OREANDA-NEWS. In November 2021, Germany became the leader in new car sales in the European market, where 198,258 cars were sold, which is 31.7% less than a year ago. This was reported on December 9 by the analytical agency "Autostat".

Russia is in second place in terms of sales. In November, residents of the country purchased 125 466 cars (-20.4%).

France took the third place among the largest European car markets with 121,995 cars (-3.2%). Next comes the UK with 115,706 vehicles sold (+ 1.7%).

Italy closes the top five European leaders, whose dealers reduced sales by 24.6% to 104,478 cars.

On November 12, it was reported that Avito Auto experts analyzed data on cars for sale and found out how much popular used models have risen in price over the past 10 months. It is noted that in some large cities of the country the rise in prices for used cars turned out to be much more noticeable.

In Russia, 125,466 new cars were sold in November 2021, which is 20.4% less than in November 2020. This was reported on December 6 by the press service of the Association of European Businesses (AEB).
“In November, 125,466 cars were sold, which is 20.4% less than last year. However, in annual terms, the result for January-November 2021 is still positive: 1,439,045 cars sold, which is 6.9% more than in the same period in 2020, ”said Thomas Stärzel, Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee.

According to the head of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee, December is a favorable month for car sales. The current trend is expected to continue next year and the numbers are expected to deteriorate further in the coming months.

On October 26, it was reported that in Russia for the third quarter of 2021, the number of official car dealerships decreased by 39.