Europe car sales lowest since 1996 after 12-month decline

Vauxhall cars are transported on a lorry in Luton, Britain March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall

BERLIN, July 15 (Reuters) – Europe registered the lowest range of new passenger autos in the month of June this 12 months since 1996 at just about 1.06 million autos, with some carmakers seeing profits fall by almost 50%, info from Europe’s auto affiliation showed on Friday.

Volkswagen Team (VOWG_p.DE) was the hardest-hit significant carmaker with just about a quarter a lot less revenue than past June. Throughout the 1st 50 percent year, having said that, Stellantis has viewed the largest fall so much at 21.1%.

Among the lesser models, Volvo’s (VOLVb.ST) new registrations fell 47.9% in June and 28.5% throughout the first 50 percent of the yr, while Jaguar Land Group observed a lesser drop in June at 13.2% but the steepest hit this calendar year so significantly at 34.7%.

Inflation, source chain bottlenecks, increasing coronavirus instances in some countries and an ongoing chip lack are just a several of the difficulties plaguing the automobile sector in the location, which has now registered 12 consecutive months of declines.

Big carmakers from BMW to Stellantis have in new months reported falling product sales globally ahead of their next quarter success later this month.

All four of the key European Union markets – Spain, Italy, Germany and France – claimed a decrease in vehicle registrations.

Reporting by Victoria Waldersee
Enhancing by Miranda Murray

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