Sales of Commercial Vehicles in the EU Were Almost Fifth Lower in 2020

Sales of new commercial vehicles in the European Union were almost a fifth lower last year than the year before.

According to the European car industry organization ACEA, almost 1.7 million company cars were registered last year, nearly 19 percent less than a year earlier.

Especially in the first half of the year, the sale of vans, buses and trucks suffered from the corona crisis. This was due to factories’ closures, while showrooms were also closed as part of the lockdown measures.

In almost all European car markets, the decline was double digits. In large markets such as Germany, France, Italy and Spain, the decline was between 15 and 26 percent.