According to data from ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, 832,637 cars were registered in Western Europe (the EU, EFTA countries and the United Kingdom) in August. This represents a 5.3% increase compared with the same month in 2025. Since the beginning of the year, total car registrations have reached 9,192,528, marking a 5.8% increase compared with the same period last year.
Stellantis sold 109,823 cars in August, 3.5% more than in the same month of 2025, while its market share stood at 13.2%, compared with 13.4% a year earlier. During the first eight months of the year, the group recorded 1,360,488 car registrations, an increase of 4.7%. Its market share stood at 14.8%, compared with 14.9% during the same period last year.
In the first eight months of 2026, 1,641,333 battery-electric cars were registered in the European Union. These vehicles accounted for 21.7% of the European car market, compared with 15.8% during the same period in 2025. Hybrid cars captured 36.6% of the market, confirming their position as the preferred choice among European consumers. Meanwhile, the combined share of petrol and diesel cars fell to 29%, down from 37.5% a year earlier. The figures were released by ACEA.
Three of the EU’s four largest car markets recorded strong growth. Together, these four markets account for 64% of battery-electric car registrations in Europe. Registrations increased by 74.2% in France, 53.1% in Germany and 40.9% in Denmark.
As of the end of August 2026, registrations of petrol-powered cars had fallen by 18.6%, with significant declines recorded across all major European markets. France experienced the sharpest decline, with registrations falling by 35.8%. Other major markets also recorded double-digit decreases, with declines of 18.5% in Spain, 21.9% in Germany and 16.7% in Italy.
With 1,634,733 new cars registered during the first eight months of the year, the market share of petrol-powered vehicles fell to 21.7%, down from 28% a year earlier.
The diesel car market also continued its downward trend. Diesel car registrations fell by 18.6%, while their share of new car registrations in the EU declined to 7.3%, compared with 9.4% during the same period of the previous year.
