Following the same trend as in previous months, the European car market grew by 28% in March to reach 1,422,147* units sold, although this increase must be seen in the context of a year in which the shortage of components severely affected sales.
In this context, sales of the
ALFA ROMEO, up 170.7% to 5,642 units for a market share of 0.4%.
CITROËN, up 20% to 47,024 units for a market share of 3.3%.
DS up 12.1% to 5,696 units for a market share of 0.4%.
FIAT up 7.4% to 40,952 units for a market share of 2.9%.
JEEP up 27.7% to 12,455 units for a market share of 0.9%.
LANCIA up 40.3% to 5,072 units for a market share of 0.4%.
OPEL were up 20.3% to 53,887 units for a market share of 3.8%.
PEUGEOT up 31.1% to 79,371 units for a market share of 5.6%.
In total, Stellantis** sold 251,122 units, an increase of 23.3% and a market share of 17.7%. Despite this increase, the group was unable to close the gap with the Volkswagen group, whose sales increased by 34.5% to 346,314 units, giving it a market share of 24.4%. As expected when analysing sales in the main markets, Citroën recorded a 20% increase in sales in Europe, ahead of Fiat in March.
* includes sales in the European Union, United Kingdom and EFTA countries
** Includes figures for Maserati and Ram in particular, which are not detailed.