Berlin - German car sales dropped by 6.6 per cent in December compared to the same month last year, the nation's vehicle registration office (KBA) said Tuesday.

New registrations in Europe's biggest economy declined to about 226,000 vehicles, the KBA said after they plunged by about 18 per cent in November.

Full-year new car registrations in Germany dropped by 1.8 per cent to 3.01 million vehicles, the KBA said. (dpa)