New car sales in Australia declined 3.8% year on year in February to 86,818 units.
FCAI chief executive Tony Weber said sales fell predominantly in the light commercial vehicle segment with volume off 14.5%.
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“We believe the significant decrease in [the states of] Western Australia, Queensland and Victoria, and the sharp decline in light commercial sales, are indicative of the slowdown in mining and uncertainty around manufacturing,” Weber said.
But noted that, despite a decrease in sales of SUVs and light commercials, passenger car sales remained steady.
“Australian consumers purchased 17.4% more large passenger cars than in February 2013. They also bought 5.2% more small passenger cars and 3.1% more medium passenger cars.
“The top five sales list for February 2014 was dominated by passenger cars with three small cars and one large passenger car making the list.”
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