New passenger car registrations in the European Union fell 18.9 percent from a year earlier to 769,525 units in August of 2020. Germany (-20 percent) and France (-19.8 percent) recorded the biggest declines among the four major EU markets while Italy saw a small 0.4 percent fall. With the exception of Cyprus (+14.1 percent), all other countries recorded losses in new passenger car registrations. Considering the first eight months of 2020, demand for passenger cars contracted by 32 percent to 6,123,852 new cars. Among the EU’s largest markets, Spain saw the biggest decline (-40.6 percent) so far this year, followed by Italy (-38.9 percent), France (-32 percent) and Germany (-28.8 percent).

Car Registrations in European Union averaged 1163941.40 Units from 2003 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1890664 Units in March of 2017 and a record low of 270682 Units in April of 2020. This page provides - European Union Car Registrations- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. European Union New Passenger Car Registration - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2020. source: European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA)