Economic and Market Report: key takeaways about the EU auto industry – Quarter 1 2017

This 31-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

• In the first quarter, car registrations across Europe increased by 7.2% to 4.7 million units.
• Globally, 19.7 million passenger cars were sold from January to March 2017 (+5.8%).

Diesel’s market share

• In the EU‐15, diesel’s market share fell from 50.2% to 47.3% of total car registrations.

Alternative fuel vehicle registrations

• Demand for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) grew significantly (+37.6%) to 212,945 units
• Still, AFVs only accounted for 5% of all cars registered during the first three months of 2017.

Passenger car production

• EU passenger car production increased by 2.7% to reach 4.4 million units built.
• Representing 22% of global car production, the EU is the largest producer after China.

Exports of passenger cars

• From January to March, the EU exported about 1.6 million cars worth around €32 billion.

Commercial vehicle registrations

• Commercial vehicle demand expanded by 7.4% to 606,612 new vehicles.

Exports of commercial vehicles

• With a total export value of around €2.7 billion, results were 14.6% higher than in 2016.

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This report’s information was presumed correct at the time of publication. ACEA is not responsible for any inconsistencies or errors in the data.