Most car markets in the Western European region experienced a higher diesel share in April than was seen in March, though the shift overall was not very significant. Sales of battery electric vehicles remained on a modest growth trend in April meaning that the rise in diesel was at the expense of the gasoline/gasoline hybrid segment.
However, it should be noted that fluctuations are modest and that diesel, far from being in recovery mode, continues to ebb away gradually from the region’s passenger car segment. The April result brought share back to the level seen at the start of the year, with the year-on-year decline being small, at just -2.7 pp for April, and -3.0 pp for the first four months.
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Diesel sales volume for April was just under 120,000 units which is a fall of 27,000 over April 2024. To date 468,000 diesel car sales have been recorded, versus 592,000 for the first four months of 2024 – a 125,000 decline. Germany has been the biggest contributor to this decline, with a 40,000 fall in diesel car demand so far this year. No doubt the awakening of its BEV car sector has impacted ICE car demand, including diesel. Germany battery electric sales to April this year were 48,000 units more than in 2024.
This article was first published on GlobalData’s dedicated research platform, the Automotive Intelligence Center.
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