Il 2018 It hasn't been an exciting year for the European car market, only grew up on 0,1%. It got worse at fca, which – according to data from Acea, the association of European manufacturers – sold just over a million cars in the EU last year, with a reduction of 2,3% compared to 2017. In the same period, the group's market share dropped from 6,8% to 6,6%.
Fiat Chrysler consoles itself with the brand's performance Jeep, which recorded a surge in registrations of 56,2% (to 163.623). On the other hand, the brands are declining Fiat (-8,7%, to 701.892), spear (-19,8%) And Alfa Romeo (-4,1%, to 78.944).
Narrowing down the look at just the month of December, the situation is different. The European market has undergone one sales contraction of 8,4% over the year, "continuing the downward trend that began in September - explains Acea - with the introduction of the Wltp", the vehicle testing procedure harmonized worldwide.
All the main European countries show a negative trend: the only exception is Italy, where registrations increased by 2%.
As for fcalast month, according to the manufacturers' association, sold 59.612 machines in the EU, with a 2,1% decrease compared to December 2017. The market share instead increased from 5,6% to 6%.
In December, the brand is always on the shields Jeep (+37%, to 12.208). The brand is good too spear (+38,3% with 4.358 new registrations).
Returning to annual performance of the entire European market, Acea admits that the 0,1% growth is modest, but stresses that 2018 was in any case "the fifth consecutive year of growth, with almost 15,2 million machines registered in the European Union".
Sales were mainly driven by central European countries, where registrations grew by 8%. In the continent's five major markets, the results were mixed. They grow there Spain (+7%) and the France (+3%), while the Germany marks a slight decrease (-0,2%) and they are going badly instead Italy (-3,1%) and the UK (-6,8%).
