New vehicle sales were up 11.3 per cent in January compared to a year ago, new figures show.
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New vehicle sales were up 11.3 per cent in January compared to a year ago, new figures show.
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FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2012, file photo, Ron Blydenburgh, of Hampton Bays, N.Y., watches the broadcast of the 2012 NFL football Super Bowl. You don't have to be a football player to be a part of the action on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb 3, 2013. Coca-Cola is asking people to vote for an online match between three groups competing in a desert for a Coke on Game Day. Pepsi and Toyota are using viewers' photos in their ads. Audi let people choose the end of its Super Bowl ad, while Lincoln based its spot on more 6,000 tweets from fans about their road (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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This undated screenshot provided by the Milk Processor Education Program, known as MilkPep shows the company's Super Bowl advertisement. The Milk Processor Education Program, known as MilkPep and popular for its "Got Milk?" print ads, is featuring actor and professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in a 30-second ad in the second quarter that is directed by Peter Berg. (AP Photo/Milk Processor Education Program)
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This undated screenshot provided by PepsiCo shows the Super Bowl advertisement for PepsiCo's PepsiNext.For its halftime intro spot, Pepsi, the sponsor of the Super Bowl halftime show, created a collage of 1,000 user-submitted photos that are stitched together to create a 30-second video that looks like one person jumping to the tune of Beyonce's "Countdown." The spot introduces the pop star's halftime show. (AP Photo/PepsiCo)
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This undated screenshot provided by Taco Bell shows the Super Bowl advertisement for Taco Bell. Gone are the days when Super Bowl spots were closely-guarded secrets. With the growth of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, it's no surprise that more advertisers like Taco Bell are releasing ads online up to a week or more before Game Day. (AP Photo/Taco Bell)
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This undated screenshot provided by Blackberry shows the Super Bowl adverstisement for Blackberry 10. The ad is part of a broad marketing campaign about the totally re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry. (AP Photo/Blackberry)
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This undated screenshot provided by Mercedes Benz shows the Super Bowl advertisement for the company. The majority of the 30-plus Super Bowl advertisers have been releasing their ads in the days leading up to the game, advertising fans already can catch a glimpse of “Spider-Man” actor Willem Dafoe in a Mercedes-Benz ad. (AP Photo/Mercedes Benz)
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This undated screenshot provided by PepsiCo shows the Super Bowl advertisement for PepsiCo's Frito-Lay's Doritos. PepsiCo's"Crash the Super Bowl" ads are back for the seventh straight year. Two 30-second commercials made by consumers will make it on the air. Fans voted for one winner and Doritos chose the other.(AP Photo PepsiCo)
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This undated screenshot provided by Ford shows the company's Super Bowl advertisement. Ford Motor Co. enlisted late-night talk show host Jimmy Fallon to choose road trip stories submitted by Twitter to base its Super Bowl commercial for Lincoln. The story line for the 30-second ad was developed from 6,117 Tweets about road trips and features rapper Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons, and Wil Wheaton, who acted in the iconic science-fiction series "Star Trek: The Next Generation.."( AP Photo/Ford)
New vehicle sales up for January
New vehicle sales made a strong start in 2013, despite a sharp drop in purchases by state and federal governments.
Sales of new vehicles were up 11.3 per cent in January compared to the same time in 2012, figures released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) show.
The FCAI said 85,430 passenger cars, SUVs and commercial vehicles were sold in January, up by more than 8,000 compared to the same month a year ago.
That was despite a 30.1 per cent drop in government purchases of vehicles compared to a year ago.
The biggest increase occurred in sales of SUVs, which were up 20.1 per cent compared to January 2012.
However, sales of locally manufactured vehicles dropped 28.4 per cent.
The Mazda3 was the most popular vehicle, with 3,345 units sold, followed by the Toyota Corolla (2,960 units) and the Toyota Hilux (2,747 units).
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