ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, February 11, 1997             TAG: 9702110081
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: B-6  EDITION: METRO 

ROANOKE REGIONAL ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Car dealers registered 710 new vehicles in the Roanoke Valley in January, a whopping 84.9 percent increase from 384 in the prior year. It was the best January since 1986, when 928 new cars were licensed.

The Virginia Automobile Dealers Association said 366 cars were registered last month in Roanoke, 276 in Roanoke County and 68 in Salem.

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