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Car sales do not lift their heads and January continues with the tonic of falls with which it closed 2019 . Last month 86,443 units were sold, representing a 7.6% decline. A data that was expected with expectation by the market was the sale of electric. Well, as this newspaper has learned, 1,646 pure electric, which implies a rise of 130% compared to January 2019. However, it continues to be a Pyrrhic percentage (1.9%) with respect to the total market.

The uncertainty of the market regarding what the Government of Pedro Sánchez is going to do regarding the automobile sector continues to weigh on the mood of individuals, in addition to the 17 different regulations on the electric car according to each autonomous community and the regulatory differences in the different cities, since both entities have powers transferred in tax matters.

This has resulted in a fall of almost 14.2% of sales to individuals that barely exceed 40,551 units. It is the sales channel that leaves the dealers the most benefits since it is a direct sale. Hence the nervousness between the networks grows. Especially when sales to companies rise 4.5% in January to 32,785 units, since many of these sales are not made through dealers . One aspect to keep in mind is that the uncertainty of the customers benefits the revenue formula to acquire a new vehicle. Thus this channel rose 8.5% with 18,200 deliveries.

The rental channel fell in January, logical after a holiday period, up 12.2% to 13,107 units, according to AutoInfor data. By type of fuel, diesel sales continue to give ground. In January they accounted for 26,880 units, accounting for 31%. On the contrary, those of gasoline (including hybrid vehicles) reached 57,400 units and already account for 66.7% of the market.

Dacia Sandero, sales leader

By models, the Dacia Sandero has been the best-selling 2,519 units, followed by the Seat Leon with 2,230 deliveries, the Nissan Qashqai podium closing with 2,135 sales. These last two models are in the final year of their current generation. In fact, the fourth generation of the Lion has been presented and will arrive in spring to customers, hence it now has more equipment at a lower price.

On the other hand, the best-selling brand continues to be Seat with 8,187 units, followed by Peugeot with 6,874 deliveries and closed the Volkswagen honor posts with 6,706 units. All three brands have achieved virtually the same numbers as in January 2019.

As for the provinces with more sales, Madrid continues to devastate with 33,176 units, which meant a 3.1% drop compared to the same period of 2019. Barcelona is the second best seller but far away with 9,533 deliveries, and a fall of 6 , 6%. The Madrid province accounts for 38.4% of sales throughout the market, while Barcelona remains at 11%. The increase of companies resident outside Barcelona is noted, which penalizes the Catalan province. On the low side of the classification, except for Ceuta and Melilla, 99 cars were sold in Soria throughout the month and in Teruel, 134.

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