Greece New Car Sales Rise 7.4% to 83,965 in H1 as Fleet Age Hits 17.8 Years
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Updated · Kathimerini English Edition · Aug 12
Greece New Car Sales Rise 7.4% to 83,965 in H1 as Fleet Age Hits 17.8 Years
1 articles · Updated · Kathimerini English Edition · Aug 12
Summary
83,965 new passenger cars were sold in Greece in the first half of 2026, up 7.4% from a year earlier.
That rebound still leaves sales 17.34% below the 98,531 cars bought in the first half of 2010, meaning only a small share of pre-crisis vehicles has been replaced.
17.8 years is the average age of Greece’s private car fleet—the highest in Europe versus a 12.7-year regional average—highlighting how slowly renewal is happening.
4.53 million of Greece’s 5.7 million passenger cars are more than 10 years old, while persistent energy-driven inflation remains a key brake on further replacement demand.