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Photo: TASR / Pavol Ďurčo Rome, July 17 (TASR) – Sales of new cars in the European Union increased by more than 5% last month and contributed to an increase in sales in the first half. The Association of European Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) announced Tuesday that car sales in the European Union rose 5.2% from one year to the next. in June to about 1.57 million in June. For the six months of the year, a total of 8.45 million cars were sold in the EU, representing an increase of 2.9% yoy
. Sales growth in this country reached 9.2%. It also rose significantly in Spain (8%) and in Germany it was 4.2%. In contrast, in the United Kingdom, it was sold 3.5% in Italy and 7.3% in Italy the year before
In the first half, Spain recorded the highest growth in sales. Compared with the same period last year, car sales in Spain for January to June increased by 10.1%. Followed by France (+ 4.7%) and Germany (+ 2.9%). As in June, car sales in Britain and Italy declined in the first half. In Great Britain, it dropped by 6.3% and in Italy by 1.4%.
Volkswagen continued to hold the largest market share of car manufacturers, up from the first half of last year. In the first six months of 2017, VW controlled 23.3% of the EU market, with 24.4% in the first half of 2018.
There was little change in the second and third seats. The second position was maintained by the French company PSA with 16.3% and its third competitor Renault with 10.7% of market share. In other places, Fiat-Chrysler (6.9%) and Ford (6.4%) finished
Source: Teraz.sk, TASR News Agency
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