The statistics service, in a report, said that total vehicle registrations (including cars, buses and trucks) were down by 57.9% in December and 35.1% in the year, while car registrations fell by 37.1%.
New car registrations totalled 183,877 in 2010, down 35.1% on 2009, after falling by 18.4% in the previous 12-month period. Motorcycle registrations totalled 61,763 in 2010, down 15.5% from the previous year, after a recording a decline of 28.9% in 2009. December registrations were down 44.5%.
The Federation of Car Importers and Dealers (Seaa) said the Greek car market had fallen to 1990 levels and stressed that car sales were down 62.6% in the second half of 2010, compared with the six-year average figure.
Seaa said that the crisis hitting the sector has led to 15,000 jobs been lost since early 2009, or 17% of the workforce, and reiterated a call to the government to adopt measures aimed at supporting the market.
ANA
