Developed through a longstanding partnership between ECG – the Association of European Vehicle Logistics – and PwC Austria, the Index provides regular and insightful updates to the FVL Industry.
In light of the current global fuel crisis with the recent sharp increase in oil and diesel prices and their potentially wide-ranging impact on the sector, an additional Q1 2026 update will follow at the end of April.
The European Finished Vehicle Logistics (FVL) Cost Index for Q4 2025 stands at 151.1 which indicates an overall cost increase of 51.1 % from January 2019 to December 2025. Compared to the latest reported values for Q2 2025, three out of four segments showed an increase in Q3 and Q4 2025. For Q2 2025 the index stood at 152.8, hence, the index decreased by 1.7 index-points since the last index update. This development is greatly driven by the decrease of the FVL Sea Cost Index. For the four segments the following results were derived:
• Logistics segment road: The FVL Road Cost Index amounts to 129.4 for Q4 2025 which shows an overall cost increase of 29.4% between January 2019 and December 2025. For Q2 2025 the index stood at 128.8, hence, the index increased by 0.6 index-points since the last index update. This slight cost increase is mainly based on increasing labour costs as well as toll increases. (....)