Cars, European market recovers 5.3% in volumes in August
Since the beginning of the year figure in line with 2024 - Among the major markets, only Italy loses share, Stellantis proves the change of pace with +2.2% registrations
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Europe is trying to regain momentum and recorded 5.3% more registrations in August in the Euro zone plus EFTA and the UK, with 677,786 cars sold, after a positive July. However, this result is not enough to reverse the trend from the beginning of the year. In fact, in the first eight months of 2025, registered volumes reached 7 million 168,848 units, 0.1% less than in the same period last year.
In this context, the share of full electric cars is around 15.8%, with volumes growing by 30% in the EU area and by 26% considering EFTA and the UK. Among the main markets, then, France and Germany remain in a negative trend since the beginning of the year (-7.1% and -1.7%) despite the good performance in August with registrations up 2.2% and 5%.
Italy, unlike the other mature markets, suffered a setback in August, probably due to the expected effect of incentives (-2.7%), while Spain recorded a jump in registrations of over 17%, in line with the trend since the beginning of the year. In the UK, sales fell by 2% in August, while they have risen by 2% since January.
Stellantis tried to buck the trend with its August result and recorded 2.2% more registrations in Europe than in the same month of 2024 thanks to double-digit performances by Citroen and Fiat, with Alfa Romeo growing by more than 30% since the beginning of the year. Volkswagen Group also did well, recording a 4.8% increase thanks to the positive performance of the Voilkswagen and Skoda brands.
Renault Group kept up the pace while the two most important Asian manufacturers by volume, Saic Motor and Byd, consolidated market shares of 2% and 1.5% respectively, with very significant growth trends, while Tesla lost more than 30% of market volumes since the beginning of the year.
