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Local vehicle sales fall 11 per cent so far this year and dealers call for incentives
I. LILLO / M. STUBER
These past twelve months will go down as a bad year for vehicle sales in the province of Malaga, including the Costa del Sol. Although there are a few days left of December still to go, sales to private individuals up to November were down 16.7 per ... carried out by SUR, talking to members of the industry in the province, the reason for the decline appears to be down to a number of factors. Will diesel be scrapped? Will electric cars triumph? Other reasons include fears over job security, growing lack ... of interest among younger generations in having a car and also a fall in birthrate. The decline is also being put down to improvements in public transport, more people using bikes or electric scooters and new online services, such as renting mopeds