Brussels – New car registrations in the EU fell by 12.0% to 897,692 units in November 2020, as governments introduced new measures to contain the Covid‑19 pandemic, automotive industry body ACEA has reported.
Europe’s four main passenger car markets all posted year-on-year declines: France and Spain down 27.0% and 18.7% respectively, followed by Italy with a more modest decline of 8.3% and Germany losing just -3.0%.
From January to November, the EU passenger car market contracted by 25.5% to round 9 million units – a decline of more than 3 million units compared to the same period one year ago.
Over the 11 months, Spain saw a 35.3% year-on-year drop in sales, followed by Italy (-29.0%), France (-26.9%) and Germany (-21.6%).
