Dacia sales are up 44.6% year-on-year in April.
According to preliminary data by ACEA, April new car sales in Europe (EU+EFTA+UK) gain 16.1% year-on-year to 964,932 and are up 17.2% or over 615,000 units year-to-date to 4,201,918. BEV sales soar 49.2% YoY in April to 126,404 and 13.1% share vs. 10.2% a year ago. YTD BEV registrations are up 36.5% to 559.733 and 13.3% share vs. 11.4% over the first 4 months of 2022. For the month, PHEV are down -2.4% to 70,644, HEV are up 19.5% to 246,483, petrol sales are up 14.8% to 370,604 and diesel edges down -0.8% to 126,039. Among the Top 5 markets, Italy fares best at +29.2% followed by France at +21.9%, Germany (+12.6%), the UK (+11.6%) and Spain (+8.2%). Other great performers include Croatia (+44%), Belgium (+40.4%), the Netherlands (+35.2%) and Portugal (+29.2%). Reversely Malta (-14%), Norway (-7.7%), Sweden (-6.2%) and Hungary (-6%) suffer.
In the groups ranking, the VW Group (+31.6%) almost doubles the market growth rate to easily dominate. In fact the Top 8 groups and unchanged on March. Stellantis (+8.6%) is rather weak unlike the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance (+25.4%). All remaining Top 9 groups trail the market but manage a positive result. Geely Group (+10.3%) fares best ahead of BMW Group (+4.4%) and Mercedes (+2.4%). Looking at the brands charts, Volkswagen (+30.2%) leads the way above Audi (+25.8%) and a struggling Toyota (-3.2%) which loses the 2nd spot for the first time since December 2021. Skoda (+41.4%) advances to #4 while Renault (+35.9%) rounds out the Top 5 vs. #8 so far this year. Dacia (+44.6%) is back inside the Top 10 where it posts the largest gain, as Peugeot (+14.2%) just trails the market. Below, Tesla (+856.4%), Alfa Romeo (+120.2%) and MG (+105.3%) stand out.
Previous month: Europe March 2023: Tesla Model Y #1 over Q1
One year ago: Europe April 2022: Market down -20.2%, Peugeot 208 #1, VW T-Roc, Ford Puma, Kia Sportage break ranking records
Full April 2023 Top 10 groups and Top 30 brands below.
Europe April 2023 – groups (Source ACEA):
| Pos | Group | Apr-23 | /22 | Mar | 2023 | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Volkswagen Group | 263,871 | 31.6% | 1 | 1,081,781 | 26.0% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Stellantis | 169,022 | 8.2% | 2 | 744,205 | 9.4% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi | 119,729 | 25.4% | 3 | 517,049 | 26.3% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Hyundai-Kia | 89,804 | 1.1% | 4 | 371,986 | 3.8% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | BMW Group | 66,550 | 4.4% | 5 | 276,258 | 4.1% | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Toyota Group | 59,710 | 0.0% | 6 | 293,467 | 14.2% | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Mercedes | 51,659 | 2.4% | 7 | 234,000 | 9.3% | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Ford Motor | 40,998 | 0.8% | 8 | 179,487 | 3.3% | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Geely Group | 21,043 | 10.3% | 10 | 90,007 | 6.4% | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | Tesla | 14,030 | 856.4% | 9 | 108,470 | 78.1% | 9 | 10 |
Europe April 2023 – brands (Source ACEA):
| Pos | Brand | Apr-23 | /22 | Mar | 2023 | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 106,787 | 30.2% | 1 | 440,162 | 25.2% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Audi | 59,190 | 25.8% | 3 | 238,304 | 20.8% | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Toyota | 55,407 | -3.2% | 2 | 277,718 | 13.7% | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Skoda | 53,438 | 41.4% | 7 | 221,526 | 31.7% | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Renault | 53,164 | 35.9% | 8 | 212,381 | 19.9% | 8 | 7 |
| 6 | BMW | 52,745 | 1.1% | 6 | 217,491 | 4.0% | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | Peugeot | 52,104 | 14.2% | 4 | 231,832 | 11.1% | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Kia | 50,062 | 4.9% | 9 | 198,633 | 2.9% | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | Mercedes | 49,474 | 2.5% | 5 | 226,388 | 10.3% | 5 | 4 |
| 10 | Dacia | 44,590 | 44.6% | 13 | 191,436 | 42.4% | 10 | 12 |
| 11 | Ford | 40,998 | 0.8% | 10 | 179,487 | 3.3% | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Hyundai | 39,742 | -3.2% | 12 | 173,353 | 4.9% | 12 | 10 |
| 13 | Opel/Vauxhall | 37,373 | 22.5% | 14 | 154,236 | 9.2% | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Fiat | 30,167 | -6.8% | 17 | 133,512 | 3.9% | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Citroën | 27,686 | -8.0% | 15 | 130,672 | 2.9% | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Volvo | 21,043 | 10.3% | 18 | 90,007 | 5.9% | 18 | 17 |
| 17 | Seat | 20,321 | 17.6% | 19 | 89,046 | 15.5% | 19 | 19 |
| 18 | Nissan | 18,602 | -3.5% | 16 | 100,704 | 31.0% | 17 | 16 |
| 19 | Cupra | 15,345 | 51.0% | 23 | 55,165 | 60.9% | 24 | 22 |
| 20 | MG (est) | 15,159 | 105.3% | 20 | 59,431 | 114.5% | 21 | 24 |
| 21 | Tesla | 14,030 | 856.4% | 11 | 108,470 | 78.1% | 16 | 18 |
| 22 | Mini | 13,804 | 19.5% | 22 | 58,766 | 4.5% | 22 | 20 |
| 23 | Suzuki | 12,682 | 34.7% | 24 | 57,368 | 26.1% | 23 | 23 |
| 24 | Mazda | 11,698 | 16.4% | 21 | 62,743 | 33.4% | 20 | 21 |
| 25 | Land Rover | 9,476 | -11.3% | 25 | 41,801 | 34.8% | 25 | 26 |
| 26 | Jeep | 8,688 | 2.9% | 26 | 40,851 | 10.6% | 26 | 25 |
| 27 | Porsche | 8,245 | 45.4% | 27 | 35,283 | 25.9% | 27 | 27 |
| 28 | Alfa Romeo | 4,548 | 120.2% | 30 | 17,064 | 134.2% | 30 | 33 |
| 29 | Lexus | 4,303 | 74.1% | n/a | 15,749 | 20.2% | 31 | 32 |
| 30 | DS | 4,095 | 5.1% | 29 | 17,847 | 14.5% | 29 | 30 |
Source: ACEA
