Petrol and diesel cars: in August, the EU petrol car market slightly increased by 2.1%, with its market share decreasing from 38.7% to 32.7% compared to August 2022. A strong performance in Italy (+25.3%) and France (+21.5%) primarily drove this growth, while most of the bloc’s markets declined.

Conversely, the EU’s diesel car market continued its decline in August (-6%), despite growth in Germany (+9.2%) and Central and Eastern European markets, notably Slovakia (+22.6%) and Romania (+19.4%). Diesel cars now have a market share of 12.5%, down from 16.1% in August of the previous year.