In June, 1,066,137 cars were registered in Western Europe (EU plus EFTA countries plus the UK), 16.8% less than in the same month of 2021. In the first six months of the year, registrations totaled 5,597. 656 units, down 13.7% on the same period last year.
The Stellantis group registered 215,439 cars in Europe plus EFTA plus the United Kingdom in June, 16.5% less than in the same month of 2021. The share is stable at 20.2% (it was 20.1%).
In the six months, registrations of the group totaled 1,087,879, down by 21.1% compared to the same period last year.
The share is down from 21.3% to 19.4%.
The thirty national markets of Western Europe were all down in June, except for the very small ones in Latvia and Iceland.
This was underlined by the Centro Studi Promotor which defines the situation as "very serious" especially if we compare the first half of this year with the first half of 2019, that is to say the year before the pandemic.
The contraction that is recorded is in fact of 33.6%.
"The causes - he explains - are well known and range from the impact of the pandemic on the economic situation of companies and families to the reappearance of inflation, the concrete and psychological impact of the war in Ukraine, the insufficient production of new cars due to the difficulties in the supply of microchips and other components which seem to be the most penalizing element at the moment.
In the first half of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, there were drops of 16.3% in France, 11.9% in the UK, 11% in Germany and 10.7% in Spain, but the
The worst result was recorded in Italy with a contraction of 22.7% and a very limited increase in the share of electric cars.
"It is evident - underlines Gian Primo Quagliano, president of the Promotor Study Center - that, even if the car sector is in crisis throughout Western Europe, the particular gravity of the Italian situation requires from everyone and also, of course, on the part of the government authorities, much greater attention than what has been paid up to now and much more significant interventions ".
