GUANGZHOU/NEW YORK -- New automobile sales worldwide in 2019 are expected to fall on a unit basis by about 4%, according to data released as of Saturday, a drop so steep it was last seen in the midst of the global financial crisis in 2008 and 2009.
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World auto sales suffer steepest drop since global financial crisis
Sluggish Chinese and Indian economies drag number down in 2019
An auto showroom in China. The slowdown in car sales there was a big factor in dragging down global figures. © Reuters
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