59-reg winners & losers
October 6th, 2009 by Richard Aucock
SEPTEMBER 2009 new car sales took the year-to-date total up to 1,517,039, with Ford’s Fiesta topping the chart.
The figures are still 15 percent behind last year’s numbers, but the decline is far lower than many feared.
At this point last year, 1,794,419 new cars had been sold. In 2009, it is the decline in fleet sales that have hit totals – private sales of 754,188 are down a meagre 1.9 percent on last year.
Fleet sales are down over 25 percent, and business sales have declined almost 30 percent.
Here, Car Dealer Magazine can reveal which cars sold best in the key 59-plate registration month.
Top 10 best-sellers for September 2009:
1 Ford Fiesta
2 Vauxhall Corsa
3 Ford Focus
4 Vauxhall Astra
5 Volkswagen Golf
6 Peugeot 207
7 MINI
8 BMW 3 Series
9 Toyota Yaris
10 BMW 1 Series
5 more facts about September 2009:
• It’s the largest month for sales, accounting for 20 percent of volumes
• September 2009 was 30k units ABOVE forecast
• September 2009 was 51,561 units BELOW September 2007
• Mini car volumes are up 195 percent; supermini volumes are up 21 percent
• The Ford Fiesta was best-seller for the SEVENTH time in 2009
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