Spain sales plunge 31% in August on WLTP hangover

Demand for the budget-priced Sandero small hatchback is growing across Europe.

September 03, 2019 01:02 PM

New-vehicle sales in Spain fell 31 percent to 74,490 in August compared with the same month in 2018 when automakers offered big discounts to sell vehicles that were not homologated to meet the EU's new WLTP tests.

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