
Growth of new-vehicle sales slows further in August 2011
The latest new-vehicle sales statistics for the month of August 2011, released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA), has shown encouraging gains on the corresponding month last year. Aggregate industry domestic sales had improved by 5 144 units (11,1 per cent) to reach 51 436 vehicles from 46 292 vehicles sold during August last year.