ANFAC Shows Steady Spanish CV Market

Spain’s ANFAC advised that vehicle sales grew 19.2% in February, with 74,001 units sold.

Spanish CV Market Shows Some Growth

The registrations of light commercial vehicles in February achieved an increase of 19.1% in the month, with 11,264 sales. The leading marques in the vans and pick-up segment were Peugeot, Renault and Citroen –  Ford came fourth and Toyota dropped a place with a 22.6 per cent decline in sales.

Sales of industrial vehicles, buses, coaches and minibuses grew 6.8% in February with 2,160 units. This added to the 3.7 per cent in January, shows a year-to-date increase of 10.4 per cent ( rounded off).

The biggest movement in this sector was in light trucks, between 3.5 and 6 tons, a sector that saw a 100 per cent increase in activity from 31 to 62 vehicles sold.  The 6 – 16 ton sector saw some growth as well, 37 per cent in February compared to the previous year, almost matching the year-to-date increase of 36.1 per cent.

There was a little decline in the over 16 ton segment at -2.1 per cent.

Coaches showed a 43 per cent increase over the previous February and in the year to date an increase of 63.3 per cent over the previous year.