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CAR owners face a £300 million hit in car repair costs as 1 million motors come out of their warranty period. A 2007 boom in new car sales – 2.4 million new cars were sold – means the 3 year warranty period will be ending for many. Warranty provider Warrantywise estimates these owners risk a [...]

SMMT figures for June show new car registrations were up 10.8 percent despite the end of the scrappage scheme. These figures continue to be ahead of SMMT expectations, says the UK car trade body. It means new car registrations remain up by nearly 20 percent in the first half of 2010 – which, says the [...]

SCRAPPAGE is continuing to impact the new car market with total registrations hitting 372,401 cars. This was the figure at the end of March, meaning scrappage still accounted for 12.2 percent of new car registrations. It is good news for the Government, which has been working to ensure no orders get ‘lost’ in the system [...]

MARCH has been a positive month for new car sales, up 26.6 percent over March 2009, according to SMMT figures. Hyundai sold over 15,000 cars in March alone, more than half the total number they sold in the whole of 2008. Much of Hyundai’s success over the past year has been down to the scrappage [...]

NEW car registrations continued to rise in March with SMMT figures revealing a 26.6 percent increase in sales. 397,383 new cars were registered during the month. Scrappage continued to have an effect, but it was not the key driver of sales: 12.2 percent of registrations were through scrappage. Instead, growing fleet demand is helping keep [...]

VAUXHALL Opel chiefs are anticipating a downturn in the market for 2010 with Germany bearing the brunt. Many analysts say the car market will be 1.5 million units down on 2009 levels – with the German market alone expected to drop 1 million units. This is due to the end of scrappage schemes and the [...]

FORD yet again leads the way for new car sales with latest February 2010 data giving it another 1-2. The Fiesta topped the new car sales charts with 3236 units sold. Ford’s Focus was 2nd with 3035 sales. In 3rd place, but more than 500 units behind, was the Volkswagen Golf with 2586 sales. That [...]

STRONG February new car sales have been boosted by the extension to the scrappage scheme say dealers. The RMIF says the decision to extend the scheme into March, coupled with last year’s extra funds for the scheme, means sustained demand has benefited showroom traffic. Scrappage sales accounted for more than 19 percent of sales in [...]

SALES figures for February have been released and continue to show a scrappage scheme boost. The market rose by 26.4 percent compared to 2009, with 68,686 new car sales. Scrappage accounted for 19.6 percent – making February the 8th consecutive month of new car sales growth, said SMMT chief Paul Everitt. As much of the [...]

FORD may be top new car seller in the UK but it holds 2nd place to Hyundai in the scrappage league. To date, Hyundai has sold 36,647 new cars under the scrap scheme. This compares with Ford’s 35,564 total – and the two brands are way ahead of the 3rd-placed manufacturer, Toyota. The Japanese firm [...]

NEW car sales for January rose by almost 30 percent with 145,479 new motors sold by car dealers. SMMT official have confirmed this is the 7th successive month of new car sales rises. This rise has come despite the introduction of the new 17.5 percent VAT rate – suggesting that the UK new car market [...]

FORD once again took the top 2 sales slots in the UK new car sales chart with the Fiesta top dog. It was followed up by the Ford Focus, continuing a Ford 1-2 trend. Other brands had reason to celebrate too, though. Hyundai came in 8th with its scrappage-smash-hit i10, while the Audi A3 was [...]

FORD continues to dominate new car sales in the UK by once again topping the SMMT best seller list. The 2009 performance makes it the 33rd successive year Ford has been Britain’s number 1. 1 in 6 new cars sold last year was a Ford, giving the blue oval 17 percent of the market. Indeed, [...]

LAND Rover staged a staggering recovery during 2009, with total year sales up 93 percent on 2008. The firm reports sales have been consistently on the up for the past 4 months now. Individual model improvements were even more impressive. The Discovery 4 went up by 115 percent, and the Range Rover Sport was up [...]

FORD Fiesta buyers have voted the supermini best car of 2009 by buying it in greater numbers than any other new car. SMMT figures show the Fiesta is way ahead of the rest, with 117,296 sales. Bosses at Ford are celebrating further too, as the Focus came out in 2nd place overall in the new [...]

NEW car sales finished 2009 down 6.4 per cent – but in December sales were up 38.9 per cent. The figures are a big advance on the worst-case scenario estimates by some at the start of the year. Totals as low as 1.6 million were spoken of by some – so the SMMT is relatively [...]

VOLVO says it will become the first premium brand to sell more new cars in 2009 than it did last year. New car sales to date stand at 31,393… with 2008’s year-long total of 31,655 in clear sight! This will also see the brand exceed its Q4 sales target of selling more than 10,000 cars… [...]

NEW car sales for October saw more big market share increases – led by scrappage winner Hyundai. Market share for the Korean brand was up 286 percent! That’s over 100 percent MORE than sister brand Kia’s otherwise-glittering 156 percent rise. Fiat’s sales were also up 117 percent, while Nissan scored 108 percent, Suzuki 106 percent [...]

SCRAPPAGE incentives are widely being credited as the driving force behind recent new car sales rises. However, the SMMT has just released data, showing that October sales would have gone up even without scrappage The market would have risen by 3.9 percent over 2008 levels – less than the actual scrappage-boosted 31.6 percent figure, but [...]

FORD has ALREADY sold 100,000 new Fiestas so far this year – with 2 months of 2009 still to go. October’s sales figures have seen the blue oval supermini become the first car to reach the 6-figure mark. Nigel Sharp, Ford Britain MD, said ‘notching up over 100,000 sales this year is a significant milestone [...]