Slight Decline in Used Car Registrations

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: May 20, 2011; 13:24 ♦ (Vindobona)

Registrations of used motor vehicles in April 2011: -4.8%; passenger cars -5.7%, lorries -8.8%.

Slight Decline in Used Car Registrations / Picture: © Vindobona.org

According to Statistics Austria, a total of 97 940 registrations of used motor vehicles were observed in April 2011, which indicates a decrease of 4.8% compared to April 2010; a comparison with March 2011, however, showed a positive development (+0.9%). Used passenger car registrations (72 059) decreased by 5.7%. The number of petrol driven passenger cars (incl. flex-fuel (E85)…