Car sales plunge to 18-year low

WESTERN EUROPE
Car sales plunge to 18-year low
Just 11.8m new cars sold in 2012, there’s worse in store this year
Published: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:14:18 GMT
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Latest Acea compiled figures reveal a near 16% December car sales plunge, the steepest month-on-month drop for more than two years. December’s headlong dive, with sales plummeting between 14.6 and 22.9 per cent in all but one of the region’s main markets, cuts last year’s West European car sales to an 18-year low of just 11.8m units.

Despite strengthening headwinds on the domestic economic front, in both December and the whole of last year only Britain’s seemingly unperturbed private buyers continued to defy the gloom enveloping all of Europe’s other main car markets...more

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EUROPEAN new CAR sales by MARKET:
West European new car sales by country DECEMBER 2012 v DECEMBER 2011
west European new car sales by country 2012 v 2011

WEST EUROPEAN new CAR sales by manufacturer and marque:
W. European new car sales by manufacturer and marque DEC 2012 v DEC 2011
W. European new car sales by manufacturer and marque 2012 v 2011

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