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 When recession strikes, and cost pressures become paramount, more of Europe’s cash strapped new car buyers gravitate towards markedly cheaper petrol-fuelled small cars. The inevitable consequence, as witnessed in earlier regional downturns, demand for generally larger and pricier diesel-powered cars weakens An AID investigation into this year’s consumer car buying habits reveals that this recession-gripped year, with West European car sales heading for their lowest level in a quarter of a century, is no exception to these temporary and well understood trend diversions. AID’s trend-watchers believe that this is yet another well understood market development likely to change as the markets pick-up again, rather than a fundamental shift in underlying consumer car purchasing patterns MORE LIKE THIS: Crossover sales wave propels diesels 19 Feb 2013 On lively US car hybrid scene Toyota still marches to own tune 18 Apr 2013 Uphill slog for hybrid cars 19 Mar 2013 DATA AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS
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