Stellantis is Europe's number two

Stellantis increased its Europe-wide sales by 5.9 percent last year. With a market share of 18.4 percent, the automotive group, which also owns Opel, is the second largest manufacturer behind Volkswagen AG. Every seventh electric car sold came from there. In Germany, total sales (passenger cars and commercial vehicles) of the nine out of eleven Group brands represented in the country increased by five percent. In the light commercial vehicle segment, the market share in Europe is over 30 percent; in Germany, Stellantis is the market leader in the class up to 3.5 tons with the Citroën, Fiat, Peugeot and Opel brands as well as RAM. (aum)