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Italy's new car market was flat in May
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 3, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 3, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Italy's new car market was flat in May with a 0.16% sales drop. Stellantis' sales fell by 7.99%, reducing its market share to 28.06%.
ROME (Reuters) -Italy's market for new cars was flat in May, with sales down only marginally by 0.16% compared to the same month of last year, transport ministry data showed on Tuesday.
In the previous two months, sales had increased after seven consecutive months of year-on-year declines.
Total sales in May stood at 139.390 vehicles.
Market leader Stellantis, whose brands include Fiat, Jeep, Chrysler and Peugeot, lost ground in May, with sales decreasing by 7.99% year-on-year, according to Reuters calculations.
The calculations also indicated that the Franco-Italian automaker's market share dropped to 28.06%, from 30.61% in April.
(Writing by Alvise Armellini, editing by Cristina Carlevaro)
New car sales in Italy decreased by 0.16% compared to May of the previous year.
Total sales in May stood at 139,390 vehicles.
Stellantis is the market leader, with brands including Fiat, Jeep, Chrysler, and Peugeot.
Stellantis' market share dropped to 28.06% in May, down from 30.61% in April.
In the two months preceding May, car sales had increased after seven consecutive months of year-on-year declines.
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