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New: The new passenger car market was up by +5,6% in December compared to the same period in 2023.

In the twelve months of 2024, 137.075 new passenger cars have been registered compared to 134.485 the year before (+1,9%).

Passenger car market in December 2024 posted 8.704 registrations compared to 8.240 the year before. Hybrid passenger car registrations reached 3.870 units (44,5%), followed by 1.950 petrol cars (22,5%), 1.081 electrical ones (12,4%), 722 plug-in hybrid cars (8,3%) and 483 diesel cars (5,5%). 51,9% of total passenger car registrations are cars with engine size up to 1.400 cc.

New: The light commercial vehicle market was down by -12,6% in December, compared to December 2023.

Since January 2024, 9.872 light trucks have been registered compared with 10.143 the same period in 2023 (-2,7%). Vanettes represent the highest share in the market (39,1%) followed by Pick-ups with a market share of 36,5%.

Vanettes represent the highest share in the light commercial vehicle market (40,9%), followed by Pickups with a market share of 38,1%.

Light commercial vehicles market posted 567 registrations in December 2024 compared to 649 the year before (-12,6%).

New: The commercial vehicle market in December was down by -22,2% compared to December 2023.

Since the beginning of the year, 880 units were registered as compared to 726 the year before, suggesting an increase of +21,2%.

In December 2024, 28 trucks were sold in total, compared with 36 the year before.

Moreover, imported used commercial vehicles still cover the greatest share of the specific market segment. New CVs represent only a small percentage, pushing the average age of commercial vehicles in Greece to high levels. This, expectedly, generates environmental and road safety issues.

New: The bus market increased in December by +90,5%, as compared to December 2023.

During the twelve months of the year, 874 buses were registered compared with 252  the year before (+246,8%).

Regarding December 2024, 40 buses were registered compared to 21 buses in December 2023.