Sales of new passenger cars, trucks and buses in Japan soared 46.7% in August from a year earlier to 290,789 units for the 13th straight monthly increase, an industry group said.

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Sales apparently grew as customers rushed to buy eco-friendly vehicles before the government ends subsidies at the end of this month.

Sales of passenger cars, excluding minivehicles, increased 49% to 267,777 units, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association told Kyodo News. Truck sales grew 23.0% to 21,740 units and bus sales climbed 54.0% to 1,272 units.

The Japan Mini Vehicles Association said separately minivehicle sales in August rose 21.7% year on year to 134,197 units, marking record sales for the month of August and the eighth straight month of growth.

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