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欧洲汽车销售量持续下降

Car registrations across Europe were 10.3% lower in March from a year earlier, the 18th consecutive month of falls.

三月份欧洲汽车登记数量下降10.3%,这已经是连续18个月下降。
 
The figures, from the Association of European Carmakers (Acea) showed most carmakers saw sales drop, with Peugeot Citroen and Toyota suffering the most.
 
Jaguar bucked the trend(反潮流), with sales rising more than 20%. 
 
Continuing economic stagnation across Europe has depressed sales for almost six years. 
 
Last month, 1.35 million cars were registered in Europe. 
 
Peugeot was one of the worst affected, with sales falling more than 16% from a year earlier, Volkswagen also suffered a sharp drop, with sales down 15%.
 
Many mass market carmakers are cutting jobs and closing plants. 
 
Peugeot has forecast a sales fall of up to 5% this year, although since that guidance was given the chief executive has said that the outlook has worsened.