April VFACTS figures show that Subaru has held the line in a tough month, falling just 5.5 percent against an overall industry drop of 23.9 percent.

Most encouraging of all for the six-star brand, Impreza was up 5.9 percent on the same month last year with 1008 sales, while Forester was up 11.9 percent for the [...]

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The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has released the latest VFACTS figures for the month of April, showing that new car sales slumped by a sizable 23.9 percent over the same period last year.

Total sales for April topped 63,965 vehicles, 20,096 fewer than April 2008.

It’s important to remember, however, that last year’s sales figures [...]

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Looking into the 2008 VFACTS Australian new vehicle sales figures is like analysing the entrails of a chicken – favoured, we’re told, by ancient Roman oracles for predicting the future.

Behind the VFACTS stats, once you start poking around in the giblets, you can discern the powerful trends that tell the real story of the state [...]

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