ACEA found that growth was sustained across all commercial vehicle segments. Spain (+53.2%) and the UK (+19.9%) confirmed the positive momentum posting double-digit percentage gains, followed by France (+9.7%) and Italy (+4.9%), while Germany remained stable (+0.6%).
Over nine months in 2015, the EU market expanded (+12.2%), totalling 1,517,247 commercial vehicles. During the same period, Spain (+38.6%), the UK (+19.2%), Italy (+10.0%), Germany (+2.2%) and France (+1.9%) all posted growth.
New registrations of light commercial vehicles totalled 173,515 units, up (+14.0%) compared to September 2014. This marked the 25th consecutive month of growth in the segment. Spain (+50.8%), the UK (+19.6%), France (+8.8%) and Italy (+2.0%) positively contributed to the upturn, while Germany showed a slight decline (-0.9%).
From January to September 2015, 1,253,009 new vans were registered in the EU (+11.2%). Spain (+37.0%), the UK (+17.4%), Italy (+8.5%) and Germany (+2.4%) saw demand for vans increase over this period, while France remained stable (+0.9%).