New vehicle sales set off on a long and slow road to recovery
At 33,515, they rose marginally above July’s figure, which was itself a small improvement on June
01 September 2020 - 14:52
The good news is that the new-vehicle market is growing, but the bad news is that it is happening so slowly that real growth is as far away as ever.
Sales of cars and commercial vehicles improved marginally in August. At 33,515, they were just ahead of July’s market which in turn was a bit better than June’s. However, compared with sales in August 2019, when the industry achieved a total of 42,960 vehicles, last month’s sales were 26.3% weaker...
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