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French New Car Sales Decline 1.5% in March, PFA Association Says

Newly manufactured automobiles outside the Renault SA factory in Flins, France.Photographer: Anita Pouchard Serra/Bloomberg
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French new car registrations dipped 1.5% in March, the first decline since DecemberBloomberg Terminal 2022, as there were two fewer working days in the month than a year earlier, the PFA auto association said in a statement on Monday.

Sales totaled 180,024 vehicles, down from 182,712 in March 2023. They were up 5.7% in the first quarter.