Greece

Greece’s car and motorcycle market sales saw a sharp increase after years of stagnation during the financial crisis that hit the country. According to ELSTAT, the Greek Statistics Authority, the sales of cars and motorcycles had an increase of 15...

Greek car sales jumped 44.3 pct in January totaling 18,897 (new or used), from 13,096 cars in the same month in 2017, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Friday. The statistics service, in a monthly report, said that new car sales...

Car sales in Greece increased by 43.1% in February compared to the same month in 2016, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). Specifically, 10,006 vehicles, new and used from abroad, were sold, compared to 6,990 sales in February 2016....

More than eighteen automotive companies operating in the Greek market recorded a sales increase during the first quarter of 2015. A partial list of the companies that saw a sales increase in the first quarter of the year includes: Peugeot...

Vehicle sales in Greece continued to rise last month, as new vehicle registrations increased by 33.7 percent compared to October 2013, showing a shy hint of economic recovery, a Kathimerini report says. Following the impressive increase in tourist arrivals, coach...

Another paradox has made its appearance in Greece. Despite the serious financial crisis which has affected many households and left many Greeks unemployed, the car sales increased in June. More specifically, the registrations of new passenger vehicles reached 8,000. According to figures from...

During the months of January to September, car sales reduced by 3.3 % as 44,013 vehicle registration certificates were compared to 45,538 of last year. In Europe, the sales of new cars rose by 5.5 % in September, mainly because...

Good news for the automotive industry in Greece. A sign of recovery is the increase on cars’ sales in September 2013 in comparison with September 2012 and after a long slump as Greeks buried under austerity measures had nearly...

A significant fall of car sales in Greece were recorded in the first quarter of 2012. Only 23,292 cars have been sold in the past few months, about 41 percent less than last year's sales. Numbers show that the financial...

Hundreds of imported cars remain unsold in Greece as sales dipped considerably in the first five months of the year, as daily Kathimerini reports. Hellenic Statistical Authority data indicate that the annual decline in sales in the January-May period came...

Official data shows that Greeks are back in the market for buying cars. Compared to the previous May, this year's car sales during the same month have almost doubled. In May 2013, Greeks bought 6,837 cars. In May 2014,...

An electric car that was built on Greece's island of Syros in the 1970s was one of the world's first mass-produced electric cars. Decades before Elon Musk’s Tesla, the Enfield 8000, built at Neorio, Syros, was the brainchild of the...

Netherlands-based automobile leasing and fleet management company, LeasePlan, says that Greece is one of the least prepared countries in Europe to welcome the use of electric cars. This is greatly due to the fact that Greece has not improved its...

The winter sales in Greece will begin on January 8 and last until February 28, with shops staying open on January 14; the first Sunday of the sales period. According to an announcement by the Thessaloniki Merchants' Association, the...

Online sales on Black Friday 2017 surpassed all expectations worldwide, according to data provided by shopping platform Picodi. On 24 November 2017, consumer activity grew by 624% compared to an average day. Last year the increase was 619%. According to Picodi,...