French sales fall 35% in July on chip shortage, COVID

Renault dealer — (Nathan Laine/Bloomberg)

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Staff and wire reports

August 01, 2021 09:28 AM

PARIS -- Registrations in France plummeted by about 35 percent in July from the same period a year ago, according to data from the country's automakers’ lobby CCFA.

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