2023-06-01 13:39:12
Sales of passenger cars and SUVs totaled 318,506 units until May, 26.9% better than the previous year but still 28% lower than the pre-pandemic records of 2019. The month of May closed with an increase of 8 .3%, with a total of 92,025 registered units, and chaining five months in positive.
According to the figures provided by the Anfac Manufacturers Association, the improvement in production rates is making it possible to respond more quickly to orders from dealers, mainly from rent-a-car channels and companies, which are the ones that are driving the numbers.
For their part, sales to individuals are viewed with concern as they are still a third below the rate prior to the pandemic.
From Handy They explain that “the uncertainty of citizens and companies about which car to buy is still latent and more so now, with the call for general elections that tends to paralyze economic activity. Thus, from his point of view “the private market has not yet started and is waiting for what happens not only in the elections but also if inflation manages to be contained and interest rate rises are stabilized.” They also understand that in the latter they make financing a new vehicle more expensive “which does not benefit the renewal of a fleet that is already over 14 years old.”
From the Dealers Association Faconauto They understand that the recovery in the volume of registrations is being very slow. “We are 25% below the sales that were made in 2019 and this recovery is becoming highly mediated by a lower purchasing power on the part of families who have less disposable income and less saving capacity“. From this organization, and despite chaining five months of rise in vehicle sales, they remain cautious and anticipate that this year it will end with some 950,000 registrations made, »leaving for next year to exceed one million sales, which gives us It would approach a certain normality“.
For its part, from the Association of Automobile Sellers Ganvam They value these figures in a context in which inflation is moderating, which allows «individual purchases to be 30% below pre-pandemic levels. Therefore, the buyer continues to need, and now more than ever, both economic and technological certainty, as well as access to more affordable mobility. In this sense, they value the importance that, in an election year, “a horizon of stability is reached as soon as possible in order to recover a market that in 2023 will once again fall below one million units for the fourth consecutive year.”
CO2 emissions and commercial vehicles
The average CO2 emissions of passenger cars sold in May remain at 117.4 grams of CO2 per kilometer traveled, 3.7% lower than the average emissions of new passenger cars sold in the same month of 2022. During 2023, emissions stand at 118.7 grams of CO2 per kilometer travelled, 1.61% less than the same period of the previous year.
In May, registrations of industrial vehicles, buses, coaches and minibuses achieved a notable increase of 27.4%, with a total of 2,486 units. In the first five months, 12,636 sales were reached, improving by 20.8% on the same period of the previous year. By type, industrial vehicles continue their growth streak, with 25.1% in May and 2,219 units. For their part, buses, coaches and minibuses, with 267 sales in the month, improved by 50%.
Registrations of light commercial vehicles reached 12,048 units in the fifth month, an increase of 10% compared to last year. Until the month of May, the market registered an improvement of 22.1%, reaching 56,842 units. Regarding channel sales, only companies managed to grow compared to the previous year, with an improvement of 27.4%, with 8,730 units. For their part, sales to the self-employed and renters fell by 25.3% and 10.9%, respectively.
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