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WESTERN EUROPE -
Shivers in chill April
showers |
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In April, and excluding Germany’s same month prop-up
efforts, West Europe’s new car sales missed year ago
levels by more than 10 per cent, bringing the
regional sales shortfall at the
one third stage to close on 11 per cent. In contrast, following a steady and continuous recovery trend, Germany’s April car sales rose by a modest 2.9 per cent, adding up to the 8th gain in ten months. Despite an ominously brief wobble during January and February this year, when sales remained disappointingly stuck at largely unchanged month-on-month 2011 levels, monthly sales have crept up again since then, and have now topped last year’s levels for the second month running
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