Italy's car market performed well in April, registrations up 11.6%

This is the fifth positive month for the car market in Italia, which is still boosted by the incentives released in October. In April, registrations grew by 11.6 per cent, with the first four months of the year up 9.8 per cent year-on-year. The full electric cars achieved a share of 8.5 per cent on the Italia market, well below the European average (21.8 per cent) but still up on a year ago.

The comparison with the pre-pandemic situation is still strongly negative, points out the Centro Studi Promotor directed by Gian Primo Quagliano, with a negative gap of 10.2% that has nevertheless halved compared to the end of last year. Ecobonuses reserved for electric models "have sustained the market over the past six months, as is also clear from the fact that the share of electric cars, which had stood at 5.2% in the first ten months of 2025, rose to 12.2% last November, and then stood at 11% in December, 6.6% in January, 7.9% in February, 8.6% in March and 8.5% in April," Centro Studi Promotor points out.

In this context, at Stellantis, the performance of the Fiat brand stands out, with volumes up 31% for the month - 30% since the beginning of the year - while the Group's French brands, Peugeot and Citroen, remained in negative territory in April, while Opel grew by 19% for the month and 8% since the beginning of the year.

A separate discourse should be made for Leapmotor, which in the space of 12 months has conquered a market share close to 3% in the Italia market, alongside Byd and MG, which has a market share of close to 4%. Among the Chinese companies, Omoda Jaecoo also grew strongly, with a market share of around 2%, while Tesla declined in the month, affecting the recovery in volumes reported from January to April.

Among the other European manufacturers, Volkswagen held its own as the main brand while Audi grew strongly, and Toyota (+7.2%) and Renault also recovered volumes, up almost 10% since the beginning of the year, although April showed a more moderate performance. Also doing well were Mercedes, which recovered 30% of its volumes for the month, and Volvo, up 12.5%.