In 2013 the European PC market has drop by 1.9%
- The European car market (29 countries) fell by 1.9% in 2013 to 12.3 million passenger cars, this is the fifth decline in six years, but fortunately its lower than in previous years.
- Since 2007, the European car market has indeed lost 22% of its volume. Inovev tables on a volume of 14 million units towards 2020. It is therefore unlikely that this market will return to volumes close to 16 million units.
- It should be noted that the last four months of 2013 were positive, which bodes well for a partial recovery of the European market in 2014.
- By manufacturer, many have recorded a negative performance: PSA Group (-8.4%), Fiat-Chrysler Group (-7.2%), Ford Group (-3.9%), GM Group (-3.8%) , Hyundai-Kia Group (-1.1%), VW Group (-0.9%), BMW Group (-0.6%), Geely Group (-0.4%).
- Only four manufacturers performed well: Toyota Group (+0.2%), Renault-Nissan Group (+2.2%), Daimler group (+4.0%) and Tata Group (+9.5%).
- The Volkswagen Group occupied 25% of the European market in 2013, ahead of the Renault-Nissan group (12%), PSA (11%), GM (8%) and Ford (7%). These five manufacturers alone occupy 58% of the European market.
