New EU registrations in April 2017: crash by 6.6 percent

S If the flourishing volume markets in the EU would otherwise give a positive picture, in April it is precisely these large markets that cloud the balance sheet. Germany reported a decline of 8.0% with 290,697 new registrations in April, while new registrations in France fell by 6.0% to 171,871 cars. In Italy, 160,359 new registrations resulted in a decrease of 4.6%. Great Britain had to cope with a slump of 19.8% with only 152,076 new registrations. Only the Spanish market can look back on a plus of 1.1% with 101,375 new registrations.

In the course of the year so far, the European new car market has remained 4.7% above the previous year with 5,332,854 new registrations.

The balance of power within the EU did not change in April either. The VW Group remains the market leader with a market share of 24.7%. The strongest single brand is still VW with a market share of 11.0%. Behind the Wolfsburgers follow Renault (7.6%), Ford (6.5%), Peugeot (6.2%), Opel (5.9%), Mercedes (5.8%), Audi (5.7% ), Fiat (5.6%), BMW (5.1%), Skoda (4.6%), Toyota (4.1%), Citroen (4.0%), Kia (3.4%), Hyundai (3.2%), Dacia (3.1%), Nissan (2.9%) and Seat (2.8%).