In September, the European car market increased for the first time this year compared to the same month last year. In the EU 933. 987 cars were newly registered, as the European industry association Acea announced on Friday in Brussels.

Supposed upswing due to special effect That was 3.1 percent more than in September 2019. However, in the previous year the next stage of the new exhaust and consumption test procedure WLTP, which came into force at the time, led to pull-forward effects – many cars were still registered in August because they would have required a new certification from September.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic and the weeks-long sales stop in spring, after nine months this year there is still a sharp decline in new registrations in the EU of 28, 8 percent to book.

A plus in Italy and Germany In the most important markets the car markets developed differently in September. New registrations fell in Spain (minus 13, 5 percent) and France (minus 3 percent). In Italy and Germany, on the other hand, they moved with 9.5 percent or