A STRING of manufacturers saw record car sales in April 2013 — with huge increases on a year-to-year basis especially for high-end sports cars.
There were a total of 1.285million vehicles sold, including 651,644 cars and 633,694 light trucks, a rise of 14.7 per cent on the month before.
It means a total of 4.974million vehicles were sold in the first four months of 2013, up 6.9 per cent on the same period in 2012.
Ferrari, who in March 2013 unveiled their latest model the LaFerrari above, saw the biggest increase in sales — up 87.5 PER CENT in a year to 195.
Other big risers were Nissan, which sold 87,847 vehicles (up 23.2 per cent), Porsche (up 17.3 per cent to 4,032) and Ford (up 18 per cent to 211,984).
General Motors‘ sales (the biggest in the US) were up 11.4 per cent to 237,646, Chrysler saw an increase of 11 per cent to 141,165 and Honda‘s figures rose 7.4 per cent to 130,999.
Source: www.motorintelligence.com.
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