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West European Car Sales Fall - just-auto.com reports

10 November 2000

West European Car Sales Fall - just-auto.com reports

    LONDON, Nov. 10 http://www.just-auto.com -- October was a
slow month for the car market in Western Europe with the larger countries
reporting a downward trend.
    Germany, France, Italy and the UK saw the number of new car sales fall
with sales in the smaller, neighbouring countries following a similar pattern.
The LMC-JD power report at
http://www.just-auto.com/features_detail.asp?art=321 looks at the low sales
figures and considers their cause.
    There are a number of possible explanations for the fall.  In France the
feeling is that consumers are holding off until the new year, the UK has seen
a decline of confidence of the economy and in Italy, flooding has hindered
production.  However, we should also consider that demand for new cars is
falling across Western Europe.

    For the full report, please see:
    http://www.just-auto.com/features_detail.asp?art=321
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