Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, in November, grows more than the average of the European car market. If this, in fact, records an increase of 1,2%, the FCA group achieves an increase of 3,6%, with almost 58 thousand registrations in the first eleven months of the year. The Fiat Chrysler brand is growing in all the most important markets in Europe: +6,1% in Italy, +6,8% in the United Kingdom and even +16,8% in Spain. More contained growth in France (+2,1%) and Germany (+0,8%).
In the wake of these numbers, mid-morning the FCA share gained more than two and a half percentage points on the Milan Stock Exchange, at 9,355 euros per share.
The good result of registrations is driven by three cars in particular, which have become the new face of the merger between the Italian brand and the Detroit one, i.e. the Jeep SUV - which marks a surge in sales of 110,6% compared to November from last year – the 500 and the Panda.
As for individual brands, Fiat registers 43 thousand registrations, remaining on the levels of November 2013 and seeing its market share substantially unchanged (from 4,4% last year to 4,3% in November 2014). In the January-November period, there were 547 registrations, 2,4% more than in the same period last year. These results mean that Fiat closed positively in Italy (+2,6%), in Spain (+13,3%) and in the United Kingdom (+7%).
La Jeep marks the best result ever in the European market, recording a surge of 110,1% of sales in the month of November. The annual progress is 57,1%. Excellent results in the main markets of the euro area (+52,1% in Germany, +245,5% in Italy and +309,6% in France). The market share of the Jeep brand rose by 0,3% in November, reaching 0,5%, while growth was 0,1% in the first eleven months. Driving growth are the two flagships of the house (Cherokee and Grand Cherokee), but also the newcomer Renegade, already among the top ten in its segment.
Also Lancia / Chrysler recorded a growth in registrations in November 2014: +9,5% compared to last year, with 5.200 cars seen. The market share decreased slightly, from 0,6% in 2013 to 0,5% last month. In the first eleven months, registrations fell by 2,5% compared to last year, with 67.500 cars sold, while the market share remained unchanged at 0,6%. The spearhead of the brand is the Ypsilon, which marks a 2% increase in sales in November and almost 11% in the January-November period. Good results in France and Spain.
Alfa Romeo, if on the one hand it suffers from a drop in sales on the European market (-3,7% compared to November 2013, -8,7% in the annual progressive with 55 thousand registrations), on the other it records excellent results in Spanish and Swiss registrations. In Spain, in fact, it marks a growth of 40,5%, where the market average is 17,1%, while in Switzerland the rise is even more significant, settling at 27,3%, in a market that is losing 5%.
Finally, as regards the two luxury brands of the FCA group, Ferrari e Maserati, 490 new registrations were recorded in November, while sales reached 7.747 units in the first eleven months.
