France had a record 204,400 new car registrations in February, the highest since UK based analysts JATO’s records began in 1980. Volkswagen’s Golf remained Europe’s best-selling car and Renault‘s Clio was second.
With the majority of European markets experiencing an increase in sales during February, total sales across Europe broke into positive territory for the first time since March 2010.
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The European market increased by 1.4% in February 2011, and by 0.2% YTD – the first YTD increase since June 2010.
Sales across the majority of markets were up, with the exception of Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, down 10.2%, 58.2%, 20.6%, 12.7% and 25.8% YTD respectively.
Renault’s Clio claimed second place in February, helped by a record French market buoyed by deliveries of cars ordered before the ending of the country’s scrappage scheme in December 2010.
JATO research chief Gareth Hession said: “While certain segments of the market remain below their scrappage-funded highs of a year ago, the market is showing some positive signals. The strength in sales of the new [VW] Passat, as well as the face-lifted Opel/Vauxhall Astra and Corsa models, demonstrates the importance of investment in new products.”
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By GlobalDataSales by market
|
Country |
Feb_11 |
Feb_10 |
% Change Feb |
Feb YtD_11 |
Feb YtD_10 |
% Change YtD |
|
Austria |
26,412 |
21,787 |
+21.2% |
51,996 |
42,669 |
+21.9% |
|
Belgium* |
49,682 |
47,591 |
+4.4% |
102,918 |
96,967 |
+6.1% |
|
Cyprus |
1,319 |
1,310 |
+0.7% |
2,547 |
2,378 |
+7.1% |
|
Czech Republic |
12,847 |
11,080 |
+15.9% |
24,525 |
21,893 |
+12.0% |
|
Denmark |
10,968 |
8,603 |
+27.5% |
23,314 |
19,271 |
+21.0% |
|
Estonia |
936 |
562 |
+66.5% |
2,259 |
1,321 |
+71.0% |
|
Finland |
9,298 |
7,630 |
+21.9% |
23,084 |
19,969 |
+15.6% |
|
France |
204,400 |
180,535 |
+13.2% |
389,921 |
352,013 |
+10.8% |
|
Germany |
224,426 |
194,846 |
+15.2% |
435,482 |
376,035 |
+15.8% |
|
Great Britain |
63,424 |
68,686 |
-7.7% |
192,235 |
214,165 |
-10.2% |
|
Greece |
6,991 |
13,432 |
-48.0% |
16,727 |
40,017 |
-58.2% |
|
Hungary |
3,565 |
3,087 |
+15.5% |
7,067 |
5,878 |
+20.2% |
|
Iceland |
130 |
77 |
+68.8% |
327 |
165 |
+98.2% |
|
Ireland |
12,609 |
12,085 |
+4.3% |
33,687 |
28,461 |
+18.4% |
|
Italy |
161,243 |
202,740 |
-20.5% |
326,579 |
411,168 |
-20.6% |
|
Latvia |
766 |
329 |
+132.8% |
1,499 |
598 |
+150.7% |
|
Lithuania |
925 |
435 |
+112.6% |
1,771 |
874 |
+102.6% |
|
Luxembourg |
4,410 |
4,081 |
+8.1% |
7,763 |
7,617 |
+1.9% |
|
Norway |
10,543 |
9,094 |
+15.9% |
20,915 |
18,791 |
+11.3% |
|
Poland |
21,501 |
16,709 |
+28.7% |
40,458 |
33,982 |
+19.1% |
|
Portugal |
13,413 |
15,357 |
-12.7% |
26,638 |
29,915 |
-11.0% |
|
Slovakia |
4,810 |
3,998 |
+20.3% |
9,234 |
7,598 |
+21.5% |
|
Slovenia |
5,317 |
4,803 |
+10.7% |
10,744 |
9,853 |
+9.0% |
|
Spain |
66,250 |
91,441 |
-27.5% |
120,056 |
161,780 |
-25.8% |
|
Sweden |
20,993 |
17,972 |
+16.8% |
40,237 |
33,495 |
+20.1% |
|
Switzerland |
21,994 |
18,473 |
+19.1% |
42,171 |
37,207 |
+13.3% |
|
The Netherlands |
49,340 |
37,563 |
+31.4% |
124,512 |
100,310 |
+24.1% |
|
Grand Total |
1,008,512 |
994,306 |
+1.4% |
2,078,666 |
2,074,390 |
+0.2% |
* Denotes estimated data used for Feb_11
Top Ten Brands
|
Make |
Feb_11 |
Feb_10 |
% Change Feb |
Feb YtD_11 |
Feb YtD_10 |
% Change YtD |
|
VOLKSWAGEN |
119,418 |
109,750 |
+8.8% |
247,546 |
231,545 |
+6.9% |
|
RENAULT |
94,428 |
91,522 |
+3.2% |
183,121 |
189,214 |
-3.2% |
|
PEUGEOT |
76,918 |
79,292 |
-3.0% |
156,061 |
159,991 |
-2.5% |
|
FORD |
75,004 |
82,794 |
-9.4% |
161,662 |
177,185 |
-8.8% |
|
OPEL/VAUXHALL |
72,718 |
66,086 |
+10.0% |
144,931 |
134,375 |
+7.9% |
|
CITROEN |
64,188 |
68,785 |
-6.7% |
129,594 |
137,537 |
-5.8% |
|
FIAT |
57,227 |
73,245 |
-21.9% |
116,603 |
153,792 |
-24.2% |
|
AUDI |
46,586 |
40,773 |
+14.3% |
94,414 |
86,946 |
+8.6% |
|
TOYOTA |
43,097 |
44,136 |
-2.4% |
93,945 |
101,520 |
-7.5% |
|
BMW |
40,586 |
36,113 |
+12.4% |
86,952 |
73,630 |
+18.1% |
Top Ten Models
|
Make & Model |
Feb_11 |
Feb_10 |
% Change Feb |
Feb YtD_11 |
Feb YtD_10 |
% Change YtD |
|
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF |
33,954 |
36,877 |
-7.9% |
70,625 |
76,478 |
-7.7% |
|
RENAULT CLIO |
27,293 |
27,365 |
-0.3% |
53,086 |
59,529 |
-10.8% |
|
VOLKSWAGEN POLO |
25,444 |
25,684 |
-0.9% |
54,421 |
57,428 |
-5.2% |
|
FORD FIESTA |
24,260 |
32,523 |
-25.4% |
51,481 |
71,847 |
-28.3% |
|
OPEL/VAUXHALL ASTRA |
21,637 |
19,834 |
+9.1% |
42,491 |
40,077 |
+6.0% |
|
PEUGEOT 207 |
21,571 |
25,344 |
-14.9% |
42,514 |
50,268 |
-15.4% |
|
OPEL/VAUXHALL CORSA |
21,557 |
21,142 |
+2.0% |
44,285 |
44,177 |
+0.2% |
|
RENAULT MEGANE |
19,931 |
20,563 |
-3.1% |
39,144 |
41,094 |
-4.7% |
|
FIAT PUNTO |
18,263 |
26,494 |
-31.1% |
38,828 |
54,409 |
-28.6% |
|
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT |
17,748 |
13,088 |
+35.6% |
35,189 |
26,902 |
+30.8% |
