PRESS RELEASE 9:30 GMT, 23rd November 2017

London, UK

AFVS RECORDED SECOND HIGHEST MARKET SHARE EVER FOLLOWING 9.9% DECLINE IN DIESEL REGISTRATIONS IN EUROPE DURING OCTOBER 2017

European car registrations increased by 5.6%, with a total of 1,202,877 registrations in October 2017

AFVs (alternative fuel vehicles) recorded a 5.5% share of the market, the fuel type’s second highest market share ever

The VW Golf maintained its top spot, with a significant 24% increase in registrations

The European car industry showed its resilience in October 2017, with new registrations totalling 1,202,877,

an increase of 5.6% when compared to October 2016. This is the highest volume recorded for October since

2009, when 1.26 million units were registered. Despite a turbulent 2017, results for the first ten months of

the year show an overall increase in registrations of 3.6%, with 13.18 million units registered over the period.

This is the highest volume recorded since 2007, when 13.62 million vehicles were registered during the

same ten month timeframe.

Growth was driven by increased demand for gasoline, electric and hybrid vehicles, and the stellar

performance of SUVs. Strong results in major European markets including France, Italy, Spain, Poland and

the Netherlands all contributed to October’s positive performance. The performance of these markets offset

the decline in demand for diesel vehicles, and the decline in the UK market where registrations were down

by 12.2% compared to October 2016.

There was significant variation in the performance of fuel types in October. 619,300 gasoline vehicles were

registered during the month, meaning the fuel type accounted for 51.5% of the market, an increase in market

share of 5.1 percentage points. In contrast, demand for diesel vehicles declined, with 498,500 units

registered, a decline in volume of 9.9%. As a result, the fuel type accounted for 41.4% of the total market,

the lowest market share for October in the last ten years. In contrast, AFVs reported the second highest

market share ever recorded in October 2017, with 66,000 electric and hybrid vehicles registered. As a result,

the category accounted for 5.5% of total registrations. In contrast, ten years ago in October 2007, AFVs

accounted for only 0.3% of the market.

EUROPE-27 OCTOBER 2017 VOLUME BY COUNTRIES

"Demand for diesel vehicles has declined following a series of initiatives to reduce diesel use, and

subsequent confusion around proposed bans. This shift has boosted gasoline and AFV registrations.

Growth of electric and hybrid vehicles has accelerated during the last four months and consumers are more

aware of the choices available. But, despite a series of launches, there’s still limited AFV choice in categories

such as the SUV segment. When looking at the AFV data,1 hybrids still lead the way, accounting for 59% of

the total volume for the AFV category, compared to PHEV and fully electric (BEV) vehicles, which accounted

for 23% and 17% respectively,” commented Felipe Munoz, Global Automotive Analyst at JATO Dynamics.

1 AFV data is available for: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Slovenia,

Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UK

Oct-17 Oct-16 Δ Oct 16-17

YTD-17 YTD-16 Δ YTD 16-17

Austria 28,244 26,273 +7.5% 298,122 278,450 +7.1%

Belgium 43,500 41,969 +3.6% 478,840 466,350 +2.7%

Croatia 3,261 2,857 +14.1% 44,532 36,877 +20.8%

Czech Rep. 23,192 21,905 +5.9% 228,703 214,617 +6.6%

Denmark 18,567 17,058 +8.8% 187,409 185,618 +1.0%

Estonia 2,148 1,910 +12.5% 21,978 19,736 +11.4%

Finland 8,740 9,158 -4.6% 100,739 101,731 -1.0%

France 175,811 154,539 +13.8% 1,730,824 1,655,652 +4.5%

Germany 272,855 262,724 +3.9% 2,884,676 2,818,507 +2.3%

Greece 6,304 4,984 +26.5% 76,105 68,144 +11.7%

Hungary 10,369 7,964 +30.2% 93,036 77,522 +20.0%

Ireland 1,946 2,240 -13.1% 130,543 145,426 -10.2%

Italy 158,076 148,507 +6.4% 1,691,167 1,568,053 +7.9%

Latvia 1,413 1,288 +9.7% 14,119 13,941 +1.3%

Lithuania 2,314 1,740 +33.0% 21,448 17,334 +23.7%

Luxembourg 4,668 4,275 +9.2% 45,540 43,658 +4.3%

Netherlands 37,018 30,072 +23.1% 361,288 316,605 +14.1%

Norway 12,599 12,024 +4.8% 131,079 129,787 +1.0%

Poland 40,508 32,243 +25.6% 396,948 335,183 +18.4%

Portugal 15,898 14,933 +6.5% 187,450 173,859 +7.8%

Romania 10,036 7,951 +26.2% 88,805 75,943 +16.9%

Slovakia 8,407 7,495 +12.2% 79,278 72,052 +10.0%

Slovenia 6,446 5,239 +23.0% 60,561 54,259 +11.6%

Spain 95,874 84,039 +14.1% 1,039,055 967,569 +7.4%

Sweden 32,112 31,840 +0.9% 311,950 303,236 +2.9%

Switzerland 24,379 23,199 +5.1% 255,794 254,217 +0.6%

UK 158,192 180,168 -12.2% 2,224,603 2,330,663 -4.6%

TOP SELLING BRANDS

The performances of mainstream

brands contributed to the positive

October performance. In contrast,

premium brands recorded a 1%

decline, and accounted for 23.5%

of total registrations, as the growth

of the three German premium

brands slowed.

Oct-17

Δ Oct 16-17

YTD-17 Δ

YTD 16-17

1 VOLKSWAGEN 133,881 +2.7% 1,427,866 -0.8%

2 RENAULT 88,855 +15.5% 942,124 +5.6%

3 FORD 80,549 +5.3% 895,260 -0.2%

4 PEUGEOT 77,545 +16.5% 771,908 +5.4%

5 MERCEDES 71,727 +8.8% 769,998 +9.3%

6 OPEL/VAUXHALL 68,256 -2.2% 811,348 -3.8%

7 AUDI 66,284 -1.4% 703,357 -0.3%

8 BMW 58,715 -9.0% 684,502 +0.4%

9 SKODA 56,748 +9.9% 590,211 +6.7%

10 TOYOTA 53,769 +21.1% 578,883 +15.3%

11 FIAT 52,830 -1.5% 660,982 +6.4%

12 CITROEN 43,770 +6.9% 487,638 +4.4%

13 HYUNDAI 42,301 +7.0% 434,664 +2.9%

14 KIA 38,076 +12.0% 396,207 +5.8%

15 NISSAN 37,997 -5.2% 487,531 +4.4%

16 SEAT 34,075 +20.7% 336,282 +15.4%

17 DACIA 33,860 +20.8% 385,106 +10.4%

18 VOLVO 24,721 -2.5% 247,893 +5.7%

19 SUZUKI 19,649 +30.2% 207,249 +22.7%

20 MAZDA 16,662 +2.7% 196,043 -3.7%

21 MINI 15,996 -0.2% 176,410 +0.6%

22 LAND ROVER 12,331 +2.6% 144,799 +1.3%

23 JEEP 9,669 +20.7% 87,773 -0.1%

24 HONDA 9,165 -7.5% 118,648 -13.7%

25 SMART 8,755 -4.5% 83,422 -5.9%

26 MITSUBISHI 8,492 -1.8% 97,288 -0.7%

27 ALFA ROMEO 6,593 +22.5% 72,655 +34.8%

28 PORSCHE 5,214 -2.3% 62,080 +4.5%

29 LANCIA 4,498 -18.4% 53,611 -8.0%

30 JAGUAR 4,186 -29.9% 59,223 +5.0%

31 LEXUS 3,318 +3.8% 37,567 -0.1%

32 DS 3,185 -19.6% 38,944 -32.7%

33 SUBARU 2,802 -6.5% 29,867 -7.8%

34 ABARTH 1,513 -1.2% 17,760 +38.4%

35 TESLA 1,404 +99.4% 20,710 +65.9%

36 SSANGYONG 1,251 -5.1% 14,738 -11.5%

37 MASERATI 801 +2.0% 8,250 +32.6%

38 INFINITI 751 -12.3% 11,135 -3.9%

39 LADA 439 +40.3% 3,962 +29.7%

40 BENTLEY 279 +0.7% 3,401 +13.3%

41 FERRARI 212 +16.5% 2,756 +7.2%

42 MG 194 -24.5% 3,516 -1.3%

43 ASTON MARTIN 143 +58.9% 2,195 +82.8%

44 CHEVROLET 134 +8.1% 2,201 +48.3%

45 LAMBORGHINI 112 +55.6% 874 +2.1%

46 MCLAREN 85 +304.8% 760 +136.8%

47 CADILLAC 72 +12.5% 752 +19.6%

48 LOTUS 63 +6.8% 702 -5.9%

49 ALPINA 55 +12.2% 430 -33.1%

50 ROLLS-ROYCE 52 -23.5% 608 -8.3%

TOP SELLING MODELS

The VW Golf held on to its number one

position, following an increase in

registrations of 24%, compared to the

same month last year. As a result, the

Golf was the best-selling vehicle in

nine markets. Meanwhile, the Peugeot

208 occupied a historic third position.

Oct-17

Δ Oct 16-17

YTD-17 Δ

YTD 16-17

1 GOLF 43,679 +23.7% 400,619 -3.8%

2 CLIO 23,507 +7.1% 272,503 +7.1%

3 208 21,556 +14.5% 203,677 -4.1%

4 FIESTA 20,466 -10.3% 216,332 -14.7%

5 TIGUAN 19,277 +3.4% 199,245 +40.1%

6 OCTAVIA 19,273 +6.1% 193,683 +1.7%

7 QASHQAI 18,056 +1.9% 213,091 +7.7%

8 YARIS 17,495 +14.9% 167,557 +2.7%

9 CAPTUR 17,051 +9.8% 172,660 -3.5%

10 C3 16,996 +39.9% 176,291 +59.9%

11 PANDA 16,506 +9.9% 162,802 +0.7%

12 FOCUS 16,283 +21.5% 181,940 +0.2%

13 PASSAT 15,764 -2.1% 153,400 -11.9%

14 3008 SUV 15,434 +161.2% 134,028 +877.3%

15 CORSA 14,625 -18.5% 205,546 -10.0%

16 FABIA 14,021 -0.6% 151,393 +2.1%

17 2008 13,849 -1.8% 153,159 +2.7%

18 ASTRA 13,759 -32.7% 190,415 -9.5%

19 SANDERO 13,631 +22.5% 165,500 +14.3%

20 500 13,479 +3.4% 167,609 +5.7%

21 MEGANE 13,245 +5.5% 138,568 +21.9%

22 POLO 13,115 -41.0% 240,738 -7.3%

23 A3 12,571 -22.7% 143,125 -12.4%

24 KUGA 12,524 +52.8% 127,066 +22.4%

25 TUCSON 12,489 +2.1% 128,340 -0.2%

26 LEON 12,488 +15.2% 124,174 +0.3%

27 308 12,029 -13.5% 136,010 -19.4%

28 C-CLASS 11,967 -6.3% 153,468 +3.8%

29 A4 11,782 -3.4% 124,226 -12.2%

30 A-CLASS 11,640 +1.9% 122,237 +2.1%

31 DUSTER 11,565 +12.4% 118,493 +2.3%

32 E-CLASS 10,530 +27.7% 108,899 +32.1%

33 MOKKA 10,203 -7.7% 148,842 +7.5%

34 GLC-CLASS/COUPE 10,007 +50.6% 92,816 +57.4%

35 SPORTAGE 9,771 -4.9% 112,591 -7.1%

36 MINI 9,563 -6.3% 113,473 -0.4%

37 X1 9,538 +15.4% 97,612 +24.8%

38 AURIS 9,428 +3.6% 97,980 -10.4%

39 IBIZA 9,327 +13.5% 100,613 -2.9%

40 SCENIC/GRAND 9,184 +164.4% 85,797 +28.2%

41 SERIES 1 9,028 -14.7% 111,072 +2.8%

42 TOURAN 8,930 +11.2% 91,976 -4.5%

43 KADJAR 8,754 +8.4% 93,175 -11.7%

44 UP 8,743 +12.5% 84,919 +1.9%

45 SERIES 5 8,701 +46.3% 91,125 +35.7%

46 INSIGNIA 8,050 +65.0% 58,054 -9.6%

47 XC60 7,868 +1.9% 84,974 +29.1%

48 SERIES 3 7,686 -31.4% 108,589 -9.7%

49 I20 7,659 -6.5% 87,232 +4.9%

50 C-HR 7,519 New 94,516 New

-Ends-

Contact:

Nick Lawrie / Laura Eagar, +44 (0) 203 617 7240, jatoteam@firstlightpr.com

Felipe Munoz, +39 349 797 3244, felipe.munoz@jato.com

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