New passenger cars registrations in Bulgaria increased by 24% YoY to 1.9k units in Nov’21, while registering 10.1% YoY increase to 22.8k for the 11-mo 2021, data by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) reveal. Due to the impact of the microchip shortage on vehicle output, in November alone, registrations of new cars in the EU shrank by 20.5% YoY to 0.7m, while in Jan-Nov 2021 new car registration remained flat YoY totalling 8.9m units. The total sales of cars over the first 11 months of the year saw the biggest increase in Italy (+8.6%), Spain (+3.8%) and France (+2.5%) compared to last year.