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Kia sales almost double year-on-year in Luxembourg in March. The Luxembourg new car market progresses 5.6% year-on-year in March to4,840 sales, tilting the Q1 tally into positive at +1.4% to 12,671. Volkswagen (-1.9%) stays in first place with 11.8% share despite a small YoY drop. BMW (+6.6%) also repeats its February ranking at #2. In fact the Top 6 is identical to last month, with Mercedes (+32.1%), Audi (+25.5%) and Renault (+28.3%) in outstanding shape, and a weaker Skoda (+2.9%).
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