European car sales in may, more than half of it less than a year earlier

In Europe in may, 581.161 of new passenger cars registered a decline from 52.3 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. That makes the industry trade association, ACEA, on Wednesday announced.

Especially in southern europe were considerably less new cars on order. Sales also declined in may, by eur 72.7 percent of the time. In Germany, France and Italy about half of the vehicles registered to you.

the country's downturn, such as the earlier this month, and published from 59,2 per cent.

taking into account the period of time until the end of may, the number of registrations in Europe and 41.5 per cent on the back of the volume of the previous year. In the first five months of this year fell for the sales of up to more than 3.3 million copies sold. in Spain, the number of registrations for that period by 54.2 per cent, the most in future.

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