Economy - Registrations of motor vehicles up in August

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: September 23, 2010; 10:38 ♦ (Vindobona)

Registrations of used motor vehicles in August 2010: +9.9%; passenger cars +11.4%, lorries +6.6%. A total of 85 041 registrations of used motor vehicles were observed in August 2010, which is 9.9% more than in August 2009.

Economy - Registrations of motor vehicles up in August / Picture: © Statistics Austria

According to Statistics Austria a comparison with July 2010 showed a decrease by -10.2%. Used passenger car registrations developed positively as well (11.4%); the number of petrol driven passenger cars (incl. flex-fuel E85 vehicles) and diesel driven ones achieved an increase of +13.3% and +9.9%.

The registrations of used lorries (+6.6%) increased, tractors used for…