Morning Bites (part 2)

🚘New car registrations in France, the UK, Spain, Italy and Germany inched up 2% YoY in July, vs. the 6% YoY drop in June. Sales remained firmly below their pre-COVID level (-21% vs. July 2019). Specifically, in France, car sales were 32% below their 2019 levels, while registrations in Italy and Germany were 23% and 20% weaker, respectively. UK sales were 11% below the 2019 level. Sales in Spain were 16% beneath the 2019 levels

Given these five countries represented more than 70% of new vehicle registrations in Europe in 2024, the region’s car sales likely inched up YoY last month, and remained well below their pre-pandemic levels

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