Auto sales had a better start to the year than they did in 2020: Passenger car sales soared 71% y-o-y in January, with nearly 14.9k vehicles sold during the first month of the year, according to figures from the Automotive Information Council (AMIC). On a monthly basis, however, sales decelerated from 20k passenger vehicles sold in December.

Bus + truck sales had mixed results: Truck sales rose 48% y-o-y to 3.7k, from 2.5k in the same month in 2020. This is a steep fall from 4.5k trucks sold in December 2020. Bus sales were down both y-o-y (-23%) and m-o-m (-24%) with 1.9k units sold.

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