Motor vehicle sales down by 5.5%

Motor vehicles sales for the period of January – October 2019 declined by 5.5% compared with the respective period of last year, mainly due weaker salon car sales, data published by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) show.
 
A total of 39,617 vehicles were sold in January – October 2019 compared with 41,918 in the respective period of last year.
 
Saloon car sales for the same period declined to 32,016 unites marking a reduction of 7.5% compared with 34,600 in January – October of 2018, Cystat said.
 
Compared with the previous month, total car sales declined by 1.08% to 4,118 units from 4,163.
 
Saloon cars in October amounted to 3,255 down by 1.7% compared to sales of 3,311 in September, Cystat added.