Car registrations Europe: +5,7% in march 2016

Car registrations in Europe are also rising in March for the thirty-first consecutive month, drag on the performance double digit and Italy with Fiat Chrysler growing faster than the market. According to data published by ACEA, the European car manufacturers' association, in the month of car registrations (EU + EFTA) have marked a rise by 5.7% to 1.745 million vehicles; in the first quarter of the year the increase was 8.1% to 3.931 million.

In terms of volume, emphasizes a statement, the March result comes close to the record levels of 2007, just before the outbreak of the crisis that hit the entire automotive industry. The month of March, adds Acea, also showed lower sales days than last year because of the Easter holiday.

The Fiat Chrysler Group has marked an increase of 13.3% to 110,592 vehicles, bringing its market share to 6.3% from 5.9% in the same period of 2015. In the first quarter, registrations rose by 16.3% to over 264.00 car, the share grew to 6.7% from 6.2%.

Among Fca brands, Fiat halls in March by 14% on year, the best result since March 2010, points out a statement from the group, 14.5% of the Jeep, Lancia / Chrysler + 16.8%, Alfa Romeo + 0.8% . Group sales in Italy grew by 21.5%, while in France, the UK and Spain by more than 10%. Italy has marked an increase of 17.4%, far greater than the advances of France (+ 7.5%) and the UK (+ 5.3%) while in Spain and Germany the market declined