February new car sales fell 9.7% year-on-year
across the EU, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’
Association (ACEA), and by 9.5% across all European nations
according to information supplier Jato.
Both sets of results pointed to a steeper
decline than
the 2.45% drop experienced in the UK.
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Total new car sales for the 27 EU nations in
February stood at 888,878 and at 923,381when the European Free
Trade Association (EFTA, comprising Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway
and Switzerland) is included, according to ACEA.
Total sales according to Jato, which includes
Serbia and Croatia, were 925,987. The only major discrepancies in
individual markets were in Denmark, where ACEA counted 23% (2,591)
more units sold, and Romania, where Jato counted 26% (1,056) more
units sold.
Year to date, ACEA recorded 1,858,066 units
sold in the EU 27, down 8.3% on the same period 2011, and 1,927,113
units sold including EFTA, down 7.8%. Jato recorded 1,932,598 units
sold, down 8.1% on the same period the year before.
The UK market differs from all results for the
first two months of the year, witnessing a 2.1% rise in sales
compared to the same period last year.
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By GlobalDataBest-selling models
The Volkswagen Golf was the best-selling model
of February 2012, as it had been in 2011, ahead of the Volkswagen
Polo but, of the month’s 10 best-sellers, the Ford Focus was the
only one to see a significant year-on-year rise in sales of 20.1%
to 19,681, by Jato figures.
With the Renault Clio, Peugeot 207 and
Vauxhall Astra models experiencing a significant drop of more than
5,000 units or 25%, all other models were down, apart from the
Volkswagen Passat which saw a 0.4% climb in sales.
By comparison, Volkswagen was the third
best-selling brand in the UK for February behind Ford and
Vauxhall.
richard.brown@vrlfinancialnews.com
