According to the Italian automotive industry association, Italy's new car registrations amounted to 109,178 units in September 2012, down by 25.7% YoY.

In the first nine months of 2012, the Italian new car registration figure totaled 1,090,627 units, down by 20.5% YoY.

Commenting on the September 2012 figure, Mr Roberto Vavassori president of Anfia said that "This is the 10th consecutive double digit year on year decrease. Although we hope the country will exit the recession starting from 2013, we would remind the government that it has to intervene quickly in order to solve several problems which are undercutting the competitiveness of the Italian manufacturing industry."

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