European Car Market in 2017 posted the fourth increase in a row hitting 17.6 million units (including LCVs), up 3.9%, fueled by multi-year high economic sentiment. In this report all European markets figures and last sixth years trend and performance.
A stream of positive data continues to flow in for the Eurozone economy, suggesting that the recovery remained in a high gear in the final quarter of 2017. Economic sentiment hit a new multi-year high in December, exports grew at a solid rate in November and the unemployment rate fell to a multi-year low in October. Furthermore, in a sign that the ECB’s ultra-accommodative monetary policy stance is bearing fruit, corporate lending in the bloc hit a post-crisis high in December. FocusEconomics analysts project that GDP expanded a robust seasonally-adjusted 0.6% quarter-on-quarter in the fourth quarter, a notch below the third quarter’s result.
European Light vehicles market in recent years has recovered after the fall caused by the 2008-2009 financial crisis and almost all markets are in a positive tone. Total sales (28 markets, cars and light commercials) grew from 13.79 million in the 2013 to 17.65 million in the 2017, when market grew 3.9% from the previous year.
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| Sales 2012 | Sales 2013 | Sales 2014 | Sales 2015 | Sales 2016 | Sales 2017 | Sales 2018 e | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 367.530 | 349.740 | 334.399 | 343.723 | 358.417 | 393.255 | 413.020 |
| Belgium | 541.344 | 539.484 | 538.287 | 561.467 | 602.849 | 625.147 | 633.889 |
| Bulgaria | 23.265 | 22.833 | 24.331 | 28.850 | 31.260 | 37.432 | 36.451 |
| Croatia | 35.668 | 33.068 | 39.471 | 41.515 | 51.045 | 59.201 | 67.517 |
| Cyprus | 12.274 | 8.011 | 9.426 | 11.787 | 14.762 | 14.822 | 17.705 |
| Czech Rep | 185.615 | 176.154 | 205.164 | 247.730 | 278.222 | 291.006 | 267.268 |
| Denmark | 194.770 | 206.209 | 217.528 | 239.763 | 260.036 | 258.610 | 265.494 |
| Estonia | 21.534 | 22.204 | 24.652 | 24.600 | 31.126 | 33.342 | 34.694 |
| Finland | 122.688 | 113.393 | 116.821 | 119.477 | 131.087 | 132.570 | 155.632 |
| France | 2.279.999 | 2.155.445 | 2.177.550 | 2.294.967 | 2.422.689 | 2.541.347 | 2.658.884 |
| Germany | 3.301.916 | 3.165.122 | 3.289.335 | 3.492.978 | 3.560.929 | 3.708.049 | 3.844.321 |
| Greece | 62.180 | 62.124 | 76.107 | 81.452 | 84.490 | 94.710 | 103.036 |
| Hungary | 63.931 | 67.512 | 83.410 | 96.018 | 117.845 | 136.208 | 144.531 |
| Iceland | 8.829 | 7.964 | 10.285 | 15.312 | 20.121 | 22.603 | 23.938 |
| Ireland | 90.372 | 85.402 | 112.921 | 148.850 | 169.687 | 155.483 | 147.929 |
| Italy | 1.517.071 | 1.412.409 | 1.486.314 | 1.713.326 | 1.964.566 | 2.140.264 | 2.204.976 |
| Latvia | 12.901 | 12.811 | 14.988 | 16.104 | 18.563 | 19.122 | 16.892 |
| Lithuania | 23.692 | 21.233 | 16.500 | 20.425 | 21.749 | 29.709 | 30.655 |
| Luxembourg | 53.660 | 49.766 | 53.150 | 50.575 | 53.420 | 56.501 | 58.478 |
| Malta | 7.740 | 7.692 | 8.077 | 8.089 | 8.089 | 8.493 | 8.918 |
| Monaco | 2.386 | 2.556 | 2.435 | 2.863 | 3.019 | 3.079 | 3.141 |
| Netherlands | 559.146 | 467.660 | 428.701 | 507.206 | 460.056 | 488.144 | 499.464 |
| Norway | 169.817 | 172.986 | 173.691 | 183.940 | 190.604 | 194.508 | 202.215 |
| Poland | 311.610 | 331.634 | 371.314 | 407.981 | 490.574 | 551.811 | 589.678 |
| Portugal | 109.329 | 124.131 | 169.088 | 209.312 | 240.997 | 261.060 | 271.064 |
| Romania | 75.825 | 66.391 | 81.415 | 93.280 | 108.624 | 121.190 | 129.449 |
| S Marino | 1.262 | 1.077 | 1.051 | 1.023 | 1.031 | 1.117 | 1.167 |
| Slovakia | 76.776 | 71.039 | 80.195 | 88.853 | 96.436 | 104.279 | 106.213 |
| Slovenia | 55.058 | 57.712 | 59.865 | 67.345 | 73.633 | 82.809 | 87.758 |
| Spain | 769.791 | 800.950 | 955.379 | 1.176.621 | 1.298.289 | 1.418.052 | 1.523.011 |
| Sweden | 319.202 | 306.665 | 346.307 | 391.116 | 423.791 | 433.178 | 453.928 |
| Switzerland | 360.080 | 336.891 | 331.950 | 354.801 | 347.324 | 345.010 | 338.902 |
| UK | 2.284.250 | 2.535.810 | 2.798.121 | 3.017.297 | 3.068.473 | 2.903.058 | 2.640.768 |
| Total | 14.021.510 | 13.794.078 | 14.638.227 | 16.058.645 | 17.003.804 | 17.665.168 | 17.980.986 |
| 2012 Var | 2013 Var | 2014 Var | 2015 Var | 2016 Var | 2017 Var | 2018 var e | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | -5,4% | -4,8% | -4,4% | 2,8% | 4,3% | 9,7% | 5,0% |
| Belgium | -14,6% | -0,3% | -0,2% | 4,3% | 7,4% | 3,7% | 1,4% |
| Bulgaria | 4,7% | -1,9% | 6,6% | 18,6% | 8,4% | 19,7% | -2,6% |
| Croatia | -22,4% | -7,3% | 19,4% | 5,2% | 23,0% | 16,0% | 14,0% |
| Cyprus | -27,6% | -34,7% | 17,7% | 25,0% | 25,2% | 0,4% | 19,4% |
| Czech Rep | -0,3% | -5,1% | 16,5% | 20,7% | 12,3% | 4,6% | -8,2% |
| Denmark | 0,2% | 5,9% | 5,5% | 10,2% | 8,5% | -0,5% | 2,7% |
| Estonia | 0,9% | 3,1% | 11,0% | -0,2% | 26,5% | 7,1% | 4,1% |
| Finland | -12,7% | -7,6% | 3,0% | 2,3% | 9,7% | 1,1% | 17,4% |
| France | -13,3% | -5,5% | 1,0% | 5,4% | 5,6% | 4,9% | 4,6% |
| Germany | -3,1% | -4,1% | 3,9% | 6,2% | 1,9% | 4,1% | 3,7% |
| Greece | -40,2% | -0,1% | 22,5% | 7,0% | 3,7% | 12,1% | 8,8% |
| Hungary | -5,8% | 5,6% | 23,5% | 15,1% | 22,7% | 15,6% | 6,1% |
| Iceland | 64,0% | -9,8% | 29,1% | 48,9% | 31,4% | 12,3% | 5,9% |
| Ireland | -11,1% | -5,5% | 32,2% | 31,8% | 14,0% | -8,4% | -4,9% |
| Italy | -20,7% | -6,9% | 5,2% | 15,3% | 14,7% | 8,9% | 3,0% |
| Latvia | 21,2% | -0,7% | 17,0% | 7,4% | 15,3% | 3,0% | -11,7% |
| Lithuania | -11,2% | -10,4% | -22,3% | 23,8% | 6,5% | 36,6% | 3,2% |
| Luxembourg | 0,7% | -7,3% | 6,8% | -4,8% | 5,6% | 5,8% | 3,5% |
| Malta | -7,1% | -0,6% | 5,0% | 0,2% | 0,0% | 5,0% | 5,0% |
| Monaco | 0,0% | 7,1% | -4,7% | 17,6% | 5,4% | 2,0% | 2,0% |
| Netherlands | -8,9% | -16,4% | -8,3% | 18,3% | -9,3% | 6,1% | 2,3% |
| Norway | -2,3% | 1,9% | 0,4% | 5,9% | 3,6% | 2,0% | 4,0% |
| Poland | -2,5% | 6,4% | 12,0% | 9,9% | 20,2% | 12,5% | 6,9% |
| Portugal | -41,9% | 13,5% | 36,2% | 23,8% | 15,1% | 8,3% | 3,8% |
| Romania | -16,8% | -12,4% | 22,6% | 14,6% | 16,4% | 11,6% | 6,8% |
| S Marino | -15,9% | -14,7% | -2,4% | -2,6% | 0,8% | 8,3% | 4,5% |
| Slovakia | 18,9% | -7,5% | 12,9% | 10,8% | 8,5% | 8,1% | 1,9% |
| Slovenia | -15,1% | 4,8% | 3,7% | 12,5% | 9,3% | 12,5% | 6,0% |
| Spain | -14,8% | 4,0% | 19,3% | 23,2% | 10,3% | 9,2% | 7,4% |
| Sweden | -9,1% | -3,9% | 12,9% | 12,9% | 8,4% | 2,2% | 4,8% |
| Switzerland | 3,5% | -6,4% | -1,5% | 6,9% | -2,1% | -0,7% | -1,8% |
| UK | 3,8% | 11,0% | 10,3% | 7,8% | 1,7% | -5,4% | -9,0% |
| Total | -8,4% | -1,6% | 6,1% | 9,7% | 5,9% | 3,9% | 1,8% |
