PRESS RELEASE 13:00 GMT, 19 th December 2017 London, UK EUROPEAN CAR REGISTRATIONS INCREASED BY 5.2% IN NOVEMBER, AS SUVs POSTED RECORD MARKET SHARE European car registrations increased by 5.2%, with a total of 1,250,281 registrations in November 2017 SUVs recorded a 31.9% share of the market, an increase of 4.3 percentage points in just 12 months The VW Golf maintained its top spot, but the Peugeot 3008 SUV gained the most market share The European car industry held firm in November 2017, with new registrations totalling 1,250,281, an increase of 5.2% when compared to November 2016. France, Spain and Germany, along with mid-sized markets including the Netherlands and Austria, experienced the biggest increases in volume for the month, off-setting a decline in the UK market where registrations were down 11.2%. Despite a turbulent 2017 for the industry as a whole, which has faced threats from the diesel crisis, new emissions targets and Brexit, results for the first eleven months of the year show an overall increase in registrations of 3.8%, with 14.43 million units registered over the period. Growth was driven by the ever-increasing demand for SUVs and registrations in the segment grew by 21.6% to almost 400,000 units. SUVs now make up 31.9% of the market, an increase of 4.3 percentage points from a market share of 27.6% during the same period last year. The SUV segment was bolstered by increased demand for small (B-SUV), compact (C-SUV) and midsize (D-SUV) SUVs, which increased volumes by 25.5%, 16.6% and 41% respectively. Latvia and Estonia held their positions as the European markets where SUVs are most popular, with market shares of 44.1% and 39.5% respectively. Significant market share increases for SUVs in Denmark, Poland and Norway contributed to the segment s increased volume for November. Despite its dominant position in the segment, with a share of 19.8% of the SUV market, Renault-Nissan was unable to take advantage of this increased demand, with registrations of its SUV vehicles only increasing by 2.4% for November. In contrast, PSA, due to the strong performance of its new Peugeot, Opel/Vauxhall and Citroen SUVs, saw its SUV registrations grow by 70.2% in November meaning it outsold VW Group in the segment.
EUROPE-27 NOVEMBER 2017 VOLUME BY COUNTRIES Nov-16 YTD-16 Δ YTD Austria 29,547 25,491 +15.9% 327,669 303,940 +7.8% Belgium 39,645 39,645 0.0% 518,485 505,995 +2.5% Croatia 3,427 2,755 +24.4% 48,312 39,632 +21.9% Czech Rep. 22,925 23,161-1.0% 251,628 237,778 +5.8% Denmark 18,061 17,999 +0.3% 205,622 203,648 +1.0% Estonia 2,106 1,880 +12.0% 24,084 21,616 +11.4% Finland 9,669 9,007 +7.3% 110,425 110,739-0.3% France 179,125 162,657 +10.1% 1,909,933 1,818,309 +5.0% Germany 302,636 276,567 +9.4% 3,187,312 3,095,074 +3.0% Greece 6,508 5,882 +10.6% 82,613 74,026 +11.6% Hungary 12,369 9,418 +31.3% 105,404 86,939 +21.2% Ireland 687 747-8.0% 131,191 146,173-10.2% Italy 156,698 148,983 +5.2% 1,847,881 1,717,036 +7.6% Latvia 1,278 1,275 +0.2% 15,397 15,216 +1.2% Lithuania 2,422 1,536 +57.7% 23,870 18,870 +26.5% Luxembourg 4,389 3,838 +14.4% 49,929 47,496 +5.1% Netherlands 37,590 32,114 +17.1% 398,881 348,719 +14.4% Norway 13,812 13,248 +4.3% 144,891 143,035 +1.3% Poland* 37,900 37,188 +1.9% 434,846 372,370 +16.8% Portugal* 17,409 16,483 +5.6% 204,859 190,342 +7.6% Romania 9,311 9,645-3.5% 98,115 85,588 +14.6% Slovakia 8,170 7,842 +4.2% 87,447 79,894 +9.5% Slovenia 6,292 5,337 +17.9% 66,853 59,596 +12.2% Spain 105,819 93,828 +12.8% 1,144,872 1,061,396 +7.9% Sweden 32,484 31,801 +2.1% 344,434 335,037 +2.8% Switzerland 26,461 26,143 +1.2% 282,594 280,360 +0.8% * Forecast by LMC UK 163,541 184,101-11.2% 2,388,144 2,514,764-5.0% "Despite the upheaval it faces with new emissions targets, Brexit, and the diesel crisis, increasing demand for SUVs has allowed the automotive industry to continue to grow in Europe. Looking ahead to the future, it is clear that manufacturers will increasingly see the SUV segment as a means of growth in a tough market, and as a consequence, SUVs will take market share away from more traditional segments. Already we have seen the effects of this on MPVs, which recorded a market share of just 7% in November 2017, thanks to a fall in volume of 11.3% to 87,400 units. This has been caused by the discontinuation of vehicles such as the Citroen C3 Picasso, Opel/Vauxhall Meriva and Nissan Note, which couldn't compete with their B-SUV counterparts," commented Felipe Munoz, Global Automotive Analyst at JATO Dynamics.
TOP SELLING BRANDS Δ YTD 1 VOLKSWAGEN 139,692 +0.6% 1,567,748-0.7% 2 RENAULT 97,978 +3.5% 1,040,268 +5.4% 3 FORD 81,952 +3.4% 977,322 +0.1% 4 PEUGEOT 79,938 +19.5% 851,863 +6.6% 5 MERCEDES 74,127 +4.7% 844,146 +8.9% 6 OPEL/VAUXHALL 71,188-4.0% 882,562-3.8% 7 BMW 68,148-1.8% 752,678 +0.2% 8 AUDI 65,033 +3.2% 768,396 0.0% 9 SKODA 59,897 +9.4% 650,144 +7.0% 10 TOYOTA 52,101 +9.6% 631,003 +14.8% 11 FIAT 50,136-7.7% 711,179 +5.3% 12 CITROEN 43,970 +13.5% 531,612 +5.1% 13 HYUNDAI 42,124 +4.7% 476,799 +3.1% 14 DACIA 37,987 +19.8% 423,086 +11.1% 15 NISSAN 37,522-5.6% 525,056 +3.7% 16 KIA 36,680 +16.8% 432,890 +6.7% 17 SEAT 35,042 +10.1% 371,339 +14.9% 18 VOLVO 24,942-1.8% 272,848 +4.9% 19 SUZUKI 19,590 +20.1% 226,851 +22.5% 20 MINI 19,492 +21.2% 195,916 +2.3% 21 MAZDA 17,794 +13.8% 213,845-2.4% 22 LAND ROVER 13,166 +9.5% 157,971 +1.9% 23 HONDA 10,662-0.7% 129,317-12.7% 24 JEEP 10,547 +27.8% 98,331 +2.3% 25 SMART 8,981 +12.3% 92,403-4.4% 26 MITSUBISHI 8,640-5.4% 105,928-1.1% 27 ALFA ROMEO 7,780 +27.3% 80,436 +34.0% 28 PORSCHE 5,728-0.4% 67,810 +4.1% 29 JAGUAR 5,259-7.9% 64,484 +3.8% 30 LANCIA 3,937-11.4% 57,548-8.3% 31 LEXUS 3,677 +12.8% 41,246 +0.9% 32 DS 3,609-8.5% 42,553-31.1% 33 SUBARU 3,258 +14.2% 33,132-6.0% 34 TESLA 2,676 +177.6% 23,406 +74.0% 35 ABARTH 1,589 +5.9% 19,351 +35.0% 36 SSANGYONG 1,294-0.6% 16,032-10.7% 37 INFINITI 783-24.2% 11,918-5.5% 38 MASERATI 666-11.2% 8,916 +27.9% 39 MG 472 +79.5% 3,988 +4.2% 40 LADA 449 +35.2% 4,411 +30.3% 41 BENTLEY 270 +2.3% 3,671 +12.4% 42 FERRARI 168 +4.3% 2,924 +7.0% 43 ASTON MARTIN 126-9.4% 2,321 +73.2% 44 CHEVROLET 114 +15.2% 2,316 +46.3% 45 CADILLAC 87 +16.0% 840 +19.3% 46 MCLAREN 78 +169.0% 839 +139.7% 47 ROLLS-ROYCE 75 +8.7% 683-6.7% 48 LAMBORGHINI 73 +30.4% 947 +3.8% 49 DODGE 64 +82.9% 560-4.6% 50 IVECO 50 +28.2% 815 +18.3% VW group kept its lead with 24.5% market share, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points on last year. PSA came second after experiencing the third highest increase in volume for the month. FCA fell due to a decrease in registrations in its home market of Italy.
TOP SELLING MODELS Δ YTD 1 GOLF 44,777 +18.4% 445,206-2.0% 2 CLIO 26,411-5.9% 298,990 +5.9% 3 208 21,513 +17.3% 225,198-2.4% 4 FIESTA 21,434-6.8% 237,770-14.0% 5 OCTAVIA 20,631 +2.5% 214,329 +1.8% 6 TIGUAN 19,067-0.3% 218,238 +35.2% 7 CAPTUR 18,886 +4.5% 191,546-2.8% 8 QASHQAI 17,769-0.4% 230,860 +7.0% 9 FOCUS 17,396 +9.9% 199,428 +1.0% 10 YARIS 17,063 +9.3% 184,624 +3.2% 11 C3 16,725 +39.8% 193,019 +57.9% 12 3008 SUV 16,661 +96.0% 153,103 +810.1% 13 CORSA 15,947-15.1% 221,497-10.4% 14 PASSAT 15,774-4.6% 169,174-11.3% 15 SANDERO 15,357 +29.8% 180,858 +15.5% 16 MEGANE 14,931-8.1% 153,571 +18.2% 17 POLO 14,623-42.1% 255,370-10.4% 18 FABIA 14,614 +1.2% 166,014 +2.0% 19 PANDA 14,394-12.2% 177,197-0.5% 20 ASTRA 14,324-31.0% 204,742-11.4% 21 2008 14,091 +5.2% 167,253 +2.9% 22 DUSTER 12,911 +7.5% 131,395 +2.8% 23 C-CLASS 12,841-13.5% 166,315 +2.3% 24 KUGA 12,705 +64.4% 139,775 +25.3% 25 SERIES 1 12,579 +12.3% 123,654 +3.7% 26 500 12,203 +6.2% 179,827 +5.8% 27 TUCSON 12,129-6.9% 140,951-0.6% 28 LEON 12,003 +2.1% 136,182 +0.5% 29 A3 11,901-13.7% 155,033-12.5% 30 308 11,729-13.6% 147,739-18.9% 31 A4 11,486 +1.9% 135,714-11.2% 32 MOKKA 11,415-13.5% 160,268 +5.7% 33 MINI 11,226 +8.9% 124,704 +0.4% 34 A-CLASS 11,029-4.1% 133,267 +1.6% 35 X1 10,930 +17.1% 108,551 +24.0% 36 E-CLASS 10,927 +24.0% 119,844 +31.4% 37 KADJAR 10,537-3.1% 103,713-10.9% 38 GLC-CLASS/COUPE 10,533 +45.9% 103,354 +56.2% 39 IBIZA 9,908 +1.4% 110,524-2.5% 40 SCENIC/GRAND 9,906 +128.8% 95,704 +34.3% 41 UP 9,764 +18.5% 94,684 +3.4% 42 SERIES 3 9,764-21.4% 118,355-10.8% 43 TOURAN 9,556 +17.5% 101,535-2.8% 44 SPORTAGE 9,103-6.2% 121,696-7.0% 45 SERIES 5 8,998 +14.4% 100,124 +33.5% 46 AURIS 8,871-8.4% 106,857-10.2% 47 I20 8,112-2.9% 95,346 +4.2% 48 INSIGNIA 7,761 +70.0% 65,818-4.3% 49 TIPO 7,591 +2.8% 118,849 +121.8% 50 C-HR 7,245 +202.4% 101,762 New The VW Golf comfortably held on to its number one position. The Peugeot 3008 SUV gained the most market share for the month, followed by three other SUVs: the Opel/Vauxhall Crossland X, Peugeot 5008 and Skoda Kodiaq.
-Ends- Contact: Nick Lawrie / Laura Eagar, +44 (0) 203 617 7240, jatoteam@firstlightpr.com Felipe Munoz, +39 349 797 3244, felipe.munoz@jato.com More insights: