Start year with a bang for registrations in Italy. In January, the operator has registered 131 385 new cars, an increase of 10.91% over the same month of 2014, while the transfer of ownership of used cars have decreased by 2.27% to 351,869 units. The overall volume of sales (483 254 cars) has affected so for 27.19% new cars and used cars for 72.81%.
“The departure for the Italian car market has been excellent and this result would have been better if it had not occurred in the last few days a shortage in the availability of license plates for cars registered, “said the Centro Studi Promotor. Although there are no data to estimate the impact on registrations in January, for the experts this circumstance reinforces the positive signal that comes from the data released today by the engine.
From the surveys of the center studies showed that the ‘turnout in the showrooms of dealerships has increased to 65% from 56% in December, while operators who reported a collection of normal or high orders grew by 43% to 49%. The 87% of respondents now expects stable demand or increase over the next three or four months.
Therefore, based on the outcome of the investigation conducted by the cyclical Csp on dealers to order months, the increase as the confidence of the industry and the growth of consumer and business confidence, to the President of the study center of Bologna, Gian Primo Quagliano, soon there may be an upward revision of the forecast “very cautious” for this year made in December last year, since the change in the outlook for the economic environment will also be reflected on purchases of cars.
In this scenario also the group Fiat Chrysler 
Automobiles has performed well, selling 37,000 cars, 11.4% more than last year, achieving a market share of 28.3% (from 28.2% the year before). This result was achieved thanks to the excellent reception given to the latest (and Renegade 500X just launched), but mainly due to the well-established success of Panda, Ypsilon and family 500.
In detail individual brands group, the Fiat brand registrations in totaled 27,134 units (+ 9.47%), with a market share slightly decreased from 20.92% to 20.65%. A third of the sales were made by Panda (almost 9,500 registrations), that even in the new year was again the biggest seller ever. Behind him, the 500L (with almost 60% share in its segment) and the Point. Altogether, there were four cars Fiat among the five best-selling, with the 500 which, together with the Panda, have a share in the segment of 57.4%.
Lancia has sold only 5,034 cars, the 11.28% less than last year and also market share has fallen from 4.79% to 3.83%, while the Alfa Romeo brand recorded growth in registrations of 2.58% to 2,469 units, with a market share of 1.88% (from 2.03%). The Jeep sold were 2,554 (+ 388.34%) for a penetration 1.94% (from 0.44%).
Also in January, the Jeep brand has seen registrations more than five-fold to 631 cars in France, for a market share up from 0.07% to 0.4%. The group Fca has thus posted a growth in registrations in the market across the Alps by 5.5% to 7,528 units (from 4.67% to 4.77% share), placing second among foreign automakers behind Volkswagen alone. In Spain, sales of Jeep grew by 150% to 215 units, of which more than half of the new Renegade produced in Melfi together with Fiat 500X.
” Overall, both the data of the market is to Fca of have been a bit ‘better than expected. However, if you look at the cross-section can be seen that the increase by households was only 2%, the business demand of 8%, while that derived from the rental by 54%, driven by the Expo, “said the director IHS Automotive, Pierluigi Bellini. Pending the data on registrations at the Milan Stock title Fca closed the meeting rising 0.34% to 11.74 euro, while on Wall Street rises 0.98% to $ 13.34.
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