UK's April car sales tumble 20% after record demand in March
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BRITISH new car registrations slumped by 20 per cent in April, the biggest year-on-year drop for over six years after record demand in March, when customers brought forward purchases to avoid a tax increase, an industry body said on Thursday.
Sales fell 19.8 per cent to 152,076 vehicles last month, traditionally a period when fewer vehicles are sold after a new licence plate series is issued in March, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.
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