European car market limbers up for end of year incentive boost
Author: J.D.Power-LMC | 6 December 2005
The European November car market turned out slightly below last year's total, but the seasonally adjusted annualised selling rate of just over 14.8 million units showed still solid demand ahead of widely anticipated end of year incentives. In Germany the car market came in slightly below expectations, but a strong boost in the final month of the year is expected. This analysis is from JD-Power-LMC.
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