(Finance) – The recovery of the auto market continues in October started last summer, but the year is starting to close with a minus signalso due to the slowdown expected in the last quarter of 2022. The Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility, based on the data obtained from the archives of the Motor Vehicles, reported that in October 2022 115,827 cars registered, up by 14.56% compared to the 101,103 registrations registered in the same month of 2021.
THE transfers of ownership They were 439,960, an increase of 47.69% compared to the 297,892 passages recorded in October 2021 The global volume of monthly sales, equal to 555,787, therefore involved 20.84% new cars and 79.16% used cars.
In the first ten months of the year have been 1,091,894 new cars registered, down 13.81% compared to 1,266,795 in the first ten months of 2021.
Looking at individual brands, the sales of Fiat recorded a slowdown (-21.88%), while those of the Peugeot increased by 15.3%. More than double your sales of Alfa Romeowhile the Launch marks an increase in line with the Turin brand (+ 21.24%).
Overall the Stellantis Group has registered 37,973 cars, up 6.5%with a market share falling to 32.9% from the previous 35.3%. Five models in the top ten of October: Fiat Panda (8,192), Lancia Ypsilon (3,653), Jeep Renegade (3,504), Citroen C3 (2,884) and Fiat 500 (2,542).
Among the competitors, the sales of the rival are also booming Volkswagen (+ 12.92%), while the Renault (+ 1.71%).
For UNRAE“the fragility of the global scenario andl risk of technical recession in the last part of the year they should also impact on the automotive sector, bringing it to close 2022 about 1,300,000 registrations-10.8% on 2021 and 158,000 fewer units, a volume equal to that of an all-time low that was recorded in 2013 with 1,304,000 cars “.
The President of the Association representing the foreign car manufacturers operating in Italy Michele Crisci therefore throws a appeal to the new governmentasking to face the delicate transition process for industrial reconversion in order to be ready in 2035 for the stop of the thermal engines imposed by the EU last June and therefore urges: a robust stimulus for the renewal of a circulating fleet; acceleration of electric charging points throughout the national territory; a structural revision of taxation private and corporate.