French manufacturers Peugeot, Citroen and Renault and Italy’s Fiat benefited from an enormous rebound in rental vehicles gross sales final month in three of Europe’s hottest trip locations.

Rental automotive gross sales in April rose 143 %, 78 % and 30 % in Italy, France and Spain, respectively, in keeping with an evaluation performed by market analysis Dataforce.

The French market’s greatest beneficiaries have been Citroen (+195 %), Renault (+149 %) and Peugeot (+62 %).

In Italy, Fiat was the market chief due to a 69 % acquire final month in comparison with final April, when the rental market was starved of product as a result of a number of components. Automakers have been stung by the beginning of the warfare in Ukraine, which made entry to wiring harnesses tough since lots of them are made within the nation. That together with the scarcity of microchips and ongoing COVID-19 disruptions drive automakers to prioritize personal and fleet gross sales over the rental channel.

Spain, in the meantime, was led by Volkswagen model adopted by Peugeot and Seat.

When April demand within the three markets was tabulated Peugeot (6,977) was on high adopted by Fiat (5,581) and Renault (5,543)

The perfect sellers for every model have been the Peugeot 208, Fiat 500 and Renault Clio (see desk, under).

One of many greatest surprises was MG.

The Chinese language automaker positioned two fashions — the ZS small SUV and HS compact SUV — within the listing of the highest 20-sellers within the three markets final month. That helped MG end April as Europe’s No. 9-seller of automobiles primarily based on mixed gross sales in Italy, France and Spain.

Additionally value noting the the rise of the SUV within the rental channel. Small and compact SUVs accounted for half of all gross sales in the course of the interval within the three key markets. That’s up from lower than 25 % in the course of the months of April in 2016-2019.