Car Sales Grew 58.5
Car sales grew 58.5 percent in Extremadura in the first half of February, up from 54.4 per cent national average, according to the MSI consultant for the Federation of Associations of Automotive Dealers ( FACONAUTO) which brings together nearly 3,200 official dealerships.
According to the Europa Press agency in the region in the first two weeks of this month 604 vehicles were registered, compared to 381 last year, representing an increase of 58.5 percent.
By Autonomous Community, is that of Madrid may be leading the growth, with 97.4%, no doubt driven by purchases made by hire car, which rose 582%. In this line are also Valencia, where enrollments grew 69.2%, followed by Extremadura (+58.5%) and Andalusia (+52.8%), where the channel of carriers, also shot ( +769.2%).
Other autonomous communities have been strong growth Castilla-La Mancha (+48.8%), Balearic Islands (+48.1%), Catalonia (+40%), Navarra (+35.4%) and Canary Islands, where the sales grew 32.3%.
Other regions also experienced positive data, such as Galicia (+28.4%), Murcia (+27.5%), Basque Country (+23.9%), Castilla y León (+17.5%), Cantabria (+16%), La Rioja (15.7%), Aragon (+12.8%) and Ceuta and Melilla (+8.5%).
Only Asturias is outside this list, because there the market drops to 5% so far this month.
Specifically, in the country in the first two weeks of this month, 38,216 vehicles were registered, compared with 24,756 a year ago, representing an increase “very significant” 54.4 per cent.
This “good” data FACONAUTO confirmed as “good expectations” that the industry was announcing to the start of this year. Again, in line followed since the launch the Plan 2000E, the private market, to directly serving automotive dealers, “pulls” of sales and up 38.5%, with 23,358 units registered the first two weeks of the month, up from 16,868 a year ago.
The most significant element, though, what channel PROVIDE rent a car, which enhances their recovery, according FACONAUTO who adds that so far this month, has sold 8364 vehicles in this channel, compared with 1782, 2009 , resulting in a dramatic increase of 369.4 percent.
Finally, the canal companies, which was depressed for many months, up 6.5%, with 6494 registrations in 6106 compared with a year ago. Only falls Asturias
FACONAUTO is a federation created in 1986 bringing together the official dealer associations present in Spain. Currently, she is part of 3188 touring car dealers and 311 vehicles, of which approximately 3588 companies rely on secondary distribution network, which totals over 7087 automotive SMEs in Spain. These companies generated 150,000 jobs directly and a turnover of 80,000 million euros annually.
