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PRESS RELEASE: 9.698-140/10

Registrations of used motor vehicles in May 2010: +1.1%; passenger cars +4.1%, lorries +0.3%

Vienna, 2010-06-22 – In May 2010 a total of 86 962 used motor vehicles was registered in Austria, 1.1% more than in May 2009 and 15.4% less compared to April 2010. Used passenger car registrations developed positively (+4.1%); the number of petrol-driven (incl. flex-fuel E85 vehicles; +4.6%) and diesel-driven (+3.5%) passenger cars increased, too.

The registrations of used lorries (+0.3%) showed a minor positive outcome, tractors used for agriculture and forestry (-2.9%) as well as articulated lorries (-7.5%) were on the decrease. Compared to May 2009, motorcycles (-13.5%), lightweight motorcycles (-11.4%) and scooters (-11.3%) decreased.

Among the Top 10 brands of used passenger cars Ford (+9.3%), Mercedes (incl. Smart and Maybach; +9.2%), BMW (incl. Mini; +6.7%), Peugeot (+6.2%), Renault (incl. Dacia; +4.5%), Mazda (+4.0%), Fiat (incl. Abarth; +3.8%), VW (+3.4%), Audi (+1.5%) and Opel (+0.4%) developed positively.

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Methodical information, definitions: Motor vehicle statistics (registrations of new and used vehicles as well as the stock of vehicles) are secondary statistics, compiled on the basis of daily data files sent to Statistics Austria by Austria’s association of insurance companies (VVO). VVO, in turn, receives data by the insurances’ registrations offices, responsible for registrations, de-registrations and rectifications of motor vehicles and trailers. 
Within motor vehicle statistics, all motor vehicles, once nationally or internationally registered, are levied, irrespective of the registration’s duration. 
Starting with January 2009, the total number of newly registrated motor vehicles and passenger cars is adjusted according to the number of working days, since the possible number of registrations highly depends on the number of working days.