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In 9 months, new car sales in Latvia grew by 20%
BC, Riga, 16.10.2014.
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In the first nine months of the year 2014, new car registrations were up by 20% compared to the first nine months of last year, Ingus Rutins, the vice president of "Automotive Association", told Nozare.lv, writes LETA.
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11,072 new passenger automobiles and light commercial trucks were registered in the first nine months, which is a 19% and 24% increase respectively on the same period last year.
''Skoda'' has seen the fastest sales of new automobiles, up by 121% when compared to the same period last year.
However, the market leaders remain ''Volkswagen'' and ''Toyota'', who take 17.1% and 12.4% of the total market.
In September, 1,155 new cars were registered, which was two% more when compared to September of last year.