If you thought March new car sales were catastrophic, you’re probably not prepared to face the April statistics.

Since in many markets April was the first full month with restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus, sales plunged to historic lows. The worst hit region was Europe, where passenger car sales reached a record drop of 78.3 percent to 292,182 vehicles. In the first four months of the year, Europe recorded 3.3 million new vehicle sales, down 39 percent over the same period last year.

The statistics released by the European Auto Industry Association (ACEA) and cited by Reuters include the European Union, United Kingdom and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, which comprise Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

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All EU markets were massively affected, with Italy, the UK and Spain hit particularly hard by the pandemic as they reported the biggest drops of 97.6 percent, 97.3 percent and 96.5 percent, respectively. Yes, the new car markets of these countries all but disappeared for the month of April.

Germany was less affected as sales in Europe’s biggest car market contracted by 61.1 percent, while France’s new car sales tumbled by 88.8 percent. Unsurprisingly, automakers posted catastrophic results as well on the continent. Volkswagen Group sales fell by 75 percent in April, while Renault and PSA Group reported drops of 79.5 percent and 82.4 percent, respectively. Sales of luxury cars also dropped spectacularly, with BMW falling 69.7 percent and rival Daimler slumping 80.1 percent.

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April new car sales saw massive drops in other regions of the world too, with Brazil recording the lowest volume in over 20 years as sales dropped 77 percent to 51,500 units. In the United States, auto sales fell by 47 percent to 707,800 units – the lowest monthly result since January 2010. For the first four months of the year, the U.S. market was down 21 percent with 4.2 million units sold.

Japan was less affected as new car sales there decreased by 30 percent to 219,200 units in April. Of the major auto markets, China saw the smallest sales drop. The market volume fell by just 2 percent to 1.5 million vehicles last month, with April marking the first time this year that the decline was measured in single digits. In the first four months of the year, China’s new car sales dropped by 35 percent to 4.4 million units.