Last month marked the 15th consecutive month of growth with a total of 953,886 units sold. Looking at the largest markets, the demand increase was mainly led by the significant growth recorded in Spain (+17.4%), followed by the UK (+8.0%), and Italy (+5.0%), while Germany (-1.8%) and France (-2.7%) recorded a slight decline.

In addition, substantial growth posted by the new EU member states (+5.5%) partially explains last month’s positive outcome.

For the year to date, 11,600,383 new passenger cars were registered in the EU, or 5.7% more than in the same period last year. Looking at the largest markets, France remained stable (+1.1%), while Germany (+2.6%), Italy (+4.3%) and the UK (+9.4%) expanded. Spain (+18.1%) posted double-digit growth.