New car registrations in Luxembourg: a difficult year ... ... but greener

In 2022, a total of 42,094 new car registrations were recorded in Luxembourg. The lowest figure since 1999 (40,989 cars). The decrease observed is 2278 vehicles, i.e. -5.1% compared to the previous year, which was already down. This phenomenon can be explained by the Covid pandemic, delivery delays, inflation and uncertainty about the choice of engine. The year of all records goes back to 2019 with 55,008 new cars registered.

Graphique 1 : Evolution des immatriculations de voitures

source: snca / calcul STATEC

The share of electric cars in new car registrations reached 15.2% in 2022, whereas they represented only 10.5% of new cars in 2021. Hybrids are holding steady and even increasing slightly with a share of 28.2% (vs 26.3% in 2021).

source: snca / calcul STATEC

If we look at the monthly evolution since 2018, it is obvious that the craze for electric vehicles that began in 2020 is continuing.

Graph 2: Evolution of the share of electric cars among new registrations

source: snca / calcul STATEC

Top 10 - most registered car brands in 2022

The top three are Volkswagen with 4,964 cars, followed by Mercedes (4,044 cars) and Audi with 3,798 cars, which is one place ahead of 2021.