Sunday, October 2, 2011

European car manufacturers are in strong recovery

European car manufacturers are in strong recovery - Car production in Europe runs a slow but steady recovery, after the low levels recorded in 2009.

Production increased by 11% in 2010, but that growth in production was still 8% below the levels reached in 2008, and 14% less than in 2007.

From various progressive stimulus package, the records fell 5.6% in 2010 compared to 2009. Car Demand low carbon increased by 20%, representing a total of 3.9 million units sold, which is 29% of the total market.


A total of 16.9 million gasoline-powered cars were produced in the EU in 2010. Of this amount, 15.1 million were city cars, the lowest level since 1997, except 2009. For its part, the production of trucks increased by 41% and trucks by up to 50%, but well, the volume continued to be maintained well below the average level of recent years.

In absolute terms, Germany remained the largest producer of cars in the EU, with 5.6 million units in 2010, 11.8% more than in the previous year. France and Spain produce 1.9 million cars, which means an increase in production of 5.7 and 5.6% respectively, compared with 2009. Among major markets, the UK was the highest growth in 2010 to 27.1%, with a total of 1.3 million cars produced.

The most relevant statistics is that for the first time, the Czech Republic produced more than one million cars, representing a yield of about 9.5% more than in 2009.

Globally, car production increased by 22.4% in 2010, after a global registry of 9.6% in 2009. Worldwide, 58.3 million cars were manufactured in 2010. The EU is the largest producer, accounting for 26% of world production.

China, the second largest, producing 13.9 million units, growing four times faster than growth in production in Europe. China has a growth of 33.8% compared to 8.3% growth in Europe by 2010. Japan, the third largest producer, produced 21.1% more cars in 2010 than in 2009.

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