OREANDA-NEWS. In October, the European passenger car market (EU28+EFTA) posted new vehicle registrations up 2.7% to more than 1,144,000 units.

For the ten months year-to-date, registrations were up 8.2% to nearly 12,000,000 vehicles.

FCA closed the month with sales up 7.7% over October a year ago to more than 70,500 vehicles. This marked  the  tenth  consecutive  month  that  the  Group  has  outperformed  the  industry  average, taking European market share to 6.2% (+30 bps).

For the year-to-date, FCA sales were up 12.9% to nearly 738,500 vehicles and share increased to 6.2% (+30 bps).

FCA  posted  sales  increases  in most major  European  markets, in  several  cases  outpacing  the industry. In Italy, sales were up 10.8% in October and 16.8% year-to-date. FCA also posted sales increases in: Germany (+7.5% year-to-date); France (+5.5% in October and +12.8% year-to-date); the  UK  (+6.2%  in  October and  +4.3%  year-to-date);  and  Spain  (+16.9%  in  October  and  +27.7% year-to-date).