The European car market recorded another month of growth in September, with new registrations rising by 9.3% compared with the same month last year. A total of 971,048 cars were registered across the EU, confirming the positive momentum of recent months.
Among the major markets, France posted the strongest increase (+11.6%), followed by Spain (+10.2%), Italy (+9.8%, with 139,166 units sold, nearly 12.5 thousand more than one year ago) and Germany (+9.0%).
From January to September, new car registrations across the EU reached 8,517,059 units, up 5.7% compared with the same period in 2025. Italy remained the fastest-growing of the four largest markets (+8.6%), with 1,267,910 registrations (more than 100,000 above last year's figure), followed by Spain (+6.7%), Germany (+5.3%) and France (+4.1%).
Looking at powertrains, hybrid vehicles maintained their leading position, accounting for 36.3% of the market. Battery-electric cars continued to gain ground, reaching 22.7%, followed by petrol (21.2%), plug-in hybrids (10.1%) and diesel (7.1%).
