This Registration of passenger cars and SUVs is located in Spain 813,396 pieces through 2022 representing 5.4% decrease compared to 2021 figures and suppose to stay Below estimates of 830,000 units at the end of the financial year.
According to data from the producer (Anfac), dealer (Faconauto) and vendor (Ganvam) associations, Compared to the estimates of 830,000 units, this decrease is explained by the decrease in sales in December.Due to the problems experienced in the transportation of vehicles to dealers, “thousands of vehicles” were stopped at ports and fields, causing delays in their delivery to customers.
In December, Auto sales in Spain reached 73,927 units, this means a significant decrease of 14.1% compared to the last month of last year.
According to sales channels, deliveries to individual customers closed the year 2022 as 366,364 units, down 1.7%, and decreased by 14.7% to 35,677 units in December. Companies purchased 348,144 units in 2022, up 4.1%, and was the only channel to grow at 31,969 units, down 20.5 percent month on month.
Car rental companies, on the other hand, closed last year with the purchase of 98,888 passenger cars and SUVs, which means a 35.1% decrease. In December, it reached 6,281 units with an increase of 54.6%.
Data evaluation
Faconauto and Ganvam from Anfac, 2022 closing volumes They were affected by the difficulties in transporting vehicles to dealerships, resulting in thousands of cars being detained in ports and fields.
However, by 2022 It was a “complicated” year for the Spanish market due to factors such as the war in Ukraine. an increase in energy and fuel costs, or an increase in inflation and interest rates that affect users’ purchasing decisions.
Anfac Director of Communications and Marketing Félix García said: these factors leave a “negative scenario” for 2023, When it needs to “handle the attack on the 900,000 unit border”.
“Everything will depend on the end of the conflict in Ukraine and the normalization of the logistics chain so that more new vehicles can be delivered.The government’s acceleration of measures promoting fast-charging points and direct assistance for electric vehicles will also help add new registrations. “In a market of less than one million units, there is a real risk of loss of investment and employment,” he said.
Faconauto’s Communications Director Raúl Morales stated that the market cannot change its negative course in 2022. “Persistent bottlenecks in vehicle supply that greatly impact dealers’ activities”.
“The uncertainty that we are closing 2022 prevents us from envisioning a change for this 2023.We add two scenarios: a bare 5% growth, i.e. 870,000 units, if the bottlenecks in production are resolved an additional 10% will need to be added to it, and with this we will increase to 960,000 units. “Both predictions are not good news because we are far from the numbers we saw before the pandemic,” he said.
“In this third negative year in a row, with around 400,000 fewer vehicles registered than before the pandemic, the lack of supply has put a dent in the market, and everything, albeit with less intensity, has made it clear in terms of employment and the competitiveness of the industry,” said Tania Puche, Communications Director of Ganvam. He emphasized that it will continue in 2023 with the risk it brings.
He also added:in a context where the electrification speed has not yet reached cruising speedrefocusing on decarbonisation strategies to stop the aging of the park “becomes a primary goal for this course we just launched”.
Emissions fell 2.3%
Regarding carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars registered in Spain last year, the average figure 119 grams per kilometer traveled, with a decrease of 2.3% compared to 2021 data.
The development of electric models and alternative energies contributed to this reduction in CO2 emissions, which account for 40.9% of the annual market. ahead of diesel models (17.2%), while gasoline models accounted for 41.9% of sales.
In December, gasoline cars reached 39.9% market share, diesel models reached 16.4% market share, and other energy cars accounted for 43.7% of total traffic registrations.
throughout the yearsmall minivans were the market segment that fell the most with 49.5%, The biggest progress was in SUVs, with an increase of 35.5%. In December, only the sports models recovered from the overall sales decline with an increase of 8.3% and premium models an increase of 8.4%.