Slightly Positive Development of New Car Registrations in July

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: August 9, 2011; 13:04 ♦ (Vindobona)

Registrations of new motor vehicles in July 2011: -2.3%; passenger cars: +1.1%, lorries: +5.0%.

Slightly Positive Development of New Car Registrations in July / Picture: © Vindobona.org

According to Statistics Austria, a total of 39,646 new motor vehicles was registered in July 2011, 2.3% less than in July 2010 and 5.8% less than in June 2011. Registrations of new passenger cars (29,307 units) increased by 1.1%; the share of new passenger cars related to the entire number of registrations was 73.9%.

In July 2011, a total of 29,307 new passenger cars was…