The European car market intensified the fall in August

Sales of passenger cars in Europe decreased by 17.6% in August and reached 884,394 cars. As noted in the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA), compared with July, the rate of decline has intensified again, although not as dramatically as in previous months. At the end of eight months of 2020, car sales in Europe reached 7 million 267 thousand 621 units (-32.9%). As noted in the survey of the European car market for August, Volkswagen sold the largest number of cars in the European Union among automakers – 97,442 cars (-24.8%). The second place was occupied by Mercedes-Benz with 57,892 cars (-4.3%). The third place is occupied by Renault with 53,989 sold vehicles (-12.3%). Peugeot (53,900 units, -6.4%) and BMW (50615 units, + 7.8%) finished the top-5.