What was known as Western Europe back in the days of the Iron Curtain had a 5.9% increase. It was the best of sales since 2007 and up nearly 250,000 units from 2013. So what has changed this decade?
Germany had 22.4% in 2010 but 24.0% in 2016. The UK went from 15.6% to 19.3%. Italy 15.1% / 13.0% and France 17.3% / 14.4%. The UK's share has gone up by nearly a quarter so one should expect a cooling down of sales soon. Meanwhile both Italy and France are due for improved sales.
For 2016, the only really poor market was the Netherlands (-14.8%). Switzerland and Liechtenstein were the only other in minus territory. Malta is missing here and registrations were probably in the 7,500 region. I get the impression that anyone trying to smuggle out sales by brand from that Mediterranean island would face serious charges to do with crimes against the state. OK, I exaggerated but maybe one day they will relax the embargo.
In the chart below, pale yellow represents a reduction in registrations, pale blue is increase but lost market share. Green is for those exceeding the market growth.
Data source: ACEA.
Text source: RayCee.
Germany had 22.4% in 2010 but 24.0% in 2016. The UK went from 15.6% to 19.3%. Italy 15.1% / 13.0% and France 17.3% / 14.4%. The UK's share has gone up by nearly a quarter so one should expect a cooling down of sales soon. Meanwhile both Italy and France are due for improved sales.
For 2016, the only really poor market was the Netherlands (-14.8%). Switzerland and Liechtenstein were the only other in minus territory. Malta is missing here and registrations were probably in the 7,500 region. I get the impression that anyone trying to smuggle out sales by brand from that Mediterranean island would face serious charges to do with crimes against the state. OK, I exaggerated but maybe one day they will relax the embargo.
In the chart below, pale yellow represents a reduction in registrations, pale blue is increase but lost market share. Green is for those exceeding the market growth.
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Nation | 2016 | % | +/- |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Germany | 3,351,607 | 24.0% | 5% |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | UK | 2,692,786 | 19.3% | 2% |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | France | 2,015,177 | 14.4% | 5% |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Italy | 1,824,968 | 13.0% | 16% |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Spain | 1,147,007 | 8.2% | 11% |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Belgium | 539,519 | 3.9% | 8% |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Netherlands | 382,825 | 2.7% | -15% |
| 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Sweden | 372,318 | 2.7% | 8% |
| 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | Austria | 329,604 | 2.4% | 7% |
| 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | Switzerland | 317,318 | 2.3% | -2% |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | Denmark | 222,927 | 1.6% | 7% |
| 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | Portugal | 207,330 | 1.5% | 16% |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | Norway | 154,603 | 1.1% | 3% |
| 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | Ireland | 146,603 | 1.0% | 17% |
| 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | Finland | 118,986 | 0.9% | 9% |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | Greece | 78,873 | 0.6% | 4% |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | Luxembourg | 50,561 | 0.4% | 9% |
| 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | Iceland | 18,442 | 0.1% | 31% |
| 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | Cyprus | 12,643 | 0.1% | 22% |
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | Liechtenstein | 1,984 | -3% | |
| Total | 13,986,081 | 6% |
Data source: ACEA.
Text source: RayCee.
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