The black moment which has been overwhelming the Italian car market for several months shows no signs of clearing up even in February. The data released by Unrae do not leave room for too many interpretations, and provide the picture of a situation even worse than that of January: in the second month of the year 110,869 cars were registered in our country, 22.6% less compared to the same month last year, when the market was supported by incentives. If we calculate the cumulative of the first two months of 2022, the decrease compared to the same period of 2021 is equal to -21.1%.
As for the different power supplies, the month of February recorded a drop in the share of BEVs and a slight drop also in plug-in hybrids, which stop at 2.8% and 4.9% of the total respectively, making it even worse. of January. The decrease of petrol and diesel continues, unlike LPG which does not look bad even in February thanks to a share of 8.2%. Bad methane which loses almost 60% of registrations, stopping at 1.2% of the total. As for the segments and bodies, however, i crossover for the second time in history they become market leaders with the highest share ever, at 43.6% of preferences: together with off-road vehicles, they cover 52.6% of the total market, against sedans falling back to 41.3 % share and station wagon at 2.8%.
For a change, Fiat Panda it had no rivals even in February: over 10,100 examples of the Turin subcompact marketed in our country in the second month of the year, almost triple those of the second most registered model in Italy in February 2022, namely the Lancia Ypsilon. Ford Puma completes the podium, which precedes the Fiat 500X and Citroen C3 in the standings. As for the full electric modelsonly the new generation of Fiat 500 manages to cross the wall of 1,000 deliveries in February: Dacia Spring is in second position with 717 registrations, about 2o0 more than those of the Smart Fortwo which is positioned on the lowest step of the podium.
“While aware of the very serious situation and the obvious priorities it places on the Italian government and on all of us as citizens, and for which we hope for an immediate and definitive success in diplomacy, we cannot ignore the now critical trend in the auto market – commented Michele Crisci, president of Unrae – In recent weeks, however, the expectation of the launch of new incentives has contributed to further depressing demand. We therefore hope that, once the international crisis has been resolved as soon as possible, the Government will find the necessary space for the enactment of the implementing Decree that allows the faster use of the fund, albeit reduced to 700 million euros, provided for in the recent Decree. Energy Law, for the refinancing of incentives“.
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