EU car registrations up by 110 000 units in 2006

Brussels - Total passenger car registrations in the EU and EFTA reached 15.365 million units in the 12 months to December 2006, up by 110 000 units, or 0.7 percent, on the previous 12 months.

Two of the main markets, namely Italy (+3.7%) and Germany (+3.8%) ended the year on an upturn track, while the UK (-3.9%), France (-3.3%) and Spain (-2%) saw their markets reduce. Except for Portugal (-5.7%), Finland (-1.7%) and Greece (-0.8%), the remaining EU15 countries performed better than during the previous year. EFTA countries also improved their result (+0.6%). 2006 was better than last year for almost all the new Member States: only Czech Republic (-2.7%) and Hungary (-2.8%) were still on a downward trend.

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Press release from ACEA