The passenger car and SUV market grew by 23.1% in April, with 92,000 registrations, according to Faconauto in a press release. Last month’s strong growth is a consequence of the fact that the Week was celebrated in April 2023, so this year there have been more sales business days. Similarly, last month the drop in sales of 4.7% was caused because March of this year had fewer business days than the same month in 2023. Therefore, the sum of sales in March and April was 186,840 units, which is 7.2% more than the same period in 2023 and thus eliminates the seasonal effect of Holy Week.
In total for the year, registrations accumulate 336,726 units, 7.8% more than the same quarter of the previous year. Although, it should be noted that sales are still 23% below the pre-pandemic records of 2019.
The average CO2 emissions of passenger cars sold in April remain at 118.9 grams of CO2 per kilometer traveled, 0.2% lower than the average emissions of new passenger cars sold in the same month of 2023. In total of the year, an average of 117.4 grams of CO2 per kilometer traveled is recorded, 1.42% lower.
With the exception of sales aimed at companies, with a decline of 4.6%, the rest of the channels obtained strong growth, boosting the positive result for the month. Sales to individuals increased by 32.3%, with a total of 37,548 units sold. Like rent-a-car, which has strong growth, with 60.2% more sales than the same month of the previous year and 25,237 sales.
Registrations of light commercial vehicles achieved a notable increase of 47.6%, with 15,696 units in April. In the first quarter, a total of 53,350 new registrations were added, which is 19.5% more than the same period of the previous year. In channel sales, everyone gets a positive result. Sales aimed at companies are those that achieve the greatest growth, with 70.8% more and 2,588 units. For their part, the self-employed increased by 64.8% and 2,562 registrations, while the business channel registered 10,546 new units, which represents 39.4% more.
In April, registrations of commercial vehicles, buses, coaches and minibuses maintain their good pace and sales increase considerably. In the fourth month, an increase of 52.7% was achieved, with 3,362 units. In the accumulated of the year, there are 12,488 units, with a growth of 23%. By type of vehicle, both industrial vehicles and buses and coaches managed to grow, with an improvement of 49.9% and 72.7%, respectively, in the month. Where industrial companies register 2,882 new units and buses and coaches register 480 new registrations.
2024-05-03 06:42:47
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