Economic and Market Report: state of the EU auto industry – Full-year 2022
ACEA — 2023-02-07
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This latest edition of ACEA’s Economic and Market Report covers the full year of 2022, providing a detailed overview of passenger car registrations, as well as production, both in Europe and in key markets around the world.
The 10-page Economic and Market Report contains a wealth of information and can be downloaded for free by clicking here.
Key takeaways
Passenger car registrations
- In 2022, global new car registrations reached 66.2m units, as sales recovered in the last quarter of the year. However, demand is still trending well below 2019 pre-pandemic levels.
- Registrations in the European region declined by 10.4% during 2022 to 12.8m units, impacted by semiconductor shortages and the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
- Despite a slight rebound in the final quarter of 2022, full-year sale volumes in North America were down 8.7% compared to 2021, at 12.7m units.
- Japan’s passenger car sales were down by 5.1% compared with 2021, due to higher energy prices combined with depreciation of the yen.
- Demand in China increased by 7.6% year-on-year to 21.7m cars sold, as the withdrawal of government incentives by the end 2022 has brought forward demand.
Passenger car production
- Despite an increase of 7.1% in the EU car production, overall volumes in Europe fell by 1.6%, impacted by the collapse of the Russian and Ukrainian markets.
- North American car production rose by 10.3% in 2022 to 10.4m units, primarily driven by strong demand in the US.
- As lockdowns were lifted and with demand strongly stimulated by government incentives, Chinese car production increased by 11.7% last year, with 23.2m vehicles built, representing 34% of global production.
- Boosted by robust domestic demand and higher consumer confidence, Indian car production reached 4.3m units in 2022, resulting in strong growth of 21.6%.
- Overall, more than 68m passenger cars were manufactured worldwide in 2022, an increase of 7.9% from a year earlier.
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"Full-year global new car registrations reached 66.2m units, aided by the easing of semiconductor supplies. However, global vehicle demand is still trending well below pre-pandemic levels, and a comparison with 2019 volumes (74.9m units) highlights how far registrations have dropped."