Sales of new passenger cars reached 822 thousand in October 2022 in the enlarged Europe, according to ACEA. This is 2.88%, or 23.0 thousand more than in the previous year. In the first ten months of 2022, some 9,094 thousand cars were sold in Europe, down 8.72% yoy.

In October, most vehicles (209 thousand) were sold in Germany, followed by the United Kingdom (134 thousand), France with 125 thousand cars, 116 thousand new vehicles were registered in Italy and 66.0 thousand in Spain.

Volkswagen Group sold the most cars in October 2022 in Europe, some 232 thousand vehicles representing 28.2% of the European market. Sales of PSA Group amounted to 117 thousand vehicles (or 14.2% of the market) while Renault Group and Hyundai Group held 10.1% and 10.0% of the European market in October.