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Kindling hopes of a break in the relentless downward trend in European diesel car sales, AID compiled figures show a slight slowing in April’s rate of decline, but AID observers believe that April’s slightly slower rate of underlying diesel demand deterioration may not last
The 46.4 per cent car sales share going to diesel powered cars in April compares favourably with a lower 45.4 per cent seen only in the previous month, which in turn marked the lowest monthly turnout in the 18-months of West Europe’s shrinking diesel car sales share.
Nevertheless, the diesel sector’s entrenched underlying plight was revealing underlined once more this April when diesel car sales in Western Europe dropped 14.6 per cent, which compares to a markedly more modest 8 per cent same month decline from the overall car market.
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