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LMC Automotive offers timely reporting of the latest data sets and estimates for several automotive markets around the world including, global car sales, the Chinese, Indian and ASEAN automotive markets and the Western European Diesel market.

Global Light Vehicle Sales Update

May 2023

The Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate rose to 86 mn units/year in April, from March’s figure of 84 mn units/year. Numerous markets have benefitted from an easing of supply constraints, with overall YoY growth of 25%. US raw sales recorded month-on-month (MoM) growth to 1.4 mn units, as the market benefitted from a strong end to April and increased vehicle availability. China estimates indicate a similar sentiment with the same selling rate as in March, at 26.3 mn units/year. Both Western and Eastern Europe experienced positive YoY sales growth, helped by easing supply constraints and increased deliveries.

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W European Passenger Car Sales

May 2023

The Western Europe PV selling rate fell slightly to 10.7 mn units/year in April, from 10.9 mn units/year in March. Total sales for the latest month were 864k units, 16.9% up YoY though 29% down on the pre-pandemic 2019 result.

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W European Diesel Car Market

May 2023

March’s diesel share result is confirmed at 16.0% which is the same as the preliminary result we gave in the last update. April saw the share rise to a 17.1% which may change a little on receipt of the actual data for several small markets. Once again, diesel share moved in conjunction with the BEV share (in the opposite direction) indicating that the swing is not just from diesel to gasoline (or vice versa) but is connected to demand for battery electric vehicles. Our figures indicate that 148,000 diesel cars were sold in the month which is a little up on April 2022’s total of 144,000 units. To-date this year, 650,000 diesel cars have been sold in the region, 21,000 up on the 2022 January-April total. At a country level, the January to April diesel totals haven’t varied much compared with 2022 with three exceptions: France saw sales decline by 17,000 units while Germany and Italy saw them rise by 15,000 and 27,000 units respectively.

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ASEAN LV Sales

May 2023

After ASEAN Light Vehicle (LV) sales increased for 17 consecutive months, or since October 2021, LV sales saw a 2% YoY decline in March 2023 due to negative results in Thailand and Vietnam.

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China LV Sales

May 2023

After a sluggish January and February, the Chinese market rebounded in March. Light Vehicle (LV) wholesales increased to 2.38mn units, which is a growth of 8% year-on-year (YoY). At a component level, Passenger Vehicle (PV) wholesales achieved a total of 2.06 mn units, an increase of 10% YoY while Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) wholesales grew to 322k units, a small uptick of 1% YoY. But it is worth noting that Q1 LV wholesales decreased by 7% due to the sluggish nature of both January and February. On the production side, the total LV figure in March was also 2.45 million units, increasing by 15% YoY and 26% MoM, while Q1 LV production was down by 4% YoY. At the vehicle type level, PV production in March increased by 15% YoY while cumulative PV production up to March decreased by 4% YoY, the same situation as LV overall. LCV output was 319k units, up 12% YoY but down by 7% in Q1. Hence neither production nor sales experienced positive growth in the first quarter of 2023. The March selling rate reached a 5-month high of 26.3 mn units/year, up nearly 26% from an abnormally weak February. That, however, brought the YTD average selling rate to only 23.6 mn units/year. In YoY terms, sales (i.e., wholesales) increased by 8.6% in March but declined by 6.7% in Q1.

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India LV Sales

May 2023

India’s Light Vehicle (LV) sales in March 2023 were at 393k units, up by a mere 1% from the previous month. Year-on-year (YoY) sales improved by 4%. Demand for Passenger Vehicles (PVs), at 328k units, remained at roughly the same level as in February but were up by 4% YoY. Wholesales of Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) with GVW up to 6T, however, climbed by 6% month-on-month (MoM) and by 7% YoY to exceed 65k units in March.

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