good news for dealers After three years of low sales of Alicante cars, first Pandemic and then for chip supply chain breakage, This resulted in a drop in production and major delays in the delivery of vehicles. Considering the expectation of a record summer in the tourism sector, the normalization of supply in production facilities and the withdrawal of rental companies triggered the number of registrations in the province, which closed the year. first term Together more than 45% increase.
Especially in the first six months of the year. 23,602 passenger cars and SUVs, compared to 16,217 the previous year. An increase in purchases in all market segments, but especially by so-called rent a carpractically tripled their numberafter several exercises where they were unable to replenish their fleet due to the lack of available vehicles.
Thus, while the number of registrations for this sector was 3,390 in 2021, 8,527 in the first quarter of this year. In this context, the current shortage of vehicles Limit your sales in this segment, that they get less margin to focus them on the specific market. Once the restrictions were over, rental companies were able to buy normally, and some guesswork was added to that. Estimating a new record in tourist arrivals this summer, it raised the expectations of businessmen in the national and international arena.
But the truth is that the rest of the segments are also growing. In this way company records you increase 18.8%up to 5,754; during purchases made by individuals reach 9,321, 16.75% moreBased on data provided by employers Faconauto, Anfac and Ganvam.
45.54% of the increase in registrations in the province, much higher than that registered at the national level, This remains at 24%. The difference is explained by the increasing weight of rental cars in the Alicante car market.
more hybrids
The highest increase in the distribution by motor vehicles hybrid and electricwhose sales increased 68% in the first half of the year and already assume more than a third of all registrations in the province. Specifically, 35.36%.
of course, cars gasoline still the favorite of Alicante. 57% of the total and a 54% increase over the previous year; diesel, on the other hand, continued to decline, with a decrease of 29.46 points compared to 2022, constituting only 7.48% of all dealer sales in the region.
From Faconauto, they highlight the increased volume of car sales. even better than expectedbut despite this increase, the global figures in Spain as a whole still has close to 20% of what happened before the pandemicso there is still a market to recover.
As Anfac points out, it is not yet clear whether this will happen, as the biggest question the industry has right now is how the rise in interest rates, which triggers the cost of financing vehicles, will affect their sales.