ACEA: Passenger car registrations: -6.0% in January 2022 Donnerstag, 17. Februar 2022 - 08:01

Brussels, 17 February 2022 – In January 2022, EU passenger car registrations continued to fall (-6.0%), marking a new historic low in EU car sales for the first month of the year.

In January 2022, EU passenger car registrations continued to fall, with the ongoing semiconductor shortage still negatively affecting car sales across the region. Even though a new record for lowest January total (in terms of volume) was set in 2021, this year car registrations contracted by a further 6.0% to reach 682,596 units – marking a new historic low in EU car sales for the first month of the year.

Various markets in Central Europe posted gains last month, with Slovakia (+72.6%) and Romania (+55.5%) seeing the strongest growth, although Polish sales contracted by 10.2% in January. In Western Europe, on the other hand, almost all countries posted negative results. Looking at the four major car markets, double-digit losses were seen in Italy (-19.7%) and France (-18.6%), while only Germany posted solid growth (+8.5%) and Spain saw a modest gain (+1.0%).

• The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) represents the 16 major Europe-based car, van, truck and bus makers: BMW Group, DAF Trucks, Daimler Truck, Ferrari, Ford of Europe, Honda Motor Europe, Hyundai Motor Europe, Iveco Group, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Renault Group, Stellantis, Toyota Motor Europe, Volkswagen Group, Volvo Cars, and Volvo Group.
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• Contact: Francesca Piazza, Statistics Manager, fp@acea.auto.

• 12.7 million Europeans work in the auto industry (directly and indirectly), accounting for 6.6% of all EU jobs.
• 11.5% of EU manufacturing jobs – some 3.5 million – are in the automotive sector.
• Motor vehicles are responsible for €398.4 billion of tax revenue for governments across key European markets.
• The automobile industry generates a trade surplus of €76.3 billion for the EU.
• The turnover generated by the auto industry represents more than 8% of the EU's GDP.
• Investing €58.8 billion in R&D annually, the automotive sector is Europe's largest private contributor to innovation, accounting for 32% of total EU spending.