European market in June 2021: Year-on-year growth slowed, Hyundai among the best

The European new car market is returning to normal after covid. However, June growth was lower than in previous months.

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Passenger car sales in Europe rose 13.3 percent year on year to 1.283 million vehicles in June. Sales growth thus slowed from 73.7 percent in May. This was stated on its website by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). From January to June, the number of registrations rose by 27.1 percent to almost 6.49 million cars. Of the largest European car markets, the number of registered cars increased the most in Germany in June – by 24.5 percent. In France, by contrast, 14.7 percent fewer passenger cars were sold. The Czech Republic reported a below-average increase in sales in June, by 8.6 percent.

However, the slowdown in year-on-year growth compared to previous months is due to the fact that last year new car registrations were hit hardest in March and April, after which the situation began to improve with the release. Nevertheless, the situation is still worse than in 2019, the year before coronavirus.

The number of registered cars in the EU in the first half of the year is 1.5 million lower than in the same period in 2019 than the coronavirus pandemic. However, all 27 monitored markets show similar results this year – in most countries this is a strong year-on-year increase, including the largest European automotive markets. From January to June, it sold 51.4 percent more cars in Italy, 34.4 percent in Spain, 28.9 percent in France and 14.9 percent more cars in Germany than in the first half of last year. The Czech Republic reported 18.7 percent more cars sold year-on-year.

Of the individual manufacturers, the Hyundai brand was successful in June, selling 56.8 percent more cars in Europe year-on-year, making it among the top 10 brands, or Mazda, which supplied customers with 46.7 percent more cars.

Renault, on the other hand, reduced the number of registrations in June by 23.8 percent. Mercedes Daimler car manufacturers’ sales fell 10.1 percent.

The Volkswagen Group also ended June with a plus of 26.1 percent. Its Czech part, Škoda Auta, sold 8.9 percent more cars in Europe in June, ie 65,430. In the first half of the year, Škoda increased sales by 24 percent to 346,435 vehicles.

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