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Australian new car sales hit 12-month high in February

Xinhua, March 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

Australia's new car market had its strongest sales in February in more than a year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) announced on Monday.

The ABS said new sales grew by 2.9 percent in February, with 95, 737 vehicles sold in seasonally adjusted terms.

It was the most cars sold in a month since December 2013, with sales up 4.1 percent from a year ago.

The sports utility vehicle class, which includes four-wheel drives, led the way with a 10.5 percent rise in sales.

Sales for passenger vehicles, vans, and trucks were slightly down. Endi