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March car sales in Western Europe fell by a comparatively steep 6 per cent, but the dip in what ranks as one of the biggest car sales months in an average year is due mainly to one off special factors
Foremost among them, in some of the region’s biggest markets, that’s Germany and the UK, March had two working days less this year than last year.
That’s followed by the loss of at least one working day in other major markets such as France and Italy for example.
With a steep 15.7 per cent plunge in March car sales and a 12.4 per cent dive in the first quarter the UK stands out as the region’s worst performer.
March car sales fell in nine of the 17 markets tracked by AID every month.
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