Posted 03/10/2018 11: 41: 45CET
MADRID, Oct. 3 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The ‘tactical’ registrations stood at 9,523 units during the month of September, representing a fall of 14.15% compared to the same month last year and after they multiplied almost four in July and August, according to MSI data that Europa Press had access to.
This decline in ‘tactical’ registrations is due to the entry into force, on 1 September, of the new European homologation cycle WLTP, which motivated many models that met the previous NEDC would be disposed of in terms of market.
This type of operations includes the so-called ‘zero kilometer’, as well as the models destined for export, the auto-registrations and the fleets of the brands for their internal use.
The fall of the ‘tactical’ registrations in September came after this type of operations increased significantly (+ 272%) during the months of July and August. Thus, in the seventh month of the year, 15,668 units were registered in Spain in this way, 24.1% more.
On the other hand, the tactical operations recorded in August, the last month before the entry into force of the WLTP, stood at 14,727 units, which translated into a strong increase of 247.74% compared to the same month of the same month. last year.
In September, BMW led the ranking of brands with more operations of this type, with 959 units, 17% more, ahead of Seat, with 938 units, 23.1% more, and Mercedes-Benz, which occupied the third position, with 836 units, 20.1% more.
During the first nine months of the current year, the ‘tactical’ registrations in Spain stood at 123,517 units, which represents a progression of 15.4% with respect to the data for the same period of the previous year.
Between January and September, Peugeot was the brand with the most registered operations of this type, with 11,762 units, an increase of 3.18%, followed by Fiat, with 9,250 units, 52.4% more, and Citroën, with 8,423 units. , 14.4% more.