European new-car sales drop 9% in December, says ACEA

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European new-car sales drop 9% in December, says ACEA

European new-car sales fell 8.7 percent year-on-year in December, with sales at all major automakers except Daimler and Jaguar Land Rover contracting as the introduction of tougher new emissions tests continued to weigh on demand.

Registrations fell to 1.04 million cars in the EU and EFTA countries, industry association ACEA said, from 1.14 million a year earlier, Automotive News reads.

The drop came after the tougher new Worldwide harmonized Light vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) became mandatory from the start of September, forcing some automakers to halt deliveries of some models that had yet to be certified.

European car sales had surged in the month before the new procedure became effective and have declined every month since.

“In December 2018, the EU passenger car market declined for the fourth month in a row … continuing the downward trend that started with the introduction of WLTP in September,” ACEA said.

December sales at Volkswagen Group fell 9.3 percent, with demand for premium brands Audi and Porsche dropping 20 percent and 17 percent respectively. VW brand registrations dropped 6.2 percent, while Seat was down 13 percent and down Skoda 2.7 percent.

Renault registrations declined by 17 percent, with the core Renault brand falling 23 percent. Alliance partner Nissan saw a 29 percent drop.

PSA Group fell by 6 percent, with Peugeot down 11 percent, Opel/Vauxhall down 5.8 percent. Citroen sales rose by 2.4 percent.

Ford was down 4.8 percent.

Fiat Chrysler registrations fell 2.5 percent despite a nearly 36 percent increase in sales of its Jeep SUV brand. Core Fiat brand sales dropped 9.6 percent.

Sales at Toyota Group fell 10 percent, dragged down by a 11 percent drop at the Toyota brand.

BMW Group sales fell by 8.7 percent, with BMW brand registrations falling 11 percent. Sales at Daimler increased 8.5 percent, helped by an 11 percent rise in its premium brand Mercedes-Benz.

Demand for vehicles from the Jaguar Land Rover group increased 9.7 percent, boosted by a 41 percent leap at Jaguar. Land Rover sales fell 5.7 percent.

All five major markets except for Italy recorded sales contractions last month. France fell 15 percent, Germany was down 6.7 percent, the UK declined by 5.5 percent and Spain dropped 3.5 percent. Italian sales increased 2 percent.

Full-year sales were flat at 15.6 million autos.

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