LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwire) — 02/11/13 — A recent report from market research company Euromonitor International, indicates changing lifestyle trends in the UK have created a shift towards smaller cars.
Small car segments accounted for less than 30% of the UK passenger car market until 1999, but passed the 40% mark ten years later in 2009.
“Even without the stimulus of a scrappage incentive scheme, consumers continue to switch from lower medium cars to offerings in the supermini and even mini segments. Combined, they increased their share of the market again in 2012 – back up to 40%. As vehicles have grown in size, right-sizing is a more appropriate term than down-sizing,” explains Neil King, automotive industry analyst at Euromonitor International.
The proliferation of households with one or two people, women maintaining an independent lifestyle until their first marriage and the continued growth of the UK-s younger generation – to expand to one in seven Britons by 2030 – are all signs of a major shift that is shaping automotive demand in the UK.
“There are plenty of opportunities for car manufacturers to capitalize on this growing automotive market trend. Small but distinctive cars such as the Citroen DS3, Nissan Juke and the Mini are just some of the successful small models in mature markets such as the UK,” King adds.
“European mainstream carmakers, in a similar way as and, most recently, GM with the Vauxhall/Opel Adam, should rightly look to extend their portfolio of aspirational small cars.”
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