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  • Austria: New passenger car registrations in 2020 at the lowest level since 1987

    Austria: New passenger car registrations in 2020 at the lowest level since 1987

    According to Statistics Austria, a total of 353.179 new motor vehicles were registered in 2020, 19.0% fewer than in 2019.

    New registrations of passenger cars decreased by 24.5% to 248.740. The number of newly registered lorries fell by 16.7% to 40.042.

    Tractors used for agriculture and forestry increased again in 2020 (+6.9%, 6.446 vehicles). New registrations of two-wheelers also increased significantly (+13.4% to 46.099).

    Increases in new electric and hybrid cars

    In 2020, registrations of new passenger cars fell to 248.740, the lowest level since 1987 (243.221) and also well below the twenty-year-average (313.297).

    Compared to 2019 (329.363 newly registered passenger cars), this was the highest year-on-year decline ever observed.

    New registrations of petrol-powered passenger cars (share: 43.3%) fell by 39.0% and those of diesel passenger cars (share: 36.5%) by 28.0%.

    The share of alternatively powered passenger cars – electric, natural gas, bivalent drive, combined drive (petrol or diesel hybrid) and hydrogen (fuel cell) – reached 20.1% in 2020 with 50.060 vehicles (+90.0%) (2019: 8.0%; 26.346 and 2018: 4.9%; 16.807).

    With a share of 10.2% of all new passenger car registrations or 25.380 vehicles (+105.5% compared to 2019), petrol/electric hybrid vehicles are the most important group among alternatively powered passenger cars; they are followed by passenger cars with electric drives (share: 6.4%; +72.8% to 15.972) and diesel/electric hybrid drives (share: 3.3%; +99.4% to 8.287).

    Primarily legal entities, companies and local authorities are registering new electric cars (share of all new electric car registrations: 81.6% or 13.040 vehicles).

    The highest number of new electric passenger cars was registered in Vienna and Lower Austria (shares of 18.5% and 18.4%, respectively), followed by Upper Austria (17.6%) and Styria (13.0%).

    SUVs ahead of compact class and small cars

    The preferred segment for new passenger car registrations in 2020 is the off-road vehicle or SUV (sport utility vehicle) with a share of 31.5% and 78.403 vehicles.

    SUVs are followed by compact cars with a share of 25.5% (63.333 vehicles) and small cars with a share of 19.5% (48.480 vehicles). Increases compared to 2019 were observed for sports cars (+57.3%, 3.345 vehicles).

    VW remains market leader in Austria

    The Top 10 brands in 2020 represent 67.5% of all new passenger car registrations.

    VW remained the market leader with a share of 15.4%, followed by Skoda (share: 9.5%) and Seat and BMW (share 6.4% each).

    Compared to the previous year, all Top 10 brands had double-digit declines (Opel -43.7%, Ford -27.6%, VW -27.3%, Renault -24.0%, Hyundai -22.6%, Seat -19.7%, BMW -17.4%, Mercedes -14.8%, Skoda -13.5%, Audi -12.8%).

    More than 7 million motor vehicles are registered in Austria

    As of December 31 2020, the provisional stock of motor vehicles in Austria exceeded the 7-million mark (approx. 7.1 million) for the first time.

    That is 1.5% more motor vehicles than in the previous year.

    Passenger cars, the most important vehicle type in terms of share (71.7%), accounted for approx. 5.1 million vehicles, an increase of 1.0%.

    A total of 512.101 lorries (+3.5%), 472.467 tractors used for agriculture and forestry (+0.9%) and 19.388 articulated lorries (+0.3%) were in the stock.

    Campers reached 32.675, an increase of 8.4%. Among single-track vehicles, there were 570.747 motorcycles (+3.8%) and 274.433 scooters (+0.7%).

  • Passenger car registrations in Europe: -32% in the first eight months

    Passenger car registrations in Europe: -32% in the first eight months

    Over the first eight months of 2020, EU demand for passenger cars contracted by 32.0%. In total, 6.123.852 new cars were registered across the European Union from January to August, almost 2.9 million less than during the same period last year.

    In total, 6,123,852 new cars were registered across the European Union from January to August, almost 2.9 million less than during the same period last year.

    Among the EU’s largest markets, Spain saw the biggest decline (-40.6%) so far this year, followed by Italy (-38.9%), France (-32.0%) and Germany (-28.8%).

    During the month of August the EU car market posted a stronger decline (-18.9%) again, although less dramatic than earlier in the year.

    With the exception of Cyprus (+14.1%), all countries in the region recorded losses compared to August 2019.

    Looking at the four major EU markets, Italy performed best, with a slight drop of 0.4%, while the strongest declines were seen in Germany (-20.0%) and France (-19.8%).

    Data was provided by The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).

  • Less cars were put into circulation in Greece in June 2020

    Less cars were put into circulation in Greece in June 2020

    The Hellenic Statistical Authority announces that in June 2020, 16.170 road motor cars (both new and used from abroad) were put into circulation for the first time.

    This was a 24.7% decrease compared with the corresponding month of 2019 when the number of road motor cars was 21.464.

    In June 2019, a 4.9% increase had been observed in comparison with the corresponding month of 2018. A total number of 8.678 new cars were put into circulation in June 2020 compared with 13.980 in June 2019, recording a 37.9% decrease.

    Less new motorcycles over 50cc in June 2020

    The new motorcycles over 50cc (both new and used from abroad) that were put into circulation for the first time in June 2020 amounted to 5.306, against 5.471 in 2019, thus recording a 3.0% decrease.

    In June 2019, a 3.2% increase had been observed in comparison with the corresponding month of 2018. Out of the above motorcycles 4,889 were new, while the corresponding figure in June 2019 was 5.041, recording a 3.0% decrease.

  • Austria: New passenger car registrations down by one third in May

    Austria: New passenger car registrations down by one third in May

    In May 2020, the total number of new motor vehicle registrations was 32 224, representing a decrease of 23.4% compared to May 2019.

    New passenger car registrations (20 211) decreased by 33.9%, as Statistics Austria reports. Passenger cars accounted for 62.7% of all new motor vehicle registrations.

    Registrations of new electric cars rose by 5.2% (share: 3.6%). Increases were also reported for petrol hybrids (+83.8%; share 9.7%) and diesel hybrids (+40.2%; share 1.9%).

    Registrations of new petrol-powered passenger cars decreased by 41.6% (share: 47.7%), those of diesel cars declined by 37.8% (share: 36.7%).

    All makes among the top 10 passenger cars recorded declines: Opel -45.5%, Skoda -41.8%, VW -41.0%, Ford -36.7%, Seat -33.8%, Hyundai -32.3%, Audi -32.2%, Renault -29.6%, Mercedes -22.5% and BMW -19.8%.

    The market for new commercial vehicles showed decreases for tractors used for agriculture and forestry (-5.4%), lorries category (cat.) N3 (-24.1%), lorries cat. N1 (-27.7%), lorries cat. N2 (-43.5%) and articulated lorries (-67.7%).

    For two-wheelers, much more registrations for new motorcycles (+32.1%) and scooters (+63.8%) were recorded.

    January to May 2020: new passenger cars -39.9%; new motor vehicles -35.8%

    From January to May 2020, the number of new passenger car registrations decreased by 39.9% to 86 111 – 57 269 vehicles fewer than in the same period of 2019.

    The total number of newly registered motor vehicles declined by 35.8% to 123 804.