22.02.2013 FIAT GROUP AUTOMOBILES SUFFERS NEGATIVE OPENING MONTH OF THE YEAR IN GERMANY

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The Fiat brand sold 4,398 passenger cars last month in Germany, that mirrored the overall market trend almost exactly and gave it a 2.3 percent share of all sales for January.

The German new car market started the new year off on a negative note and Fiat Group Automobiles followed that trend, Fiat saw its sales down 8.4 percent in January year-on-year, Alfa Romeo's dropped 49.1 percent while Lancia was the worst performer from the Italian carmaker, shedding 64 percent.

In total 192,090 new cars were sold in Germany during January which equates to a year-on-year slide of 8.6 percent.

The Fiat brand sold 4,398 passenger cars last month in Germany, that mirrored the overall market trend almost exactly and gave it a 2.3 percent share of all sales for January.

Alfa Romeo's fade from the German market accelerated as its sales collapsed by a half to just 354 cars. That added up to a 0.2 percent share of the market.

That left Alfa Romeo as the market's third worst performer for the opening month of the year behind sister Fiat Group Automobiles brand Lancia (-64.0 percent) and Lexus (-62.8 percent).

Lancia nosedived in Germany last month, it lost almost two thirds of its sales year-on-year to sell just 127 cars in January leaving it with a nominal market share of just 0.1 percent.

 

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