What are the consequences of new emissions in the EU have rules for the car market, you can see from the sales figures in September, sales fell by almost a quarter. Especially VW is concerned.
Cars to dump – Porsche sold in September, two-thirds less
The new test system carries a WLTP. It stands for “Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test”. In Europe, the new exhaust and test procedures since 1. September. This September, the number of new registrations decreased in the EU-countries in the year-on-year by 23.5 percent to 1.09 million Cars, decreased. The industry Association Acea said on Wednesday in Brussels.
The decline had been expected after the number of new registrations increased in August due to the changeover to the new exhaust test, the WLTP in Europe by leaps and bounds. In August, some manufacturers have pushed in a big way the old models in the market, and their emissions have been tested according to the previous Standard NEDC, said the consulting firm EY. This had been sold with high discounts to end customers or as a stand-approvals on the yards of the dealers. New, not-yet-registered cars need to be parked. VW, for example, has placed several Thousand cars on the still under construction the new Berlin airport.
New, not yet certified VW vehicles, parked in a car Park of the new Berlin airport.
“Not available”
So it was in August, the passenger Car market in the EU, compared to the same month last year by 31.2 percent. “It was to be expected, that on the admission boom in August, a massive slump in new car sales would follow,” said EY-car expert Peter foot. The lull is expected to continue also in October. “Because, in addition to early purchases but also by the severely limited supply is likely to play a role: Some models are not yet certified to the new Standard and therefore will not be available,” he explained. At the end of the year, the Situation will have “expected but back to normal”.
Particularly strong demand in September declined in some Eastern European countries such as Romania. But even in large markets such as Spain and France, they dropped two digits. In Germany, the decline was 30.5 percent above the average.
A strong decline in Volkswagen
Among the German car manufacturers in the VW group, which fell by 48 per cent, with particularly strong losses. In the case of the Volkswagen brand group was the decline in internally above average. In the case of the Porsche brand, the number of approvals fell by more than two-thirds.
BMW lost, however, with a drop of group-wide, 8.6 per cent, with only comparatively moderate, and in the case of Daimler, it went to 11.8 percent downhill. The overall decline was in the case of the car manufacturers is particularly pronounced, which had previously put on the strongest: the number of EU declined-wide new vehicle registrations of vehicles of the Renault group in September to 27 percent, while Fiat group, the Minus amounted to 32 percent.
Also, the Diesel registrations fell in the five largest EU markets of Germany, UK, France, Italy, and Spain by 40 percent and thus significantly stronger than the overall market. By the Diesel scandal, cars with the drive were to fall into disrepute. Also driving bans for diesel-driven cars threaten in several German cities.
ar/hb (dpa/afp)