Sales of passenger cars and SUVs accumulated up to the seventh month 586,626 units, 22% more than the previous year
Registrations of light commercial vehicles grew by 11.8% in July, with 12,618 sales
Sales of industrial vehicles, buses, coaches and minibuses increased by 55.2% in July with 2,875 units
Madrid, August 1, 2023. Sales of passenger cars and SUVs chain their seventh month of growth in 2023, closing July with a total of 81,205 units sold, 10.7% more than the same month of the previous year. The stabilization in production rates and the push from the business channel have allowed this rise in sales. In any case, July is usually a month that is above 100,000 units sold and that the uncertainty marked by the electoral period could have been a determining factor for not reaching this figure. In the accumulated of the year, 586,626 units are reached, improving 22% on the previous year, but still 27% lower than 2019, well below the figures prior to the pandemic.
The average CO2 emissions of passenger cars sold in July remain at 119.3 grams of CO2 per kilometer traveled, 2.55% lower than the average emissions of new passenger cars sold in the same month of 2022. During 2023, emissions stand at 118.5 grams of CO2 per kilometer travelled, 2.14% less than the same period of the previous year.
Julio improves records on all channels. Sales directed to companies add up to 35,132 new registrations, 13.2% more than the previous year. Unlike these, rent-a-car decreased slightly by 0.5%, accumulating 10,962 units. For its part, sales to individuals reached 35,111 sales, which represents an increase of 12.1% compared to the same month of the previous year, but compared to 2019 (pre-pandemic period), demand has suffered a significant decrease, reducing by 39%. Families buy 23,000 fewer cars per month today than in July 2019.
LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
Registrations of light commercial vehicles improve in the seventh month with 12,618 units, an increase of 11.8% compared to last year. Until July, sales continue to grow, with a total of 84,772 units, 24.1% more. By channels, both companies and renters managed to grow by 40.6% and 19.5%, respectively, but sales aimed at the self-employed suffered a sharp decline of 44.2% in July.
INDUSTRIAL AND BUSES
In July, the registrations of industrial vehicles, buses, coaches and minibuses register a notable growth of 55.2, compared to the same month last year, with 2,875 sales in the month. In the total for the year, there were 18,407 units sold, which represent a growth of 25.2% compared to the same period in 2022. By type, industrial vehicles registered 2,695 new sales, improving 55.9% in July. Similarly, sales of buses, coaches and minibuses grew by 45.2%, with 180 registered units.
STATEMENTS
Félix García, director of communication and marketing of ANFAC, explained that “July continues with the upward trend that we have in all the months of 2023. We continue to grow at a good pace, although July also used to be one of the months in which traditionally they exceeded 100,000 units sold and we have stayed very far. The priority for the new Government that arrives is to take measures to recover a market that must be, at least, above one million units, a previous step to reach 1.2 million passenger cars and 1.5 million vehicles per year. anus. Without this level of sales, the necessary renewal of the park does not take place, nor does the sales of low and zero emission vehicles increase, something necessary to comply with the demanding restrictions imposed with the fit for 55”.
Raúl Morales, communication director of FACONAUTO, indicated that “the most important thing about the vehicle registration data for the month of July is that it is growing, and there are already seven consecutive months of growth in the market. Even so, we are 30% below what we did in 2019, but, we insist, the most important thing is that the market continues adding growth and that it does not show signs of weakness. Facing the second half of the year, our forecast is that this growth in vehicle sales will continue because it seems that the economic and consumer context will favor us. But for this it is also very important that the political context accompanies us and it is essential that a stable government be formed as soon as possible, which gives buyers certainty.
According to GANVAM’s communication director, Tania Puche, highlighted that “a month like July, which historically used to be one of the best of the year in sales, closed below 100,000 units per month, which, in theory, marks the natural volume of our market. . Political uncertainty increases the risk that the economy will slow down, in a context that already contains business and household consumption, especially as a result of the rise in interest rates derived from the tightening of monetary policies. Hence the need to achieve a stable government as soon as possible that contributes to projecting a horizon of tranquility for consumers.