May consolidates the growth of the Italian market in the first five months of the year, close to double digits compared to the same period a year ago. Electric and hybrid cars on the rise, diesel and petrol in free fall
The Italian automotive market the month of May also closed positively, confirming the virtuous trend that began in January 2026. The data Unrae they report 150,096 new registrations recorded over the past thirty-one days, for a increase of 7.6% compared to 139,445 units twelve months ago. The positive trend relating to the first five months of the yearwith overall registrations reaching 790,301 units, an increase of 9.4% compared to the 722,508 in the period January-May 2025. The distance with the same period of 2019 expresses a structural contraction of 13.2%, if anything better than a year ago when it was around 20%.
power supplies
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The growth in fuel prices, stimulated (also) by the war in the Middle East, seems to have become an opportunity for many motorists to switch to a new electric or hybrid car, according to data relating to power supplies. Among the rechargeable ones, cars electrical they reach a share of 8.8% in May, with 13,305 units overall, up compared to 5.1% in the same month of 2025 and growing compared to 8.5% in April. A figure still influenced by the long wave of incentivesconcentrated above all on the Leapmotor T03, which represents 34.4% of the total registered. The cumulative share achieved was 8.1%. The cars plug-in hybrids (Phev) confirm the excellent state of health generated by the new provisions on company cars in fringe benefits: their share in May reaches 10.2%, for a general share of 8.7% in January-May, up by 3.7 percentage points. Hybrids, market leaders, also gained 3.4 points in May for a share of 50.4% in the first five months, made up of the 16.0% accumulated by full hybrid and by 31.1% of mild hybrid. The other side of the moon is reserved for traditional fuels: in May the a gas loses another 5.3 points to drop to 20.0% cumulative share (-6.5%). The Diesel it lost 3.4 points for a spread of 6.8% in the five months. LPG was also negative, losing 2.2 points of share in May, falling to 6.0% in January-May (-3%).
the best sellers in May 2026
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There classification of the ten best-selling cars in the month of May 2026:
