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Hard slog underway to reach West Europe’s pre-crisis car sales levels
Spain & Italy currently operate at only half the level seen during pre-crisis 2007

Published: Fri, 09 May 2014 16:06:05 GMT
 

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Spain’s and Italy’s car market currently operate at only half the levels still seen during the corresponding period in pre-crisis 2007, exclusive AID investigation reveals 

Good progress, but the vast majority of West Europe’s markets still remain miles short of the car sales levels seen in the halcyon pre-crisis days of 2007, according to AID compiled data

A handful of markets have bounced back already, but in spite of a promising green-shoot recovery, most markets still operate well below pre-crisis levels. 

-47%
1st third car sales shortfall in Italy and Spain compared with same spell in 2007


One-third through the current year, and the outwardly encouraging car sales bounce seen in the wider West European region still hides the uncomfortable truth that in the vast majority of markets underlying car recovery growth still has a lot further to run before their respective new car markets have finally reach the pre-crisis levels seen in early 2007. 

An AID compiled car sales comparison between this year’s first-third and the same four months spell in pre-crisis 2007 reveals that just two of Europe’s five main markets have returned to pre-crisis car sales levels. 

To no one’s surprise, four months car sales in both the UK and Germany have already touched the like-for-like car sales levels seen in pre-crisis 2007 

In contrast, and in spite of promising recent progress, the car markets of Italy and Spain, knocked seriously off course by the life-threatening eurozone crisis, still remain way off these notably higher car sales levels last seen in early 2007
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DATA AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS WITH THIS ARTICLE:

EUROPEAN new CAR sales:

by country
APRIL 2014 v APRIL
2013
4-MOnths 2014 v 4-Months 2013

WEST EUROPEAN new CAR sales:

by manufacturer and marque
APRIL 2014 v APRIL 2013
4-MOnths 2014 v 4-Months 2013

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