Registrations in Spain fell 19 p.c in November in contrast with the identical month in 2019, as a resurgence of the coronavirus depressed spending and partial lockdowns affected enterprise in numerous areas.

There have been 75,708 passenger automobiles registered within the month, which had 21 promoting days, yet one more than in November 2019, in line with the business affiliation ANFAC.

Outcomes diverse extensively amongst manufacturers, with DS, Jeep, Alfa Romeo, Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz amongst people who elevated gross sales in November. DS gross sales jumped 69 p.c, Jeep registrations rose 3.9 p.c, Alfa Romeo gross sales have been up 4.5 p.c, Mercedes-Benz gained 1.3 p.c and Land Rover grew by 0.2 p.c.

Manufacturers with the largest declines included Opel, down 45 p.c; Ford, down 37 p.c; and Seat ,down 29 p.c. Seat was edged out for the month-to-month gross sales title by Peugeot, despite the fact that Peugeot gross sales fell by 12 p.c however nonetheless outperformed the market. Citroen gross sales declined by 19 p.c.

Gross sales have been down in all channels, with non-public registrations down 24 p.c, gross sales to rental corporations down 35 p.c and enterprise gross sales down 7.6 p.c.

The decline in November follows a 21 percent drop in October. For the primary 11 months, gross sales are down 35 p.c to 745,369, ANFAC mentioned.

Prospects for a restoration subsequent 12 months are clouded by a possible enhance in emissions-based registration tax from Jan. 1. From that date, the tariff can be based mostly on WLTP emissions figures, that are greater than the present NEDC values; in line with ANFAC and different business teams, half of all new vehicles can be topic to a tax enhance. 

Autos emitting lower than 120 grams per kilometer of CO2 are exempt, whereas these emitting 121 g/km to 160 g/km pay a 4.75 p.c registration tax on the worth of the automobile; the tax fee rises to 9.75 p.c from 161 to 200 g/km, and reaches 14.75 p.c over 200 g/km. 

A report within the Spanish newspaper Cincodias mentioned that the federal government is weighing whether or not to proceed the 250 million euro scrappage plan to 2021 to at the least partly compensate for any unfavourable impression of the registration tax enhance.

The scrapping program, referred to as Plan Renove, went into impact on Oct. 20 and expires on Dec. 31. Incentives vary from 800 euros for gasoline and diesel automobiles to 4,000 euros for zero-emissions automobiles akin to full-electric vehicles. In line with figures from the Ministry of Business cited by Cincodias, solely 28 million euros have been used up to now.

Throughout the Volkswagen group, the VW model dropped 23 p.c, Skoda was down 19 p.c, Audi declined by 7.1 p.c.

Renault model was down 3 p.c, and Dacia gross sales dropped 9 p.c.

BMW gross sales dropped 6.2 p.c.

Asian manufacturers struggled in November, with Toyota registrations falling 26 p.c, Nissan’s quantity was down 17 p.c and Mazda dropping 42 p.c. Kia gross sales declined by 19 p.c, and Hyundai was down 9 p.c.

Demand for alternative-fuel automobiles, together with full-electric and plug-in hybrid automobiles and people powered by liquefied petroleum fuel (LPG) and compressed pure fuel (CNG) continued to be robust, rising 49 p.c 12 months over 12 months in November to 21,667. 

Their 28.6 p.c market share was greater than the 27.8 p.c share for diesel vehicles. Diesel gross sales declined 20 p.c to 21,061; gasoline automobile gross sales fell 37 p.c to 32,980. 

Electrified automobiles continued to make huge good points, with gross sales of full-electric vehicles up 137 p.c to 1,873 in contrast with November 2019.

The Hyundai Kona Electrical was Spain’s best-selling full-electric automobile in November with 277 gross sales, adopted by the Renault Zoe with 196 and the Volkswagen ID3 with 132.

Registrations of plug-in hybrid vehicles elevated 264 p.c to three,048 models. The plug-in hybrid model of the Mercedes A-Class hatchback was the preferred, adopted by the plug-in hybrid variations of Renault Captur small crossover and Seat Leon compact hatchback.