Economic and Market Report: key takeaways about the EU auto industry for 2017

This 28-page Economic and Market Report contains a wealth of information and can be downloaded by clicking here. Some of the report’s key takeaways include:

Passenger car registrations

• Car sales increased by 3.8% across the European continent in 2017.
• In the United States, passenger car volumes went down by 3.3% in 2017.
• Globally, some 80 million passenger cars were sold in 2017 (+3.2%).

Passenger car registrations by fuel type

• In 2017, diesel’s market share fell from 49.9% to 44.8% of total EU-15 car registrations. However, this drop was largely offset by an increase in petrol car sales.
• Petrol vehicles are now the most sold car type in the EU-15 (49.4% market share).

Passenger car production

• The EU accounted for more than 21% of global car production in 2017.
• Chinese car production grew only moderately (+4.4%) in 2017.

Exports of passenger cars

• 5.6 million cars were exported by the EU last year, worth €127.7 billion.

Commercial vehicle production

• Commercial vehicle output in Europe grew by 2.9% in 2017.

Exports of commercial vehicles

• EU commercial vehicle exports increased by 4.3% to €10.8 billion in 2017.

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Disclaimer

This information was presumed to be correct at the time of publication. However, ACEA is not responsible for any inconsistencies or errors in the data.