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Carmageddon: European New Car Sales Crash, Worst February in History
Carmageddon: European New Car Sales Crash, Worst February in History
Monday, March 19, 2012 10:42 AM
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Truth About Cars reports European New Car Sales Have Worst February Of The Millennium
The European new car market crashed in February. According to data released by the European manufacturers’ association ACEA, new car sales were down 9.7 percent in February. Two months into the year, car sales in the EU are down 8.3 percent from the same period a year earlier.
The harmless looking percentages hide the fact that this February was the worst of the millennium. Only 888,878 units changed hands in the EU27 in February, the lowest level since comparing months made sense (going back further is futile, the EU was much smaller then…) Even during carmageddon, European had not seen a February as bad as this one.
EU basket cases Greece and Portugal saw their new car sales nearly halved. These are relatively unimportant markets, by now, tiny Luxemburg has more car sales than Greece. If Greece would leave the EU, it would not even register in the car statistics. What hurts much more is the deterioration of the volume markets. France is down 20.2 percent, not boding well for PSA and Renault. Italy is down 18.9 percent, putting pressure on Fiat. Flat sales in Germany spared Europe a double digit tanking.I commend author Bertel Schmitt for an excellent report. Click on the top link for model specific data.
Mike "Mish" Shedlock
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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Carmageddon: European New Car Sales Crash, Worst February in History
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