Car registrations in the Spanish market stood at 859,477 units in 2021, which represents an increase of 1% compared to the 851,210 units in 2020, but far from the 1.26 million units in 2019.
Thus, according to data from manufacturers’ associations (Anfac), (Faconauto) and sellers (Ganvam), deliveries of passenger cars and SUVs are below one million units, a figure that has not been recorded since 2014, when the 855,308 units sold they represented the beginning of the end of the economic crisis of that time.
By channels, private customers purchased 372,637 vehicles last year, 12.8% less, while companies bought 334,514 units, 2.1% more. However, it was the car rental firms that registered the highest growth, with an increase of 58.5% in 2021, to 152,326 units.
In the month of December alone, 86,081 vehicles were registered in Spain, which represents a fall of 18.67%, after registering 105,840 in December 2020.