Cars: market up 10.7% in September; electric cars +25.4% in 9 months; Tesla down
Positive signals on the European market recovering volumes - Stellantis grows in double figures and regains market share
A positive September for the car market in Europe, with registrations up 10.7 per cent in September and volumes up 1.5 per cent since January. 1.236,876 cars were registered last month in Western Europe (EU+Efta and UK), a result that makes it possible to overcome the stagnation of the first part of the year and to close the first nine months of 2025 with a small surplus over the previous year,
"This is undoubtedly good news that is accompanied by another that concerns the electric car, which in the January-September period saw registrations in Western Europe stand at 1,796,688 with an increase over the same period last year of no less than 25.4% and with the achievement of a market share of 18.1% compared to 14.7% in 2024," points out the Promotor Research Centre directed by Gian Primo Quagliano.
A settembre Crescono a due cifre le immatricolazioni delle principali case produttrici, con Stellantis e Renault rispettivamente a +11,5% e +15,2% mentre Volkswagen cresce del 4,4% da inizio anno, del 9,7 nel mese di settembre. Il Gruppo guidato da Antonio Filosa “riduce” le perdite da inizio anno al -5,6% e registra performance positive di tutti i brand ad eccezione di Lancia e DS. «Uno dei principali fattori alla base di questa performance è stata la strategia “smart car”. Modelli come Citroën C3, C3 Aircross, FIAT Grande Panda e Opel Frontera hanno notevolmente incrementato il ritmo di acquisizione ordini, contribuendo al mantenimento della leadership di Stellantis nel segmento strategico delle vetture ibride, con una quota da gennaio del 15,2%, e un incremento di 4,1 punti percentuali rispetto a settembre 2024» scrive Stellantis in una nota.
Among the up-and-comers, Saic Motor gained 2.7 per cent market share in the month while Tesla dropped to 3.2 and slipped to 1.7 per cent since the start of the year. Byd followed with 2 per cent share in the month, 1.2 per cent in the January-September period, a fourfold increase over the same period in 2024.
In this context, Italy lags behind, with a growth in electric motorisation in the January-September period of 26.6% over the same period in 2024 and a market share that has gone from 4% in the first nine months of 2024 to 5.2% in the same period in 2025. We will have to wait for the results of October and the months to come to see how the effect of the incentives awarded last week will affect these percentages.
