And police said two people were killed and seven wounded in Baghdad’s southeastern suburb of Jisr Diyala when a bomb exploded.
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At least 20 individuals have been killed and lots of others injured in a spate of bomb assaults in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and two close by cities.
The bombing, claimed by the Islamic State group, was one of the worst single-day attacks in Baghdad in a decade.
Sadr City has been the target of several bomb attacks this year claimed by IS who consider Shia to be heretics.
The dealership has been targeted multiple times in the past.
A police officer told the agency that CCTV “showed a man parking a white auto and sneaking into a nearby tea kiosk”.
The official says at least 17 people were wounded.
No group has admitted the bombing so far.
A blast in vehicle fix shops, also in Taji, killed two and injured three.
Even before the IS offensive, bombings targeting civilians in Iraq were a major threat, killing hundreds of people a month.
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Outgoing U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno on Wednesday said the yearlong bombing campaign has made a small amount of progress, but that the conflict had essentially reached a stalemate.
