The month of November 2022 has closed with 73,221 cars registeredwhich represents an increase of 10.3% compared to the registrations of new vehicles registered in November 2021… although then we were talking about a bleak landscape.
With four consecutive months of increased sales, the distance in the number of accumulated sales with respect to the previous year is narrowing. And it is that, from January to November they have sold 739,469 units, 4.4% less than a year ago at this time. If we compare it with 2019, before the pandemic, we see that the drop reaches 36%.
Reactivating the industry after the periods of confinement around the world has cost much more than what was presumed. Not only did the factories have to be restarted, a supply crisis also began (especially microchips), which has greatly affected the number and type of car available, as well as high inflation that makes a new car not accessible to everyone .
The latter is observed in the fact that individuals are the sector that recovers the slowest. The spectacular data this month for rent a car is due to the collection of vehicles by renters for the Christmas holidays.
CHANNEL
UNITS
NOV 22 vs NOV 21
Particular
35,776
+3.9%
Business
31,641
+10.1%
Rental
5,804
+79.7%
Curiously, during the month of November the average CO2 emissions are higher than a year ago. The 120.4 grams of CO2 per km traveled mean that emissions are 0.3% higher than a year ago. Be careful, that in the accumulated of 2022, emissions have been reduced by 3.3% compared to the same period of 2021.
The manufacturers calculate that “the year may end around 820,000 new units sold, still below the data for 2021 and far from the records obtained before the pandemic.” They indicate from Anfac that it is necessary to move towards low and zero emission vehicles to reduce the high age of the park.
The dealers indicate that these 820,000 registered units represent a return to figures from the 2008 crisis. And they point out their main problem “bottlenecks in the supply of vehicles, to which the sharp increase in fuel prices has been added, that has demobilized many sales ». The stock must improve and there must be a change in the trend in the price of gasoline for the market to ease up. Only with more supply, as indicated by Ganvam, can dealers play the trick of discounts “at a time when the lack of stock and the rise in costs push up the average price of vehicles.”
Best selling makes and models
The best-selling brand in November 2022 in the new car market was Toyota, which also leads the accumulated. Second in both rankings is Kia, although it is impossible for her to reach first place in the month that remains. She sneaks into third place in November Renault ahead of Hyundai… however the Koreans occupy this position on the podium in total sales for the year, ahead of Volkswagen.
And in terms of models, it seems that the revolution of the little ones is coming. Watch out for the Fiat 500, which sneaks in as the best-selling model of the month ahead of the Toyota Yaris Cross, a small hybrid SUV. The Dacia Sandero does not leave the first positions.
MODELING
Sales Nov 2022
FIAT 500
1,877
Toyota Yarios Cross
1,856
Dacia Sandero
1,722
Hyundai Tucson
1,676
Toyota Corolla
1,606
kia sportsage
1,574
Citroen C3
1,537
Renault Clio
1,481
toyota yaris
1,477
renault arkana
1,352
Accumulated sales are more interesting, especially since we are about to close the year. In these, the Hyundai Tucson goes first, which except for something very rare (it has more than 2,000 sales to the second, the Dacia Sandero), will be the best-selling car in 2022.
MODEL
Sales Jan-Nov 2022
Hyundai Tucson
20,425
Dacia Sandero
18,211
Seat Arona
16,015
Toyota Corolla
15,929
Volkswagen T-ROC
15,164
Toyota C-HR
15,141
Fiat 500
14,647
kia sportsage
14,000
Peugeot 2008
13,928
peugeot 208
13,291
The third position is for the Seat Arona, the brand’s small SUV that seems to be the only Martorell model that continues on the best-seller list. A detail that is not seen in the table: The Cupra Formentor has sold more units (11,008) so far this year than the Seat Ibiza (10,202), the Seat Ateca (9,797) or the Seat León (7,961). Very good results also for the Toyota Corolla, whose update is coming very soon.
Sources: Anfac, Faconauto, Ganvam