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West Europe’s September car sales, held back by one fewer working day in most of the region’s markets, fell 2.8 per cent to 1.36m units. The expected setback, dragged down particularly by a near 10 per cent sales dip in the UK, cuts West Europe’s gains after nine months of otherwise growing new car sales to 2.8 per cent. September’s drop in sales, only the second sales dip this year, brings West Europe’s cumulative car sales total to 11m units after 9-months, according to AID’s own provisional car sales data
What a difference a day makes.
Last month’s new car sales in Western Europe fell marginally below last year’s comparative same month levels.
However, September’s slightly lower sales turnout is due almost entirely to the loss of one working day and does not necessarily attest to an imminent spell of cooling customer demand.
Official car sales figures from KBA and SMMT respectively for last month show that both Germany and the UK, two of the region’s biggest major markets, posted declines.
That’s followed by notably lower September car sales in a further nine of the region’s other markets.
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