LONDON, April 6 — New car sales in Britain dived 44 per cent last month as the country’s lockdown triggered by the coronavirus outbreak shut show rooms, industry data showed today. It comes as UK-based research group, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), estimated that...
Manufacturing is down 69 per cent, with car sales also seeing a slump. — Reuters pic
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders meanwhile said that UK car sales suffered the worst March since the late 1990s. It comes as the CEBR said Britain’s “lockdown is leading to a reduction in economic output of 31 percent”.
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