NEWS

SMMT data has revealed a huge 17.5% decline in registrations as dealers are hit by not having scrappage.
55,305 new cars were registered in August 2010.
The SMMT says this compares poorly to 2009, where sales were incentivised by the scrappage scheme – but actually also mark a return to usual patterns seen prior to registration plate [...]

SMMT July new car sales show a big FALL for the first time in a year with registrations down over 13 percent.
Figures just released by the SMMT reveal the market declined 13.2 percent in July 2010 - although the year-to-date total is still up 15.1 percent.
Further falls are expected over the rest of the year, [...]

SELECTED MG car dealers have just got back from a big maker-organised fact-finding tour of China!
The premise of the visit was to find out what MG is doing over there, as the Chinese-owned brand looks to step up its UK relaunch plans.
China is the world’s LARGEST car market - 13.6 million cars are sold over [...]

PEUGEOT has unveiled its brand new 508 saloon which it says marks an all-new design look for the French brand.

Set for launch at the start of 2011, the new saloon and SW estate will get their public debut at the Paris Motor Show in October.
Peugeot says the new 508 carries design concepts first unveiled on [...]

VOLVO has shown this autumn’s new V60 estate – and revealed the UK will be its 2nd-biggest market in the world.
9 in 10 of the new BMW 3 Series Touring and Audi A4 Avant rival will be sold in Europe.
UK buyers are second only to Swedes in expected take-up of the car’s 50,000-unit annual volume.
It’s [...]

SMMT figures show May new car sales rose by 13.5 percent but the SMMT expects the market to now start declining.
The May rise is the 11th successive one and saw the Ford Focus displace the Fiesta as the UK’s top car.
However, now the scrappage boost has ended, the SMMT is predicting a modest decline in [...]

MARCH 2010 has been a successful month for many brands but what about those that didn’t do so well?

Well, the top market share fall slots were dominated by beleaguered makers Corvette, Daihatsu and Hummer.
Indeed, Hummer barely exists at all, and Car Dealer Magazine was first to report the woes of Daihatsu here in the UK. [...]

NEW car buyers will be hit today by big changes to the vehicle excise duty system that could cost them.

The first-year rates of road tax come into force – which will mean a £545 RISE for the highest-emitting models.
Yes, cars emitting more than 255g/km CO2 will be stung for a first-year tax bill of £950!
On [...]

10 series new car registrations have been rolling out of new car dealer showrooms today with a big drive from dealers.
The new style of car registration continues the series of plate introduced in 2001.
The DVLA has already indicated that the new plates offer many extra opportunities for personalisation – 9000 personal plates have been sold [...]

FORD once again topped the November new car sales chart with the Fiesta easily beating the next-best.
Which, as luck would have it, was also a Ford – the Focus!
The November performance marks the 9th month in 2009 that the Fiesta has topped the charts. Total Fiesta sales stand at 109,420. Again, the Focus is the [...]