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Whichever way latest AID compiled West European car sales numbers are analysed, underlying demand for diesel powered cars is now falling a great deal faster than even pessimists would have projected only a year ago
AID’s exclusively compiled sales figures for March reveal that consumers’ underlying demand for diesel fuelled passenger cars now appears to be falling like a stone.
That at least is the message from West Europe’s diesel car sales in March, showing that sales didn’t just fall but plunge.
West Europe’s March diesel car sales, a case in point, slumped by a quarter.
Drawing attention to the severity of today’s galloping diesel car sales famine in Europe, that’s four-times faster than the already sharp 6 per cent March sales dip recorded for the overall car market.
36.7%
W.European March 2018 diesel car sales share
Yet another tell-tale sign as to the segment’s downward velocity, the region’s March diesel car sales share slumped to just 36.7 per cent, down from 45.4 per cent during the same month only a year ago.
This picture, suggesting that Europe’s seemingly alarmed car buying public is continuing to switch from tarnished diesels to the ‘safe-haven’ of petrol-powered models in droves, is echoed equally loud and clear in this year’s greatly changed first quarter car market.
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