Industry data out on Tuesday revealed new car registrations fell by nearly a quarter, compared to 2019 on the falls continued in December.

週二出爐的行業數據顯示，新車註冊量下降了近四分之一，相比2019年在12月繼續下降。

For the third month in a row, measures to control a second coronavirus wave hit sales in most of the continent's largest markets in December.

連續第三個月，控制第二波冠狀病毒的措施在12月打擊了非洲大陸大多數最大市場的銷售。

Overall, new car registrations dropped by 3.7% year on year.

整體來看，新車註冊量同比下降3.7%。

In the European Union, Britain and the countries of the European Free Trade Association broken down, those sales in Europe's five largest markets posted differing results.

在歐盟、英國和歐洲自由貿易聯盟國家細分，那些在歐洲五大市場的銷量公佈了不同的結果。

Registrations in the UK, France and Italy fell by 10, 11 and 14% respectively, while Germany recorded a rise of nearly 10% and sales in Spain remained unchanged.

英國、法國和意大利的註冊量分別下降了10%、11%和14%，而德國則錄得近10%的增長，西班牙的銷量則保持不變。

Year on year sales at Volkswagen and P S A rose by 8.2% and 1.7% respectively, but others, including Renno, reported losses.

大眾汽車和P S A公司的銷售額同比分別增長8.2%和1.7%，但包括雷諾在內的其他公司則出現了虧損。