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About 66 percent of the 200,683 newly registered cars were for commercial use, the KBA said in a statement.
However, the February figure marked a 4,5 percent increase compared with January. According to Germany’s VDIK association of car importers, new car registrations in the first two months of this year totalled 392 000.
German car sales fell 2,9 percent in 2012 with a total of 3,08 million models, still outperforming other European markets like France and Italy.
German carmakers’ resilient performance during the debt crisis has been attributed to strong demand in North America and Asia. – Xinhua.
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