During December 2015 EU commercial vehicle sales increased +14.8% at 191,826 over the year ago month. This meant one year of consecutive growth for EU commercial vehicle sales.
Increases occurred in all commercial vehicle segments. Italy (+23.2%), Spain (+23.0%), the UK (+20.3%) ended the year posting double digit percentage gains in December, followed by France (+9.4%) and Germany (+8.7%).
During 2015, the EU market showed solid growth (+12.4%) as it increased for the third consecutive year with more than two million commercial vehicles registered (2,079,322). During the year, Spain (+36.4%) showed the most significant increase, followed by the UK (+16.7%), Italy (+13.2%), Germany (+4.3%) and France (+3.1%) – all performing better than 2014.
