“A return to normality”. This is how the Federation of Automobile and Mobility Distributors (Fedamo) analyzes the registration figures in Luxembourg, published on Monday. Less than two weeks before the Autofestival (January 25 to February 3), the National Society of Automobile Traffic (SNCA) indicated that 46,635 new vehicles were registered in the country last year. This is 5.1% less than in 2023.
“We believe that this drop is artificial, because the year before, there were many more cars sold, but this was due to delivery delays, in relation to the crisis, to the war in Ukraine.. . There has been a rebalancing. The Luxembourg automobile market is not sick like in other countries. It is no longer the market where we sold 55,000 cars per year (Editor’s note: this peak was reached in 2019), but it is doing well, because it is constant and stable,” comments Manuel Ruggiu, director of operations. of the SNCA.
Of these 46,635 registrations, electric vehicles amount to 12,777 units (27.4% of the total), and thus continue their growth (+15.3% over one year). Only 36 had been registered ten years earlier… “Full hybrid” cars also continue to appeal, with an increase of 10.4% compared to 2023. Plug-in hybrids have struggled since the removal of state bonuses at the end of 2021, which Fedamo deplores (3,824 units, -20.4%).
Diesel-powered cars continue their decline, representing 12.3% of registrations in 2024, compared to 70% ten years ago. Gasoline also continues to decline, accounting for almost 30% of registrations last year, after peaking at half that in 2019.
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