Last month (January 2022), the number of passenger car registrations in the European Union decreased by 6%. compared to the corresponding period of 2021. In 2022, 682 thousand were registered. 596 cars, which means a new historic minimum in the EU in the first month of the year. ACEA in its report blames the persistent semiconductor shortage which negatively impacted performance across the region.
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Bosch semiconductors
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Look: We will have our own semiconductors. The European Commission will allocate EUR 11 billion for this
European brands are declining, and Asian companies are growing
An analysis of the ACEA report shows that not all brands recorded declines. Interestingly, most Asian companies saw increases. For example, the Hyundai Group recorded a massive growth of 28.7 percent, Mazda improved the result by as much as 17 percent, and Toyota by 9.7 percent. Honda achieved a similar result to Toyota. In January this year, 10.7 percent were registered. more cars with the Honda logo than in the first month of 2021
European and American companies are doing much worse. The Volkswagen group saw a decline of 7 percent. In turn, the BMW Group has to accept a 9.2 percent reduction in the number of registered vehicles. The situation is even more difficult for Mercedes-Benz, which was hit by a decrease of 13.8 percent. The only American brand in the ranking – Ford – recorded a decrease of 18.6%.
Which brands performed the worst?
The most powerful decline for a single brand belonged to Smart, which lost as much as 31.6 percent. Several brands registered over a fifth fewer cars. These include Volvo (-22.3%), Nissan (-22.2%), Jaguar (-23.8%), Fiat (-21.3%) and Seat with Cupra (-21.3%). 6 percent).
And where are the most cars registered in Europe?
Some Central European markets saw strong gains over the past month. For example, Slovakia improved the number of registered vehicles by 72.6 percent. (!), and in Romania the result is almost as impressive (+55.5%). Unfortunately, there was no spectacular success on our home market and sales in Poland fell by 10.2 percent.
Check: We register more, produce less and we are choked with the premium class
In Western Europe, on the other hand, almost all countries recorded negative results. Looking at the four major car markets, double-digit losses were recorded in Italy (-19.7%) and France (-18.6%). Germany comes out with a defense, where the increase was 8.5 percent. Spain turned out to be the most stable market, with a slight increase of one percent.
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Dealerships would like to sell cars, but factories have nothing to use to make them
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How does it look in practice?
We consulted these results with local traders and they all spread their hands because they just don’t have anything to trade. Importers’ yards are empty, and when those who want to hear how long they will have to wait, they quit. In some salons, you have to wait up to a year for the coveted four wheels.
Well-equipped versions are the hardest part. The more a customer wants to have on board, the longer he has to wait for such a car. If the dream vehicle appears in the showroom after 3-4 months, it means that the customer was “lucky” and received the car really “expressly”. In the worst scenarios, we already talk about the dates of receipts with the date of 2023.
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