UK lifts Western Europe cars sales in November as France, Germany falter

LONDON (Reuters) - Western Europe car sales rose 1 percent in November compared with a year earlier as strong demand in Britain and Spain helped offset falls in Germany, France and the Netherlands, according to industry data compiled by LMC Automotive.

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Registrations last month rose to 919,509 cars from 910,236 a year earlier, based on data compiled by consulting firm LMC Automotive, the slowest year-on-year increase since last November.

The November annualised selling rate fell to 12.3 million cars, a 2.7 percent decrease from October's rate on a seasonally adjusted basis.

(Reporting By Costas Pitas; editing by Susan Thomas)