The vehicle market topped 97,400 new sales in March, a slight decrease of 216 sales or – 0.2% on March 2012 (97,616 vehicle sales).
Overall, the March 2013 industry volume is up 7182 or 7.4% on February 2013 (90,218 vehicles). In seasonally adjusted terms the March monthly volume equates to a 4.7% increase versus February.
The passenger vehicle market is down by 2432 vehicle sales (-4.8%) over the same month last year, whereas the sports utility market is up by 1720 vehicle sales (6.3%).
The light commercial market is up by 417 vehicle sales (2.5%), and the heavy commercial vehicle market is up by 79 vehicle sales (3.1%) versus March 2012.
Toyota was market leader in March, followed by Mazda, and Nissan. Toyota leads Mazda with a margin of 9541 vehicle sales, or 9.8 market share points, according to figures supplied by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.
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