Car registrations, the ranking of the ten best-selling models

Archived a negative month of March, the The car market in Italy is booming again in April, thanks also two extra working days which were skilfully used. The new registrations they reached altitude 135,984 (9,775 more than the same month of 2023) which is equivalent to a surge in the active balance of 7.75%. The performance of private individuals was good, with an increase of 13.75%, thanks to 69,783 registrations, but so was that of the business channel which improved by 6.96%. The first quarter, with 586,665 unitsrecord growth of 6.1% over the same period in 2023 (but still remains at -17.7% on January-April 2019). It is difficult to recover the gap lost with the last year before the pandemic, perhaps the car incentives could lend a further hand.

Full hybrid and petrol are good

Among fuel types, the petrol engine grew in volume in April and gained 2.4 points of share, reaching 31.6% of the total, 31.1% cumulatively (+3.5 pp). Another tumble for diesel which drops to 14.4% share in the month (-5.4 pp) and to 15.0% in the 4 months (-4.6 pp). LPG recorded a better performance than the overall market and closed April at 8.5% (+0.2 pp) and the 4 months at 9.1% (+0.1 pp), methane represents 0.2% of the market both in the month and cumulatively, and is practically irrelevant.

Hybrid cars earn 5 points in April and reach a 39.7% share, 38.6% cumulatively (+3.1 pp), with 10.7% for “full” hybrids and 29.0% for “mild” hybrids. The BEV cars lose 0.8 points in April and stop at 2.3% share (2.8% in January-April), PHEVs retreat by 1.5 points compared to a year ago, at 3.3% (3.2% cumulatively), however 1 point above the BEVs, representing an Italian anomaly.

The President of UNRAE Michele Crisci This is how he comments on the April data: “A strengthened macroeconomic framework and a better-than-expected first quarter for car registrations lead to the estimate for the market being revised upwards by 30,000 units in 2024, with a total volume expected at the end of the year of 1,630,000 cars, up by approximately 63,500 units in 2023 (+4.1%). However, the comparison with the pre-pandemic period still records a distance of 15.0% compared to 2019”.

The top ten best-selling cars in April 2024

It’s absolutely no longer news, and God forbid anything else, but the Fiat Panda once again confirms itself as the most appreciated by local motorists. The city car par excellence bewitches the month of April with its magic wand, standing out in front of everyone, even lapping the second place finisher. The latter is a silver medal and is also the first of the foreigners in the Bel Paese: the Dacia Sandero. The small car from the Romanian brand constantly travels on the crest of the wave, thanks to a perfect balance between quality and price. On the third step of the podium an old acquaintance, the Lancia Ypsilon, still in the ex FCA version. The chic compact car records very intriguing numbers, even if in the meantime the heir, the daughter of a true revolution, has already entered the field. The evergreen also makes it into the top 5 Citroen C3in the old format, and equally appreciated Toyota Yariswhich beats the “sister” Yaris Cross.

Here is the ranking of 10 best-selling cars in April 2024: