Car sales up in November

For car sales, November is usually that month of waiting before the December offers are released. This means lower sales than in September or October. This year, however, November was, for many importers, the best month in terms of sales in the last few years. The reason is simple: price cuts and financing systems development. “The car prices went down in nominal terms compared with last year. Those models whose prices did not go down were sold with free additional options by importers, which qualifies as a price cut in the end,” feels Marius Carp, executive director of the Association of Automotive Manufacturers and Importers (APIA). Under the circumstances, many clients decided to no longer wait until December to buy a new car. Sales of imported cars amounted to more than 6,500 units, up from the 5,100 units last month. ZF