Where Most Cars Were Sold in Europe?

Sales of new passenger cars reached 1,015 thousand in November 2022 in the enlarged Europe, according to ACEA. This is 17.4%, or 151 thousand more than in the previous year. In the first eleven months of 2022, some 10,197 thousand cars were sold in Europe, down 5.81% yoy.

In November, most vehicles (261 thousand) were sold in Germany (up 31.4% yoy), followed by the United Kingdom (143 thousand, up 23.5%), France with 134 thousand cars (up 9.81%), 120 thousand new vehicles were registered in Italy (up 14.7%) and 73.2 thousand in Spain (up 10.3%). The five largest countries accounted for 64.8% of total new vehicles registered in November 2022.

In absolute terms, the best performance in sales of new cars has been seen in Germany (up 62.3 thousand cars) and the United Kingdom (up 27.2 thousand cars). At the other end of the scale, Denmark and Slovenia showed the weakest change in registration of new cars in November when compared to last year (down 1.83 thousand and down 0.503 thousand cars, respectively).