Europe's November’s car sales motor dogged by renewed misfire

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Europe’s November’s car sales motor dogged by renewed misfire
November’s new car sales in Western Europe barely grew at all
Published: Mon, 09 December 2013 14:42:01 GMT
Updated: Tue, 17 December 2013 08:49:01 GMT
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November’s new car sales in Western Europe barely grew at all, expanding just 0.8 per cent to 0.91m units. November’s disappointing turnout helped widen the region’s eleven months car sales deficit to close on 3 per cent

After a promising-looking rebound during recent months, with West Europe’s new car sales topping last year’s poor levels in three out of the past four months, in November at least one cylinder was misfiring again.

Figures reveal that West Europe’s promising-looking rebound in new cars sales, after just a few months of hesitant recovery growth, has slowed to little more than crawl.

+0.8%
West European November car sales rise

Acea car sales figures from the eighteen West European markets regularly monitored by AID reveal that November sales fell again in twelve of the region’s eighteen markets, pulled down by falling sales in three of the region’s five major markets.

Most disappointing for the industry, in Germany - with the region’s biggest car sales arena - November sales dropped 2 per cent, coming in the wake of a promising 2.3 per cent rise only the month before...more

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DATA AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS WITH THIS ARTICLE:

EUROPEAN new CAR sales:

by country
NOVEMBER 2013 v NOVEMBER 2012
11-MONTHS 2013 v 11-MONTHS 2012

WEST EUROPEAN new CAR sales:

by manufacturer and marque
NOVEMBER 2013 v NOVEMBER 2012
11-MONTHS 2013 v 11-MONTHS 2012

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+0.8% West European November car sales rise

+0.8%
West European November car sales rise