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The cost of buying a car has gone down, but fewer new ones were sold last month

The cost of fuel and insurance have increased, however.

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Feb 1st 2017, 2:59 PM

fresh car smell

Almost 40,000 new cars were sold in January

That’s an increase of 10,000 on the same month last year.

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Feb 1st 2016, 1:25 PM