”When we sum up the bilåret 2018 we can conclude that it was the third best year ever for passenger cars, and the all time high for both light and heavy trucks”, says Anders Norén, technical manager at Car Sweden in a press release.

new Registrations of passenger cars decreased thus, according to the preliminary figures of 6.8 per cent compared with the peak year of 2017. For 2019 are now doing the organization a forecast of 335.000 passenger cars and 50,000 light trucks.

”Our forecast of reduced registrations in the year should be seen against the background of the industry’s conversion combined with the fact that the economy is on the verge of a avmattningsfas”, says Anders Norén.

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