​The European car market was in the red in September, but nine months later new car sales fell 10% compared to the same period in 2021. Some brands have grown significantly in a shrinking market, while others have fallen by more than 40%. The waiting time for new cars is very long, even for some production models it exceeds a year.

ACEA figures show that 6.78 million new cars were sold in the EU in the first nine months of the year, compared with 7.5 million in January-September.

Volkswagen Group occupies 25.1% of the market, and Stellantis – 20.3%. At Renault Group – 10.5%, at Hyundai-Kia – 9.6%.

In terms of brands, the best is Volkswagen with 10.9% of the market, followed by Toyota with 6.9% of the market and Peugeot with 6.2%.

How has registration changed compared to 2021? Several brands saw a steeper decline than the market average: Volkswagen (-15.9%), Seat (-19.7%), Fiat (-21.9%), Renault (-18.5%).

Smart (-41%) and Jeep (-26%) fell the most. Brands such as Volvo, Mazda, Lexus and Jaguar fell by more than 20%.

In nine months, there were much fewer brands with pluses. Dacia grew by 14.3% to 321,000 vehicles. Dacia achieved a record share of 4.7% in the EU, just one percentage point behind Renault (5.7%).

Kia rose 9%, continuing its very good performance in recent years, while Toyota climbed 2.9%.

A number of brands with smaller volumes increased by more than 10%: Porsche, DS and Alfa Romeo.

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