International comparison of light-duty vehicle fuel economy Italy - Country spotlight

Market profile and vehicle characteristics Italy is the fourth-largest economy in the European Union, and LDV registrations are slowly recovering from the economic challenges faced there between 2010 and 2013, with new registrations totalling 1.7 million in 2015 (IHS Markit, 2016). [...] Diesels lost popularity between 2005 and 2010, but regained market share in the years leading up to 2015, when they accounted for almost 60% of the LDVs sold in the Italian market. [...] In the most recent years, a growing presence of CNG and LNG vehicles has followed the introduction of favourable policies for natural gas vehicles in 2010. [...] The fuel economy gap between small and medium LDVs narrowed, differing by less than 3% in 2015, as in the case of the United Kingdom. [...] Total average fuel economy is close to that of the small and medium segments, which constitute the majority of sales.