European commuter car registrations grew 4.5% in November, noting the third constant month of increase this year, recognition to robust interest in Germany and France and a rebound indemand for VW, Audi and Porsche.
Registrations extended to 1,210,860 million cars in the nations of the European Union and the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA), statistics issued on Tuesday by the European Auto industry association ACEA pointed.
Carmakers regained lost ground from November last year, when registrations were lowered by the initiation of hard anti-emission rules, acknowledged as the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP), which pushed some brands to re-certify their wheels.
As a consequence Volkswagen Group observed registrations of the VW brand jump 9.3%, outpacing competitors Opel/Vauxhall which saw purchases fall 22.1% and Peugeot, which saw registrations shed 1.2% in the same season.
November registrations of Renault branded vehicles were up 11.3% with Fiat registrations growing by 3.1%, ACEA statistics revealed.
Among the premium brands, demand for Audi rose by 39.4% and Porsche’s new registrations bounced 282.9%, ACEA said.
A 9.7% overall growth in Germany and an 0.7% increase in France served to outweigh a 1.3% decline in registrations in Britain, ACEA statistics noted.