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Fiat Group Automobiles enjoyed a mixed
October for sale in Germany and, against a
flat market, the Fiat brand (above, the new
Fiat Panda) was up 8.9 percent and Alfa
Romeo down 20 percent while Lancia mirrored
the market's direction. |
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Fiat
Group Automobiles (FGA) enjoyed a mixed October for sale
in Germany and, against a flat market, the Fiat brand
was up 8.9 percent and Alfa Romeo down 20 percent while
Lancia mirrored the market's direction.
In total 259,529 new cars were sold in Germany last
month which was up 0.5 percent against the same month
last year according to national automotive body KBA.
The Fiat brand, which has long been reduced to niche
status in Europe's biggest new car market, saw 5,918
sales, that added up to a 2.3 percent share of October's
action.
Alfa Romeo lost on fifth of its sales as it dropped to
583 cars. That gave it a 0.2 percent share of the German
market for the month. Lancia meanwhile shifted 153 cars
which was down 0.6 percent year-on-year and closely
followed the market.
Chrysler Group recorded 566 sales, up 37.4 percent
year-on-year to take a 0.2 percent share of the market.
The individual brand sales aren't broken down but with
Chrysler and Dodge having already exited this market
all, or almost all, sales would be attributed to the
Jeep brand.
After ten months of the year, 2,618,327 new cars have
been sold in Germany, down 1.6 percent on the same
period last year.
The Fiat brand has 5,918 sales for the year-to-date,
down 10.4 percent on the same period last year. That
gives Fiat a 2.4 percent share of all German sales so
far this year and leaves it as the market's fifth worst
performing brand this year in year-on-year terms.
Alfa Romeo has 6,615 sales for the year-to-date, down
28.1 percent on the first ten months of last year. It
also leaves Alfa Romeo as the second poorest performing
brand in Germany this year, or the poorest if Daihatsu,
which is currently being withdrawn from the market, is
excluded from the data.
Lancia however provides a brighter note for FGA, its
2,678 sales for the year-to-date are up 79.5 percent on
the same period last year and make it the market's best
performer in these terms, fractionally ahead of Land
Rover which is up 79.4 percent.
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