You can’t get much more of a “worse case scenario” in auto sales than watching numbers plunge an astounding 98%. But that’s exactly what has happened with new car sales in Italy, which remains mostly on lockdown, for the first 24 days of April for this year. Across all sales channels in Italy, there were only 2,182 registrations, down from 107,930 the year prior , according to Automotive News Europe . The numbers out of Italy likely provide foreshadowing for what the rest of Europe’s numbers will look like for the month of April. In Italy, showrooms closed during the beginning of March and those who had automobiles on order already were unable to take delivery of their new vehicles. March sales had already fallen 85%. Dealers in Italy are going to be able to start re-opening May 4, after being shut down alongside of dealers in the UK, […]