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European sales plunged 22% in December, bringing annual drop to 1.5% amid chips crisis

Hyundai Tucson plug-in hybrid 2021
Hyundai increased its European market share last year, helped by new models such as the fourth-generation Tucson.
January 18, 2022 07:03 AM

European passenger car sales fell by 22 percent in December to cap off a year marked by critical shortages of semiconductors and a coronavirus resurgence, with full-year registrations for 2021 down 1.5 percent, according to industry group ACEA.

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