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Vehicle sales rebound in province

By: Staff Writer

Posted: 10/15/2012 10:24 AM | Comments: 0

Sales of new cars and trucks rebounded in August in Manitoba, according to new Statistics Canada figures released today.

The agency said 4,970 new vehicles left dealership lots during the month. That was an increase of 5.2 per cent from the 4,724 units that were purchased in the previous month, and was a 3.8 percent improvement from a year earlier, when 4,790 units were sold.

August’s increase came after two consecutive months of declining sales, and was due to stronger sales of both passenger cars and trucks. The later category includes trucks, vans, buses and sport utility vehicles.

The rebound left new-vehicle sales running 8.3 per cent ahead of last year’s pace after the first eight months of the year — 35,438 units versus 32,735.

murray.mcneill@freepress.mb.ca

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