Il European car market continues to go down and the black jersey is up to Italy. In March, there was a decrease in registrations of 3,9% (after -1% in February), while in our country the collapse was 9,6%. This is by far the worst performance on the continent: in the standings follow Spain (-4,3%), United Kingdom (-3,4%), France (-2,3%) and Germany (-0,5%). The numbers were communicated on Wednesday morning by Acea, the association of European manufacturers.
in this first three months of the year, according to Acea, registrations in the European Union have marked -3,3%. In Germany the trend “remained almost flat (+0,2%), while the other major markets performed worse than in the first quarter of 2018. Especially Spain, with -6,9%, and the Italy with a -6,5%”.
With regard to FCA sales, the drop was even heavier than the Italian market average: -11,9% in March in the EU, to 105.066 cars. Market share decreased from 6,6% to 6,1%. Between individual brands, fine Lancia (+ 15,3%) and Jeep (+3,6%), very badly Fiat (-12,2%) And Alfa Romeo (-45,5%).
In the first quarter, however, the FCA group sold 255.505 cars, a decrease of 10,8%. Market share dropped from 6,9% to 6,3%. The Lancia brand had an increase in registrations of +34,9% and Jeep of 11,1%, while Fiat recorded a -14,1% and Alfa Romeo -41,8%. Despite these numbers, about an hour after the start of trading, the Fiat Chrysler stock gained 1,6%, to 14,668 euros, achieving one of the best performances on the Ftse Mib. full Accent 4;
