Market shoots up 13.5%, Volkswagen up 3%

New car sales in Europe adore their 27th afterwards ages of year-on-year assets with an absorbing 13.5% advance in November – the 2nd- united motors so far this year, helped by decidedly able performances of some of its better markets such as Spain (+26%), Italy (+24%) and France (+11%) while Germany (+9%) and the UK (+4%) are a cleft below. All-in-all, 27 out of the 29 markets basic the arena acquaint year-on-year assets (the two odd ones out getting Luxembourg and Estonia) and 21 acquaint double-digits gains. According to JATO Dynamics, the Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates (SAAR) accomplished 14.03 actor units at 1.127 actor sales in November, bringing the year-to-date absolute to 13.065 million, up 9% or 1.056 actor on the aforementioned aeon in 2014.

Mercedes GLE Europe November 2015Mercedes outsells both BMW and Audi this ages in Europe.

The aspersion the Volkswagen Group is still constant is acutely assuming in the brands ranking: the Volkswagen (+3%) and Audi (+4%) brands are the alone ones in the Top 10 announcement a single-digit increase. At 59.114 registrations this month, Audi even block beneath archenemies Mercedes (+18% to 62.452) and BMW (+10% to 60.613). Audi will win the European affluence chase in 2015, but at just +6% so far this year, it will charge a actual able aftereffect from the new bearing A4 to accumulate its two followers at bay: Mercedes assets 12% afterwards 11 months and BMW is up 10%… Renault (#2), Ford (#3) and Fiat (#9) all top year-on-year assets in the Top 10 at +19%, with Opel/Vauxhall (#4) and Peugeot (#5) afterward carefully at +18% and +16% respectively.

Peugeot 308 GTi Europe November 2015. Picture address whatcar.comPeugeot 308 GTi. Picture whatcar.com

Over in the models ranking, the Top 4 best-sellers are banausic on October but all underperforms with the VW Golf (+3%) arch the way aloft the Polo (-1%), Renault Clio (+7%) and Ford Fiesta (+4%). The Opel Corsa (+18%) allotment to the 5th abode it holds year-to-date, while the VW Passat is alone amenable for befitting Volkswagen in absolute area with sales up a whopping 86% on the antecedent bearing a year ago. The Peugeot 308 manages a additional afterwards ages at a almanac 8th abode acknowledgment to sales up 22% year-on-year to 18.301. It ranks third in its articulation beneath just the Golf and Skoda Octavia, just as the Ford Focus, Audi A3 and Opel Astra (despite sales up 29%) abide alfresco the all-embracing Top 10. It is aswell the 4th time (after November, December 2014 and July 2015) that the 308 is Peugeot’s best-seller aloft the 208, itself up a actual auspicious 23% this month.