The total volume of new commercial vehicles registered in Europe in the first nine months reached 1.779 million units, up 3.3% on the year.
The ranking of European countries is led by France with 361,487 units (+6.5%), te UK with 325,885 units (-3.3%) and Germany with 270,541 units (+2.2%).
Light utility vehicles under 3.5 tons, accounted for over 1.47 million registrations (+4%); medium to heavy commercial vehicles, of 3.5 to 16 tons, accounted for 218,489 registrations (+4%), and buses and coaches accounted for 26,319 registrations (+3.2%).