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Italy's new car sales up by 4.1% y/y in September
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 1, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 1, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Italy's new car sales increased by 4.1% in September, led by Stellantis with a 15.3% rise. Fiat remains the top brand, despite a 2.9% decline in year-to-date sales.
ROME (Reuters) -Sales of new cars in Italy rose in September after four months of decline, increasing by 4.07% year-on-year, Italian transport ministry data showed on Wednesday.
Total sales for the month stood at 126,679 vehicles.
In the first nine months of the year, however, new car sales were down 2.9% year-on-year to 1.17 million units, the ministry said.
Market leader Stellantis, whose brands include Fiat, Jeep and Peugeot, outperformed most rivals in September, with year-on-year sales up 15.3%, according to Reuters calculations.
The Franco-Italian automaker's market share rose to 26.9% compared to 26.2% in August, according to the same calculations.
Fiat kept its position as Italy's most popular car brand, with a September market share of 9.7%, and sales up by more than 35% year-on-year.
(Reporting by Alvise Armellini, editing by Gavin Jones)
Year-on-year sales growth measures the percentage increase in sales compared to the same period in the previous year, indicating business performance over time.
Market share is the portion of a market controlled by a particular company or product, expressed as a percentage of total sales in that market.
The transport ministry is responsible for overseeing transportation policies, infrastructure, and regulations within a country, including automotive sales and statistics.
A market leader is a company or brand that holds the largest market share in a particular industry, often setting trends and influencing market dynamics.
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