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Underlying
consumer demand for diesel-fuelled cars in Western Europe in September
has continued to follow the downward trend that first gathered momentum
during last year’s second half, AID compiled figures reveal
Dragged down in particular by a continuing strong weakening in diesel
car demand in major markets such as France and Spain, West Europe’s
September car sales share in what now ranks as the region’s most wobbly
major sector, slipped yet another 1.1 percentage point to 48 per
cent.
That’s the lowest monthly diesel car sales share for at least a decade.
If that weren’t enough, with AID figures pointing to
progressively widening cracks in Europe’s former diesel car bastion,
during the nine months to September this year West Europe’s diesel car
sales share has slipped below the psychologically crucial 50 per cent
level.
Sending shivers down the spines of Europe’s already anxious senior
autoindustry executives, September’s sharp loss of market share chopped
West Europe’s cumulative diesel car sales share to 49.8 per cent after
9-months, down nearly two percentage points in just twelve months.
But it could have been worse.
That’s chiefly because September’s already poor turnout from diesels was
masked to an extent by an altogether different development in the UK’s
September market...more
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