Despite the black period for the car market, the new round of public incentives started on August XNUMXst it seems to work. This is the opinion ofUnrae, the association of foreign car manufacturers active in Italy. “The results of the first 3 days, with almost 12 million euros already requested, demonstrate that the market had an absolute need for them and that we are going in the right direction - underlines the President, Michele Crisci - These resources are an important recognition of the need to rejuvenate a very old vehicle fleet, without discriminating against the most modern petrol and diesel cars Euro 6 that can make a significant contribution to containing emissions and in terms of road safety. The path taken by the Government is the right one in terms of short-term objectives, now it is necessary to immediately refinance the fund with its current characteristics".
According to Crisci, “if no new funds were to be found to relaunch the sector, the recovery of car purchases canceled during the lockdown would be heavily hampered by the reduction in the purchasing power of households and by the operational difficulties of businesses". In detail, with GDP in double-digit losses, Unrae believes that "the car market in 2020 would not be able to exceed 1,2 million registrations, losing 37% of cars compared to 2019. A level that would bring us back to values of more than 40 years ago (it was 1978)".
However, according to the Association's estimates, a rebound should come in 2021, "with a recovery of 300 thousand cars - continues Crisci - and an increase in sales of 25%, to 1,5 million units". With “adequate resources, on the other hand, around 200 units would be added in the current year alone. The Budget Law will then have to think seriously about 2021 ”, concludes the president of Unrae.
Da an analysis of the association it emerges that in Italy at the end of 2019 there were just over 38 million cars in circulation, of which about 60% were over 10 years old. Not only: the average age of the cars is around 11,5 years, a number which rises to 13,6 for industrial vehicles and 12 for buses. Still 60% of the cars in operation in our country belong to the classes from Euro 0 to Euro 4: in particular, 3,8% are Euro 0, 5,2% Euro 1, 8,4% Euro 2, 12,7% Euro 3, 27,6% Euro 4, 18,5% Euro 5 and 23,9% Euro 6.
