{"id":6941,"date":"2015-01-20T10:56:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T10:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/?p=6941"},"modified":"2015-01-23T11:01:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T11:01:09","slug":"european-new-car-sales-continue-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/index.php\/european-new-car-sales-continue-to-grow\/6941","title":{"rendered":"European new car sales continue to grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest new car sales analysis from JATO Dynamics, the world\u2019s leading provider of\u00a0automotive intelligence, annual new car sales in Europe increased by 5.3% in 2014, with monthly sales\u00a0growth throughout the year compared to 2013. December sales were 5.0% higher than a year earlier,\u00a0suggesting the trend remains positive.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/New-Car-sales.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6942\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/New-Car-sales.jpg\" alt=\"New-Car-sales\" width=\"615\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/New-Car-sales.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/New-Car-sales-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a>JATO\u2019s headline market analysis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Volkswagen\u2019s Golf consolidated its lead in the new car market, with sales up 11.1% for the year<\/li>\n<li>Ford\u2019s Fiesta took second place in overall sales for the year, while Renault\u2019s Clio claimed second place inDecember<\/li>\n<li>Volkswagen, Ford and Opel\/Vauxhall were the best-selling brands for the year, while Renault achievedsecond place in December<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new car market ended 2014 at almost 13 million units, with sales 5.3% higher than in 2013. December sales totalled almost one million units, 5.0% higher than a year earlier. Of the 29 markets analysed, 24 recorded volumes higher in 2014 than in 2013. Portugal and Ireland recorded the greatest percentage increases, while the greatest unit growth occurred in Great Britain and Spain. The remaining Big 5 markets of France, Germany and Italy also recorded increased sales for the full year, although France grew only 0.3% and its December volumes fell below those of a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest new car sales analysis from JATO Dynamics, the world\u2019s leading provider of\u00a0automotive intelligence, annual new car sales in Europe increased by 5.3% in 2014, with monthly sales\u00a0growth throughout the year compared to 2013. December sales were 5.0% higher than a year earlier,\u00a0suggesting the trend remains positive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[403,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-irish-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>European new car sales continue to grow  - Bodyshop.ie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/index.php\/european-new-car-sales-continue-to-grow\/6941\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European new car sales continue to grow  - Bodyshop.ie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to the latest new car sales analysis from JATO Dynamics, the world\u2019s leading provider of\u00a0automotive intelligence, annual new car sales in Europe increased by 5.3% in 2014, with monthly sales\u00a0growth throughout the year compared to 2013. 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