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title: "China's car sales extend declines in March"
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# China's car sales extend declines in March

BEIJING, April 9 (Reuters) - China’s car sales fell for a sixth straight month in March, as rising fuel prices hit demand for gasoline models while electric vehicle sales still reeled from reduced incentives as the economic recovery is sputtering.

Sales dropped 15.2% from a year earlier to 1.67 million vehicles last month, data from the China Passenger Car Association showed on Thursday.

Combustion-engine car sales were down 15.7% year-on-year, faster than a 13.4% decline in the first two months, although China has curbed domestic fuel price hikes to soften the impact of surging oil prices.

Gasoline cars outsold electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids for the third consecutive month.

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