The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) reports that 7.5 percent fewer cars were registered in the European Union in January.
In January, a total of 956,779 cars in the EU were fitted with a license plate with a blue bar. The ACEA partly attributes the 7.5 percent decrease compared to January 2019 to the fact that car registration was deliberately brought forward in certain Member States due to changing tax measures. Although the Netherlands is not mentioned by name and by name, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realize that the huge mountain of Dutch Tesla Model 3 and Audi E-tron registrations in December contributed to this result.
Yet it is not the Netherlands, but France, which has the largest drop with 13.4 percent. Other large markets were also not doing well: Spain has experienced a decline of 7.6 percent, Germany has to do with 7.3 percent less. 6.1 percent fewer cars were sold in the Netherlands. Increases are mainly noted in smaller “car countries”. For example, 14.2 percent more cars were sold in Cyprus, Greece registered an increase of 6.2 percent and Lithuania added 35.1 percent.