Europe In September 2012: Down Hard

Bertel Schmitt
by Bertel Schmitt

The European new passenger car market accelerated its downward trend in September. According to data release by the European manufacturer body ACEA, Registrations were down 10.8 percent YoY to 1,099,264 units in the EU. Nine months into the year, the market contracted 7.6 percent to 9,368,327 units registered January through September 2012.

Passenger Car Registrations EU September 201216/10/12Sep’12Sep’11YoYYTD’12YRD;11YoYAUSTRIA27,09430,755-11.9266,890273,539-2.4BELGIUM33,66041,427-18.7386,733440,546-12.2BULGARIA1,3471,718-21.614,25214,354-0.7CYPRUS7021,003-30.08,89211,026-19.4CZECH REPUBLIC12,47512,978-3.9131,059127,485+2.8DENMARK13,92313,849+0.5128,493127,230+1.0ESTONIA1,4421,417+1.813,31411,405+16.7FINLAND7,99410,111-20.988,926100,109-11.2FRANCE137,536167,526-17.91,431,5091,661,271-13.8GERMANY250,082280,689-10.92,358,7982,401,736-1.8GREECE3,4636,718-48.545,53579,231-42.5HUNGARY3,5213,500+0.639,31733,815+16.3IRELAND2,4872,767-10.176,63087,163-12.1ITALY109,178147,021-25.71,090,6271,371,117-20.5LATVIA744926-19.77,9957,777+2.8LITHUANIA9801,197-18.19,1909,956-7.7LUXEMBURG3,3403,466-3.639,09039,609-1.3NETHERLANDS32,09044,382-27.7428,191453,882-5.7POLAND18,88521,136-10.7207,063202,544+2.2PORTUGAL6,3589,205-30.974,461123,464-39.7ROMANIA4,7366,875-31.149,12855,881-12.1SLOVAKIA7,3294,998+46.653,84549,954+7.8SLOVENIA3,2034,523-29.238,70746,378-16.5SPAIN35,14655,572-36.8555,362623,921-11.0SWEDEN21,93726,605-17.5203,711227,636-10.5UNITED KINGDOM359,612332,476+8.21,620,6091,553,094+4.3EU 271,099,2641,232,840-10.89,368,32710,134,123-7.6

The British market was the only one to expand, while the volume markets Germany -10.9 percent), France (-17.9 percent), Italy (25.7 percent) and Spain (-36.8 percent) all saw double-digit downturns.

Passenger Car Registrations EU September 201216/10/12SeptemberJanuary – September %ShareUnitsUnits% Chg

%Share

UnitsUnits% ChgSep’12Sep’11Sep’12Sep’11YoYSep’12Sep’11Sep’12Sep’11YoYALL BRANDS1,099,2641,232,840-10.89,368,32710,134,123-7.6VW Group23.823.1261,874284,549-8.024.723.12,311,4102,339,391-1.2VOLKSWAGEN11.912.3130,983151,994-13.812.812.31,196,2611,244,246-3.9AUDI5.75.163,17362,314+1.45.65.0526,402502,361+4.8SEAT2.02.121,48925,787-16.72.12.3193,737232,219-16.6SKODA3.83.642,31444,236-4.33.83.5359,462359,019+0.1Porsche, other0.40.03,915218+1695.90.40.035,5481,546+2199.4PSA Group10.910.5119,482129,991-8.112.012.71,120,5381,287,370-13.0PEUGEOT6.15.766,80370,711-5.56.56.9604,935700,654-13.7CITROEN4.84.852,67959,280-11.15.55.8515,603586,716-12.1RENAULT Grp7.08.876,572108,633-29.58.49.5790,324960,864-17.7RENAULT5.67.461,25790,743-32.56.67.7615,075780,983-21.2DACIA1.41.515,31517,890-14.41.91.8175,249179,881-2.6GM Group8.59.193,716111,888-16.28.38.8779,235890,717-12.5OPEL/VAUXH.7.57.982,03597,227-15.66.97.5642,586759,316-15.4CHEVROLET1.11.211,66514,623-20.21.51.3136,416131,033+4.1GM (US)0.00.01638-57.90.00.0233368-36.7FORD8.28.690,363106,180-14.97.68.1716,482819,903-12.6FIAT Group6.06.665,92580,864-18.56.57.3609,264736,306-17.3FIAT4.54.849,49858,562-15.54.75.3443,852534,993-17.0CHRYSLER0.70.77,3728,951-17.60.80.873,51577,998-5.7ALFA ROMEO0.60.96,76710,487-35.50.71.069,675101,940-31.7JEEP0.20.22,0272,556-20.70.20.219,20916,344+17.5Others (2)0.00.0261308-15.30.00.03,0135,031-40.1BMW Group7.46.380,91577,497+4.46.25.8579,097591,865-2.2BMW5.84.763,53257,486+10.54.94.6463,055469,306-1.3MINI1.61.617,38320,011-13.11.21.2116,042122,559-5.3DAIMLER5.45.259,12563,492-6.95.14.9481,564497,541-3.2MERCEDES4.94.753,75757,463-6.44.64.3428,411437,480-2.1SMART0.50.55,3686,029-11.00.60.653,15360,061-11.5TOYOTA Grp4.54.049,71249,313+0.84.23.9395,576397,990-0.6TOYOTA4.33.847,04046,240+1.74.03.7375,180379,155-1.0LEXUS0.20.22,6723,073-13.00.20.220,39618,835+8.3NISSAN3.94.142,92649,983-14.13.53.4328,265348,104-5.7HYUNDAI3.53.038,67937,217+3.93.42.9317,393290,462+9.3KIA3.12.733,90732,805+3.42.72.1250,892209,025+20.0VOLVO1.71.818,77722,736-17.41.71.8157,021179,050-12.3SUZUKI1.31.414,57516,884-13.71.21.3115,020129,149-10.9HONDA1.71.418,56917,596+5.51.11.1105,645110,002-4.0JLR Group1.51.216,08014,207+13.21.00.792,76370,818+31.0LAND ROVER1.10.812,2929,998+22.90.80.574,56453,063+40.5JAGUAR0.30.33,7884,209-10.00.20.218,19917,755+2.5MAZDA1.11.311,93215,857-24.81.01.092,412106,166-13.0MITSUBISHI0.50.75,3868,459-36.30.60.853,44580,742-33.8OTHER**0.10.47494,689-84.00.80.971,98188,658-18.8

Among the large OEMs, Renault was hit the hardest with a 29.5 percent loss of sales, followed by the Fiat Group, down 18.6 percent and the GM Group, down 16.2 percent. Ford is down14.9 percent.

Data can be downloaded here as PDF, and here as Excel spreadsheet.

Bertel Schmitt
Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.

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