Europe Car Sales to Lag in First Half of 2022 Due to Chip Crisis

  • ACEA says market to remain 20% below pre-crisis level in 2022
  • Chip crisis gripping sector not seen abating until second half

European car sales were at their lowest in 2021 since records began in the early 1990s.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Want the lowdown on European markets? In your inbox before the open, every day. Sign up here.

European car sales won’t recover to pre-crisis levels this year as chip shortages continue to roil production in the first half, the continent’s biggest car association said.