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New vehicle sales ended 2012 on a positive note with aggregate industry new vehicle sales for December at 46 016 units.
This was 1.8% up on the corresponding month the previous year.
NAAMSA reports that the December 2012 new passenger car market had again been supported by relatively strong demand on the part of the car rental companies with the car rental industry accounting for 14.3% of total sales.
Export sales of 19 719 units for December reflected a significant improvement of 39.2% on the number of vehicles exported during December, 2011.
Industry aggregate sales for the 2012 calendar year at 623 914 units improved by 52 499 vehicles or 9.2% compared to the total new vehicles sold in South Africa in 2011.
