
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, April 18, 1995                   TAG: 9504180115
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-8   EDITION: METRO 
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ROANOKE REGIONAL ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Roanoke Valley new car registrations dropped by about a third in March compared with last year. The Virginia Automobile Dealers Association reported 686 new cars registered here last month, down 34.4 percent from 1,046 a year earlier. The March number was up 26.8 percent from the 541 in February, however.

For the first quarter, the number of new cars registered in the valley was 1,773, compared with 2,019 in the same period a year ago, a decline of 12.2 percent.

Of the March total, 378 were registered in Roanoke, 233 in Roanoke County and 75 in Salem.

by CNB