French new car registrations up 9% year/year in July, industry body says

PARIS, Aug 1 (Reuters) - New car registrations in France rose 9% in July from a year earlier to 126,808 vehicles, data from French auto industry body PFA showed on Saturday.

Tesla sales in the country rose 86% last month to 2,429 vehicles.

(Reporting by Dominique Patton; Editing by Hugh Lawson)