New car sales in Germany were off around 7% in May, given fewer trading days, Germany’s association of international motor vehicle manufacturers VDIK told Reuters.

“The German new car market contracted by around 7% in May, adjusted for fewer trading days it remained flat,” VDIK president Volker Lange said on the sidelines of the Leipzig motor show.

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“So far we have been forecasting the German new car market would be at around 3.2m vehicles but this depends on further economic development,” Lange added.

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