Demand for new commercial vehicles in the EU increased for the third consecutive month in March, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).
A total of 223,749 registrations marked a 20.7% year-on-year upturn and the highest monthly growth since December 2013.
Growth was sustained across all segments of commercial vehicles in March. Spain (+67.6%), the UK (+25.6%), Germany (+13.1%), France (+11.1%) and Italy (+10.2%) all posted double-digit figures. In the first quarter of 2015, the EU market expanded by 13.3% to 502,210 newly registered commercial vehicles. During the same period, Spain (+42.3%), the UK (+24.2%), Germany (+7.1%) and Italy (+7.0%) all posted growth, while France was the only major market to record a setback (‐0.5%).
The table below shows the growth for each CV sector in the biggest EU markets:
Light commercial vehicles
| Country | March 2015 % (units) | First Quarter 2015 % (units) |
| UK | +20.5 (50,064) | +22.3 (79,917) |
| Spain | +69.8 (9,298) | +44.5 (24,705) |
| Germany | +19.0 (18,564) | +10.5 (48,016) |
| France | +10.6 (33,236) | +0.4 (90,588) |
| Italy | +6.1 (10,365) | +6.1 (28,144) |
| EU total (units) | +20.5 (189,319) | 13.6 (419,142) |
Medium trucks
| Country | March 2015 % (units) | First Quarter 2015 % (units) |
| UK | +55.6 (3,546) | +45.1 (6,628) |
| Spain | +36.3 (1,140) | +22.5 (3,734) |
| Germany | 0.0 (8,585) | -1.0 (0,687) |
| France | +14.9 (3,395) | -8.6 (11,029) |
| Italy | +42.7 (918) | 12.7 (3,448) |
| EU total | +21.2 (30,603) | +10.7 (74,138) |
Heavy trucks
| Country | March 2015 % (units) | First Quarter 2015 % (units) |
| UK | +77.6 (2,341) | 67.6 (4,296) |
| Spain | +41.0 (918) | +23.4 (3,151) |
| Germany | +3.1 (5,997) | +3.9 (14,287) |
| France | +22.1 (2,733) | -6.6 (9,249) |
| Italy | +44.4 (692) | +14.4 (2,702) |
| EU total | +27.9 (19,267) | +15.6 (52,274) |
Bus and coach
| Country | March 2015 % (units) | First Quarter 2015 % (units) |
| UK | +17.8 (947) | +30.1 (1,677) |
| Spain | +194.2 (120) | +94.6 (373) |
| Germany | +20.7 (434) | +8.0 (1,191) |
| France | +23.4 (453) | +6.3 (1,361) |
| Italy | +71.2 (198) | +15.6 (649) |
| EU total units | +33.1 (2,876) | +24.5 (7,173) |
