Spanish passenger car sales increase 6.6% in December, decrease 4.8% for 2019

On January 2, the automobile manufacturers association of Spain (ANFAC) announced that passenger car registrations of 105,853 units in December 2019 represented an increase of 6.6% over December 2018.
Full-year sales of 1,258,260 units in 2019 represent a 4.8% decrease over 2018.
In the month of December, SEAT sales increased 33.1% to 8,819 units, Volkswagen brand sales increased 2.4% to 8,590 units, Peugeot decreased 0.6% to 8,354 units, Hyundai decreased 2.3% to 6,102 units, and Renault decreased 11.5% to 6,090 units.
The best-selling cars in December 2019, in order of popularity, were the SEAT Leon, Dacia Sandero, SEAT Ibiza, Ford Kuga and Nissan Qashqai.
Of all vehicles sold in December, gasoline vehicles had a 57.7% market share, diesel vehicles had a 29.1% share and other vehicles had a 13.1% share.
Private car sales in December decreased 6.9% to 50,137 units, business sales increased 14.3% to 39,423 units and rental car sales increased 48.7% to 16,293 units.
(ANFAC release from January 2, 2020)