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

DATE: TUESDAY, May 16, 1995                   TAG: 9505160072
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-6   EDITION: METRO 
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ROANOKE REGIONAL ECONOMIC INDICATORS

New car registrations, an indicator of sales, continued to lag in April.

The Virginia Automobile Dealers Association reported that 707 new cars were registered in the Roanoke Valley during April, down 29.3 percent from 1,000 in April a year ago. The most-recent number was up 3 percent from 686 in March.

For the year to date, dealers sold 2,480 new cars compared to 3,019 in the first four months of 1994, a decline of 17.8 percent.

Of the new cars in April, 356 were registered in Roanoke City, 240 in Roanoke County and 111 in Salem.

by CNB