PZPM - ACEA - EU registrations results of PC - Apr 2020

Passenger car registrations: ‐38.5% four months into 2020; ‐76.3% in April

In April 2020, registrations of new passenger cars in the European Union posted a year‐on‐year decline of 76.3%. The first full month with COVID‐19 restrictions in place resulted in the strongest monthly drop in car demand since records began. With most showrooms across the EU closed for the entire month, the number of new cars sold fell from 1,143,046 units in April 2019 to 270,682 units last month.