MOTOR INDUSTRY: NEW VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS UP 3.6% IN JANUARY.

Germany, Austria, Greece, the Netherlands and Sweden by contrast recorded a decline in new car registrations, a development attributed by the ACEA to the fact that the figures for January 2000 are compared with very good results in January 1999. In absolute terms, they can nevertheless be regarded as highly satisfactory. Only Denmark suffered a marked decline in new car sales, a fall the ACEA believes to be linked to an increase in passenger...