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The Greek automotive market (March 2025)

Passenger cars

New: The new passenger car market was up by 2,0% in March compared to March 2024.

In the first three months of 2025, 33.196 new passenger cars have been registered compared to 36.668 the year before (-9,5%).

Hybrid passenger car registrations reached 6.048 units (47,6%), followed by 4.534 petrol cars (35,6%), 775 electrical ones (6,1%) 670 plug-in hybrid cars (5,2%), and 511 diesel cars (4,0%). 63,0% of total passenger car registrations are cars with engine size up to 1.400 cc.

Light Commercial Vehicles
(gross weight up to 3.5 tons)

New: The light commercial vehicle market was up by +8,4% in March compared to March 2024.

Since January 2025, 2.235 light trucks have been registered compared with 2.494 the same period in 2024 (-10,4%). Pick-ups represent the highest share in the market (37,1%) followed by Vanettes with a market share of 35,1%.

In March 2025 Pick-ups represent the highest share in the light commercial vehicle market (40,4%), followed by Vanettes with a market share of 33,2%.

Light commercial vehicles market posted 817 registrations in March 2025 compared to 754 the year before (+8,4%).

Commercial Vehicles
(gross weight over 3.5 tons)

New: The commercial vehicle market was up by +12,2% compared to March 2024.

Since the beginning of the year, 154 units were registered as compared to 388 the year before, suggesting a decrease of -60,3%.

In March 2025, 46 trucks were sold in total, compared with 41 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.

Buses

New: The bus market increased in March by +173,7%, as compared to March 2024.

During the first three months of the year, 256 buses were registered compared with 89 the year before (+187,6%).

Regarding March 2025, 52 buses were registered compared to 19  buses in March 2024.

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