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Car sales surge 10%

27/02/2015 13:18
Private saloon car sales recorded an increase in January 2015.

According to Cystat data released on Friday, private saloon cars rose by 10.2% to 1.729 in January 2015 compared to 1.569 in January 2014.

Based on the same figures, new saloon car registrations rose by 11.4% to 1025 from 920 in January 2014.

Similarly, used car registrations increased by 6.8% to 1022 from 957 in the corresponding month of 2014.

The total registrations of motor vehicles increased by 8.5% to 2.047 compared with 1.877 in January 2014.

In 2014, private saloon registrations went up after a five-year slump.

Total private saloon cars rose by 25% to 17.099 compared with 13.679 in 2013.