MILAN — Spanish registrations fell 29 p.c to 83,900 in July, based on the ANFAC business group.

Registrations to personal clients fell by 42 p.c although patrons benefited from a suspension of registration tax that lasts from July 1 to Dec. 31.

The GANVAM business group mentioned one motive for the drop in non-public gross sales was the worldwide scarcity of automotive microchips that has delayed deliveries of recent automobiles, pushing non-public clients to faucet the used-car market.

ANFAC mentioned the year-on-year comparability is “partially skewed” as a result of July 2020 was the primary month that dealerships had been open after a strict COVID-19 lockdown, ANFAC mentioned. This resulted in a gross sales enhance final July from pent-up demand.

Gross sales final month had been 28 p.c beneath the pre-pandemic quantity of July 2019.

Firm registrations, together with self-registrations by automakers and sellers, had been down 25 p.c, whereas demand from rental corporations grew by 15 p.c.

Winners and losers

The Volkswagen Group’s Seat model was the most well-liked marque in July with 8,066 registrations, down 9 p.c, adopted by VW model with a quantity of 6,859, down 29 p.c to six,859,and Kia with 6,456 gross sales, up 1.1. p.c.

Moreover Kia, solely Opel and Skoda posted gross sales positive factors. Opel’s registrations rose 11 p.c and Skoda’s gross sales gained 5.8 p.c.

Ford had the worst decline amongst main manufacturers, with gross sales plunging by 62 p.c. Renault model’s registrations dropped 56 p.c, Nissan fell 50 p.c and Fiat model was down 48 p.c. Peugeot gross sales declined by 40 p.c.

Toyota quantity fell 24 p.c and Hyundai was down 18 p.c.

Amongst premium manufacturers, Mercedes-Benz gross sales fell 52 p.c, Audi was down 39 p.c, BMW dropped by 31 p.c, Alfa Romeo was down 35 p.c and Porsche registrations fell 24 p.c.

The Dacia Sandero small hatchback was the most well-liked car final month with 2,623 registrations, adopted by the Seat Leon compact hatchback with 2,527 and the Seat Arona small SUV with 2,360.

EV gross sales

Gross sales of electrified automobiles rose year-on-year.

Registrations of full-electric automobiles rose 21 p.c for a 2 p.c market share, up from a 1.5 p.c share in July 2020.

The complete-electric model of the Kia Niro was the most well-liked battery-powered mannequin in July, with 161 registrations.

Plug-in-hybrid automobiles rose by 69 p.c for a 4.3 p.c share, up from 1.7 p.c year-on-year.

The Peugeot 3008 compact crossover was the most well-liked plug-in hybrid, with 381 registrations.

Gross sales of full-hybrid automobiles rose 14 p.c for a 23.8 p.c market share, in contrast with a 14 p.c share in July 2020.

Gross sales of gasoline-powered automobiles had been down 36 p.c for a 48.1 p.c share, down 5.7 share factors from July 2020.
Diesel gross sales dropped 49 p.c for a 20.6 p.c share, down 7.1 share factors year-on-year.
LPG-powered automobiles suffered a 17 p.c decline, for a 1.1 p.c market share.

Complete market gross sales for the primary seven months had been up 18 p.c to 540,732 in contrast with the identical interval final 12 months. The determine is 33 p.c decrease than in the identical interval of 2019.