The number of registrations of new passenger cars on the Czech market in the first half of December increased by 17 to 18 percent year on year. The reason was the previous closure of car showrooms due to coronavirus.
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For the whole year, they expect sales to fall by about 18 percent. This follows from the information provided by importers.
In the first ten working days of the month alone, more than 10,000 new passenger cars were added to the register. In a whole month, their number could exceed 22,000. That is 4,500 more than in November. For the whole year, this would mean 205,000 cars sold, ie 18 percent less year-on-year.
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According to the CEO of Porsche ČR, which imports VW cars to the Czech Republic, Jan Hurt, sales and order status improved significantly after the showrooms opened, but the overall market decline of 20 percent also hit the VW Group brands very hard. However, due to the uniqueness of this year, he did not want to compare it with last year.
“Closed showrooms in the spring, uncertain customers, closed production plants, which only reacted with a delay to growing demand in the summer, when the situation began to stabilize, long waiting times and closed stores again in the autumn. This included new key models that we had to “All in the first year, when non-compliance with CO2 limits will be significantly reflected in the economy of producers, so the offer of classic combustion versions was optimized and, conversely, the offer of hybrids was expanded and purely electric models were introduced,” Hurt said.
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The order of the best-selling brands did not change significantly in December. The first is ahead of Škoda Auto, followed by Volkswagen and followed by Hyundai. Toyota moved to fourth place from fifth place and Renault is fifth.
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