China's passenger car sales grew 40 percent in the first 11 months of the year as economic growth and price cuts further boosted a market that has tripled in size in five years.

Passenger car sales rose to 3.41 million vehicles in the 11 months ending on November 30, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said yesterday. Total vehicle sales rose 25.5 percent to 6.45 million.

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