Italian automobile production up 48.8% in August Istat says

(ANSA) -Rome, October 9 - Automobile production in Italy increased by 48.8% in August compared to the same month in 2014, the Istat statistics institute said Friday.
    The figures were the latest in a series of increases in car production on the peninsula since the end of last year.
    In all car production was up by 44.5% in the first eight months of this year, Istat said.