By Brad Rollins, Special to the Hays Free Press

New vehicles sales grew at a considerably faster rate in Hays County than in the Austin metropolitan region as a whole during the first quarter of 2014, according to research by the Freeman Auto Report.

During the first three months of the year, dealerships in San Marcos, Kyle and Buda sold 1,883 new vehicles, 18.2 percent more than the 1,593 units sold during the same period in 2013 and 39.97 percent more than the 1,322 units sold in the first quart...