250,103 | +0.9 | | PORTUGAL | 7,127 | 9,555 | -25.4 | 88,945 | 142,156 | -37.4 | | ROMANIA | 5,698 | 10,279 | -44.6 | 61,608 | 73,988 | -16.7 | | SLOVAKIA | 5,553 | 5,903 | -5.9 | 64,194 | 61,608 | +4.2 | | SLOVENIA | 3,714 | 4,212 | -11.8 | 46,159 | 55,137 | -16.3 | | SPAIN | 48,155 | 60,395 | -20.3 | 648,392 | 741,594 | -12.6 | | SWEDEN | 25,052 | 26,894 | -6.9 | 252,791 | 279,582 | -9.6 | | UNITED KINGDOM | 149,191 | 134,027 | +11.3 | 1,921,052 | 1,822,065 | +5.4 | | EU 27 | 926,486 | 1,033,110 | -10.3 | 11,255,094 | 12,174,930 | -7.6 | Among the European volume markets, only the UK was up in November by 11.3. Sales were down 3.5% in Germany, 19.2% in France, 20.1% in Italy and 20.3% in Spain. All major automakers were down in November with the exception of the BMW Group, which saw sales a 0.1 percent hair higher than in November 2011. The GM Group is down 13.2 percent in November, Ford is down 9.9 percent. Fiat is down 13 percent, PSA lost 15.6 percent, Renault is down a whopping 27.7 percent. Volkswagen could increase its market share to nearly 25 percent for the year. GM is down to 8.2 percent, Ford to 7.6 percent. Data can be downloaded here as PDF, and here as Excel spreadsheet.
from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com |
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