Like every first working day of the month, we are going to tell you How has Spanish behaved in terms of registrations?. We already anticipate that there are no positive changes, that is, sales of passenger cars in Spain continue to decline. There have been negative numbers both in the month of July compared to the same month in 2018, and in the accumulated figure for the year. Let's see.
According to the data provided by ANIACAM, During July 2019, 121.012 cars were registered, which means a decrease of 8,3%. In any case, it must be taken that by this time of 2018 the brands offered significant discounts due to the proximity of the change of homologations, releasing the stock and notably increasing registrations. Probably in a couple of months we will see quite positive data.
On the other hand, In these first seven months of 2019, 836.352 have enrolled units, this quantity representing a 3,8% decrease compared to the same period last year 2018. Below we leave you the registration data by channels.
Registrations by channels
Rent a car
In the channel of car rental companies or rent a car the fall in July was 10,3%, having acquired 18.399 units. This channel is stable in the accumulated, since with a total of 203.890 units, it has only experienced a decrease of 1,4%. The weight of this channel since the beginning of the year is 24,4%, a few tenths more than in 2018.
Companies
Meanwhile, business channel 41.344 cars were registered in July. This is 5,1% less than in the same month last year. On the other hand, it is the only channel that has increased its registrations in the accumulated of the year, since with its 259.892 units it reflects a growth of 3,3%. The business channel accounts for almost a third of total registrations in our country, 31,1% specifically.
Private Customers
We now move on to the channel that matters most to us, that of the individuals. Sadly there is also fall. In July, 61.269 passenger cars were sold to individuals, falling by 9,8% compared to July 2018. In addition, in the accumulated figure for the year the decrease has been similar, a 9,4% drop and a total of 372.570 cars. The weight of this channel falls several points, now being 44,5%.
diesel or gasoline
As always, let's take a look at what fuels do new cars use in the accumulated of the year. According to ANIACAM, the 69,3% of registrations so far in 2019 have gone to cars with engines of gasoline (or hybrids with a gasoline thermal engine), while the share of diesel (and hybrids with a diesel engine) has fallen below 30%, to 29,5% exactly. Fully electric models represent 1,2% of registrations, a clear increase compared to last year, when they represented 0,7% of the total.