Black November for the EU car market, which registered a decrease of 3%. There were 1.071.895 new cars registered, against the figure of 1.104.961 reached in the same period last year. This was reported by Acea, the association of European manufacturers. In October, sales in Europe fell by 1,4%, while in the January-November period the market fell by 1,2% overall.
As far as the Fiat Group is concerned, the situation is worse than the EU average. Last month the collapse recorded by the Lingotto in Europe was of11,7% on an annual basis. In October, the Turin company's sales had fallen by 10,2%, while the drop was 11,8% over the January-November period.
In November the Fiat's market share in Europe stood at 6,3%, against 6,9% in the same month of 2010. In October the figure was 6,6%. In the first eleven months of the year, the group's share was instead 7%, against 7,9% recorded in the same period of 2010.
The result "is influenced by the data from the Italian market - reads a note from Fiat-Chrysler commenting on the data - which is the reference for the group". The Turin house reports that The Fiat Panda and Fiat 500 are still the best-selling cars of the year in segment A, with a combined share of 29%. Alfa Romeo also did well in the progressive year, growing by 21,5%. The sales exploits continue for Lancia/Chrysler (which in November increases sales volumes by 21,8%) and for Jeep (which in November records an increase in sales of 84,5% and for the year by 63,6% %.
In Piazza Affari, the Fiat share remained stable, with a very slight drop of 0,11% at 9.35 am.
