Europe new car sales fall 7.8% in 2008

European new car sales fell 7.8% in Europe in 2008 (Reuters)

JR

By:

John Revill

January 15, 2009 05:00 AM

MUNICH -- Europe's new-car sales fell by 7.8 percent last year with Spain the hardest hit of the big five markets.

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