(Finance) – In April 2023 they were 125,805 cars registered compared to the 97,365 registrations registered in the same month of the previous year, equal to an increase of 29.21%. THE property transfers were 370,132 compared to 357,473 passages registered in April 2022, with an increase of 3.54%. Of the global volume of monthly sales, equal to 495,937, 25.37% involved new cars and 74.63% used cars. Overall, in the first four months of the year, 552,850 were sold, equal to 26.89% more than in the same period last year. These i data communicated today by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.In detail the Stellantis group registered 42,791 cars in Italy in April, 23.4% more than in the same month in 2022. The share is 34.1% compared to 35.6%. In the first four months of the year, Stellantis sold 186,918 cars, up by 17.7% with the share falling from 36.4% to 33.9%.
In April in top best selling cars, in first place is the Fiat Panda (7,367 units), followed by the Fiat 500 (3,753), Lancia Ypsilon (3,720), Dacia Sandero (3,496), Fiat 500 X (2,772), Ford Puma (2,634), Peugeot 3008 (2,585 ), Volkswagen T-Roc (2,481), Peugeot 208 (2,259) and Jeep Renegade (2,198). Among the manufacturers, Stellantis recorded a market share of 34.1%, followed by Volkswagen at 18.7%, Renault at 10%, Hyundai at 5.9%, Ford 5.9%, BMW 5.1%
“The situation of the Italian market – he underlines Gian Primo Quagliano, president of the Centro Studi Promotor – is in any case aligned with that of the European Union market, with however an important difference in the composition of registrations. Throughout the Union, the share of electric cars is growing and in the main countries it has already been in double digits for some time, while in Italy we are still far from this situation. The Government has declared its intention to review the incentive system in force which is giving very modest results precisely for electric cars and the surrounding area, but to date the words have not yet been followed by deeds. And among other things it should be noted that among the intentions declared by the Government there is also that of refinancing the incentives for the purchase of traditional cars (with limited emissions in any case) with the aim of accelerating the replacement of the Italian vehicle fleet, which is the oldest in Europe, with all that follows in terms of safety of the circulation of pollution. Replacing older cars with green solutions is certainly good for the environment – observes Quagliano – but scrapping pre-Euro4 cars and replacing them with new Euro6 cars is also good for the environment and traffic safety”.
“It is to be hoped that we work effectively, in a coordinated way with all the subjects involved and with a pragmatic strategy,
to reach the goal of zero emissions by 2035 – he says Michele Crisci, president of UNRAE who
represents foreign car manufacturers in Italy – From this point of view – adds Crisci – we have been urging for some time, we arrived in May, and the data show that the incentives for the purchase of low-emission cars are not working: in fact, in April the average CO2 grew by 2.9 %. Their reformulation is urgently needed, with the raising of the price ceilings and the inclusion of all legal entities with full-amount bonuses. We are therefore awaiting a convocation of the Automotive Table, of which we have no more news, to work together towards shared objectives. Furthermore – continues Crisci – it is necessary to make up for the delays accumulated on the infrastructure front, accelerating the installation of both private and public charging stations, in particular along highways and state roads, avoiding the formation of new geographical gaps within the country and, indeed, going to heal those already existing”. The president of UNRAE therefore calls for “accelerate the issuing of the rules envisaged by the MASE decrees and those for the purchase and installation of charging stations by private individuals and condominiums, without forgetting a wide-ranging infrastructural policy and
long horizon also for hydrogen refueling, in line with the new AFIR directive”. Crisci also recalls that the discussion in Parliament on the Fiscal Delegation Bill “represents the long-awaited opportunity to review the taxation of company cars for mixed use, modulating VAT deductibility and deductibility of costs based on CO2 emissions, with a parallel reduction of the amortization period to three years, because – he concludes – company cars can play the driving role in the spread of zero-emission mobility”.
“In April 2023, the Italian auto market achieved the fourth consecutive double-digit monthly growth (+29.2%) – he says Paolo Scudieri, president of ANFIA – also thanks to the comparison with an April 2022 which had closed in sharp decline
(-33%) due to the expectation of the effective entry into force of the incentive measures. Speaking of the waiting effect, in order to avoid it in the coming months, we ask to speed up the remodulation of the incentives currently in force for the purchase of very low and zero-emission cars and to reallocate the over 250 million euros left over from the 2022 eco-bonus for the incentive for the 0-20 age group, to support the recovery and growth of the electric car (BEV) market, also by increasing the unitary incentive, and 61-135 g/km of CO2. The release of orders left unfulfilled in the previous months due to supply chain slowdowns, due to the microchip and raw materials crisis, probably also contributed to the good market performance at the beginning of 2023″.