In Spain, car registrations have started the year positively, with a growth of 7.3% and 68,685 passenger cars and SUVs sold, which has encouraged organizations in the sector. “We will see how February behaves, but, with this figure and, with all the precautions of being January, we could be close to one million new passenger cars in 2024,” said Félix García, Anfac's communications director.
The market has evolved, however, very unevenly. In Catalonia, where the weight of company fleets and renting is much lower than in Madrid, registrations stagnated, with a slight decrease of 0.2% and 8,8253 units. The positive part is that the majority of vehicles sold in Catalonia were low emissions (conventional and plug-in hybrids, electric and gas).
In Spain as a whole, diesel continues to decline (11% of sales), although electric vehicles are still not taking off. In January, only 3,970 cars powered solely by batteries were sold, just over 5% of the market, far from the goal of reaching 12% this year. The best sellers are non-plug-in hybrids, which represent 32% of the market, ahead of gasoline ones (29.3%).
Toyota, followed by Seat, was the best-selling brand, with the Dacia Sandero as the market leader.
