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Your support makes all the difference.The number of the week is 159,013 - the total car sales in Britain in Feb 1996. The figure has been called "encouraging" by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, which points out that it shows a 4.39 per cent rise on the Feb 1995 figure. What the statement doesn't point out, however, is that February itself showed a 3.57 per cent rise on the same month in 1995, with an encouraging increase in the number of days from 28 to 29. According to our calculations, the average daily sale is up by only 0.79 per cent - nothing to leap about, really.
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