Stellantis is the leading seller of light vehicles in Europe in the first quarter of 2021
- The Stellantis group announced that it was the leading carmaker group in Europe in terms of sales in the first quarter of 2021, ahead of the Volkswagen group. In a European market up 3.8% over this period compared to the first quarter of 2020, the results obtained by the Stellantis group are above average, as it recorded a sales increase of 10.8%, with 854 151 vehicles registered on a total European market of 3,619,749 units (PC + LUV). The group's market share is now 23.6% compared to nearly 23% for the German group.
- The Stellantis group is the market leader in France (37.7%), Italy (41.2%), Belgium (25.2%), Greece (28.8%), Hungary (16.9%), Lithuania (40.7%), Portugal (34.3%) and Spain (28.9%). Stellantis also takes the lead in the European light utility vehicle market with a market share of 34.3%, which represents more than 184,000 models registered in the first quarter of 2021.
- In addition, the Peugeot 208 became the best-selling car in Europe in the first quarter of 2021, overtaking the Volkswagen Golf which lost its leadership position acquired in 2007 and which it had retained until then.
- However, it is necessary to relativise the announcement of the first carmaker in Europe, because when we add the sales of PSA and FCA in Europe between 2015 and 2020, meaning before the merger, we see that the sales of the two groups were already higher than those of the Volkswagen group, except in 2020, where the German producer resisted better to the crisis. So Stellantis didn’t become the first seller by increasing its overall sales but rather by the addition of the French and Italian groups sales.
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