Market: Records with all-wheel drive and diesel
The market for passenger cars in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein had a satisfactory first half-year. A total of 158,037 new vehicles hit the roads in both countries. Although this represents a slight decline of 2.3 percent or 3761 units compared with the same period last year, the development is in line with the expectations of [...]
Although this represents a slight decline of 2.3 percent or 3761 units compared with the same period last year, the development is in line with auto-schweiz's expectations. Achieving the annual forecast of 305,000 passenger cars still seems realistic. The past month of June also contributed to this with a solid result of 31 259 registrations (minus 1860 vehicles or 5.6 percent).
Increase especially for hybrid drives
Andreas Burgener, Director of auto-schweiz: "The market is going well, we are on target. After the strong previous year, it was clear from the outset that we would have to expect slight declines. Our forecast for the full year of 305,000 vehicles shows this, and here we are on target. Although the market is shrinking slightly, absolute unit sales of alternative drive systems have increased. However, the growth is happening slowly and is exclusively attributable to hybrid drives, while the number of purely electric vehicles is stagnating." The market shares of all-wheel drive (43.1 percent) and diesel (39.4 percent) are also at record levels. The table shows you winners and losers.
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