EU car registrations fall in April
Four major markets posted decreases, with UK (19.8%), Germany (8%), France (6%) and Italy (4.6%) recording the largest declines while Spain posted a slight increase of 1.1%.
The data also showed that the new car registrations in the first four months of the year were up by 4.7% to stand at 5,332,854. The biggest growth was recorded in Italy (8%), Spain (6.1%), followed by Germany (2.5%), France (2.0%) and the United Kingdom (1.1%).
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