New passenger car registrations in the European Union dropped by 30% in October on the year, the group said.
Europe's biggest car markets suffered double-digit losses, including -35.7% in Italy, -34.9% in Germany, -30.7% in France and -20.5% in Spain, according to the data on new passenger car registrations.
In Croatia, 2,812 new cars were registered in October, or 8.7% fewer than in October 2020. Two more countries with single-digit losses were Greece and Slovenia, -5.4% and -7.2% respectively.
January-October period sees rise
The period from January to October 2021 saw a rise in the number of new car registrations in the European Union, of 2.2% to 8.2 million vehicles, shows the ACEA report.
Italy recovered with a 12.7% rise. In Croatia, new car registrations jumped 27.6% to 39,947, and only Greece had a higher rise, 31.9%.