BRUSSELS—New car registrations in the European Union fell by 12 percent to 897,692 units in November 2020, as governments introduced new measures to contain the COVID‑19 pandemic, automotive industry body ACEA has reported.
Europe's four main passenger car markets all posted year-on-year declines: France and Spain were down 27 percent and 18.7 percent respectively, followed by Italy with a more modest decline of 8.3 percent and Germany losing just 3 percent.
From January to November, the EU passenger car market contracted by 25.5 percent to round 9 million units—a decline of more than 3 million units compared to the same period one year ago.
Over the 11 months, Spain saw a 35.3 percent year-on-year drop in sales, followed by Italy (-29 percent), France (-26.9 percent) and Germany (-21.6 percent).