The number of new vehicles registered in Hungary reached 4,434 in April, up 3.8% from the same month a year earlier but down 15.5% from March, data published by auto industry researcher Datahouse show.

The number of new cars sold edged up 0.8% to 3,691 in April from the same month a year earlier. The number of new commercial vehicles climbed 22.4% to 744.

New vehicle registrations came to 18,182 in January-April, up 12.4% from the same period a year earlier. The number of new passenger cars sold rose 8.8% to 15,097 and the number of new commercial vehicles registered rose 34.2% to 3,085 during the period.