All's well that ends well: Worst potential car sales slump for decades turned after all into all round satisfactory year

摘要

IT could have been so much worse. With 13.6 million new cars sold in Western Europe last year, 2009 has indeed turned into a far, far better car sales year than feared, thanks in large measure to government sponsored scrappage incentives which acted like a life-preserving adrenalin shot to a seriously sick patient.