New car registrations rose 2-3% in Germany in February, the president of the country’s VDA auto association, Bernd Gottschalk, told Reuters on Wednesday at the Geneva motor show.

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The rise over the first two months of the year was 6-7%, following a gain of almost 11% in January, the report added.


If the pick-up continues, the VDA may raise its full-year forecast for German new car registrations to 3.4m from 3.35m, Gottschalk told the news agency. The figure was 3.34m last year.

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