New models help Japan Oct auto sales; minis drop

By Chang-Ran Kim

TOKYO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - A raft of new models perked up Japanese vehicle demand in October compared with last year, when sales were also hit by battered consumer sentiment after the U.S. hijack attacks and economic worries at home.

After a surprising year-on-year rise in September for the first time in four months, industry-wide sales of new cars again rose in October, up 1.3 percent from a year earlier at 443,293 cars, data from the Japan Automobile ...