According to information published by the European Association of Automobile Producers, the number of passenger cars in the European market in Europe since the beginning of 2013 decreased by 8.5% and amounted to 918280 cars.
Thus, a real historical anti -record was demonstrated: the indicated level of sales of vehicles over the past January coincides with the level of January 1990. A little earlier, another negative achievement was established on the European market — over the past year, 11772415 vehicles were acquired in the European Union countries — this is the worst result over the past 17 years.
Returning to January sales, it should be noted that from large market players in this industry, only Great Britain showed an increase in the number of transactions. On the shores of foggy Albion, it was possible to sell 143643 cars — this is approximately 11.5% more than in the same period last year. The largest automobile market in the European Union for many years has been Germany, where 192090 cars were sold in January, but this level of sales corresponds to a drop in demand by 8.6%.
In the five largest markets in the European Union in January, other most developed economies of the Old World were also: in France they bought 12,4798 cars (reduction by 15.1%), in Italy — 113525 cars (reduction by 17.6%), in Belgium in Belgium 50684 cars (increase by 13.3%). Greece was expected to be the largest drop in demand for new cars, where a decrease in sales reached 34.5%, and the greatest relative increase in demand is Estonia, where 28.4% more than the same period last year was bought.