Cars, EU registrations up 1.7% in February (-1% in two months)
Market growth in the month but volumes down since January - Stellantis grows by 8% while other houses fall, SAIC and Byd continue their run
The European car market grew, albeit slightly, in February, with +1.7% in the EU (plus UK and Efta area) and a negative first two months of the year, 1%, for registrations compared to the same period in 2024. Passenger car registrations in the area since January were 1.940.35,8 million, a gap of 18.3% compared to pre-Covid.
Volumes were driven by Stellantis, which grew by more than 9% in the month thanks to the performance of Fiat, Citroen and Opel, and Volkswagen, which improved its sales by 2%, while the other manufacturers recorded a negative month, with Renault losing 14.3% and the Asian Hyundai and Toyota losing 7% in volumes.
Looking at the performance for the two-month period, the only one of the large manufacturers to record a positive performance is Stellantis itself, which regains ground on the market - at 17.3% - while all the others have a minus sign, with the negative record of Ford, which loses 20% in volume.
On the other hand, the Chinese manufacturers continued their run, with SAIC growing by 12% in the month and Byd doubling its market share and consolidating a share of 1.8%, while Tesla seemed to halt its descent in recent months and grew by 11%.
In a comparative analysis of the main European markets by Centro Studi Promotor, the biggest drop, compared to the first two months of last year, was in France (-11.1%), followed by Germany (-1.4%). Instead, growth was recorded in Spain, +4.6%, the United Kingdom, +4.8%, and Italia, +10.2%.
