World Print edition: 2019-11-20

European car sales accelerate to decade-high speed in October

Published November 20, 2019 Updated November 20, 2019 07:15am

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By BR Web Desk Recorder Report

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Year-on-year comparisons are inflated as a number of carmakers had difficulty meeting the stricter pollution WLTP measuring methodology that went into force on September 1, 2018, sending sales more than seven percent lower in October last year.

Over the first 10 months of this year, sales are 0.7 percent lower compared to the same period last year. A global growth slowdown triggered by trade wars and Brexit uncertainty has hit the car industry particularly hard, with German carmaker Volkswagen saying last month that worldwide demand has fallen around five percent.

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