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Italian sales rise 43% in May, with big gains from Toyota, Lancia, Fiat

The Jeep Compass was the best-selling plug-in hybrid in Italy in May. Sales of plug-in hybrids increased 558 percent to 7,727, for a 5.4 percent market share, up from 1.2 percent in May 2020.
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Andrea Malan
June 02, 2021 12:48 PM

MILAN -- New-car registrations in Italy increased by 43 percent in May to 142,730 over the same month in 2020, according to data from the country's ministry of infrastructure and transport, as lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed in March to fight coronavirus were gradually lifted.

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