Car registrations in Germany rose 3.5 percent in March to 339,000 compared with the same month last year, the German auto importers' association VDIK said on Tuesday. First-quarter registrations increased 1.4 percent to more than 773,000 autos, the VDIK said in a statement. Foreign orders for German nameplates rose more than 4 percent last month, the car makers lobby VDA said in a separate release.