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ALFA Romeo is pleased to join the September scrap sales success party, with eye-opening figures. Nearly 2000 Alfa Romeos were registered in September – a rise of nearly 150 percent! OK, the numbers were perhaps too small to be truly representative, but they are still a clear sign of the strides being made by the [...]

SCRAPPAGE sales accounted for 21 percent of September new car registrations, says the SMMT. This means 77,316 scrappage cars were sold. It also means the total amount of cars registered under the scheme now stands at 178,278. Of course, this doesn’t include cars already on order, too – they take the figure far higher. ‘The [...]

SEPTEMBER’S big sales increase is ‘largely due to the vehicle scrappage scheme,’ says the RMI. Director Sue Robinson praised the Government for responding to calls from car dealers. ‘The Government’s response to RMI pressure to extend the scheme is stimulating the motor industry as a whole. ‘Car dealers are reporting that the scheme is continuing [...]

UK car registration figures just released by the SMMT show an 11.4% rise for September – again, thanks to scrappage. The figures are the THIRD monthly rise in a row, and are a further boost to new car dealers. 367,929 new cars were sold in the key sales month of September, as car buyers responded [...]

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 [...]

WHICH car maker is leading the scrappage sales league so far? The third best-selling maker in the UK, that’s who. Hyundai has sold 12.747 scrappage cars, reveal figures from Government body the BIS – more even than Ford, which has sold 12,228. It’s a result that shows the scale of how Hyundai has embraced scrappage. [...]

NEW car sales in August were forecast to decline 6 percent… instead, they have RISEN 6 percent! The turnaround, says the SMMT, is entirely down to the new car scrappage scheme. Most significant was an increase in retail sales of over HALF – which, again, is thanks to the Government’s new car scrap scheme. It’s [...]

HYUNDAI’S record sales increase of 323% has helped the firm BEAT big maker Ford to number 1 slot! In the retail sales chart, Hyundai toppled EVERY OTHER BRAND in the UK, to nab a record market share of 5.6 percent. August sales were dominated by the i10 – this city car actually overtook the Vauxhall [...]

CAR DEALER can reveal new car sales are likely to be up 5.5% in August - with retail registrations up 50%! An industry insider has given Car Dealer Magazine an early look at the retail car registration figures, which are set to be officially released on Friday by the SMMT. Our source said total new car sales are likely to be up [...]

CAR dealers have been buoyed by the latest SMMT new car sales figures – but are wary of getting carried away. Marshall chief executive Daksh Gupta said everyone was ‘delighted to be hearing some positive news being reported about our industry. ‘However, we must remember that we are now comparing sales against the period in [...]

MITSUBISHI is delighted with its July sales performance – which has come WITHOUT scrappage aid! The firm grew its market share from 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent in July. This 53 percent boost means it comes in 9th in the overall market share improvement league table. ‘But, if you take out scrappage sales,’ a spokesman [...]

DEALDRIVERS.CO.UK says that the small car market is currently taking over 7 in 10 scrappage sales. But it’s the rest of the key scrappage sellers that prove even more intriguing! Director from the car broker firm, Jo Eveleigh, told Car Dealer Magazine that there were some cars that were, unsurprisingly, in particular demand: •    Ford [...]

FORD sold 26 percent more Fiestas in July – and, again, it’s scrappage that’s to thank for the increase. 44 percent of Fiesta sales have now come under the scrappage scheme – from a total of nearly 4000 scrappage Ford sales in July. So far, the brand has recorded 16,500 new car scrap scheme registrations. [...]

HYUNDAI’S sales drive continues – with an unprecedented top-10 position in the SMMT sales charts. Even better, take out fleet and business sales, and Hyundai is actually NUMBER 2 in private sales! This, naturally, has delighted the firm’s MD, Tony Whitehorn. ‘July 2009 marked a real milestone for Hyundai. ‘Our long-term plan was always to [...]

CAR dealers are now feeling the positive benefits of the new car scrappage scheme, reports the RMIF. Director Sue Robinson said that there were ‘thousands of cars bought by consumers via the scheme now on the road.’ In saying scrappage is responsible for the positive boost, Robinson is confirming the views of many in the [...]

HYUNDAI has won an unprecedented top-10 sales slot, thanks to the boost from the scrappage scheme. Just-released SMMT figures for July show that the Korean brand sold 3084 i10s in July. This gave it a remarkable top-9 position in the sales league! Overall, sales rose for the first time in 15 MONTHS, in a positive [...]

SSANGYONG has recorded its fourth double-take sales increase in a row – with a 167 percent sales boost for July. OK, that’s on sales of 99 models in July, rather than 33 last year. But it is still proof of the gradual recovery the rejuvenated Korean car maker is seeing in the UK, after boss [...]

53 percent of UK car dealers have seen sales rise in the first half of 2009, reveal new Manheim findings. For 72 percent of dealers, it’s been the scrappage scheme that’s led to the sales boost – and nearly half reckon the positive boost is set to continue. This is despite a majority of dealers [...]

CAR buyers are choosing smaller cars, due to economic and environmental pressures, plus scrappage incentives. JATO Consult has clear evidence of the trend, following an extensive study into the market. Car manufacturers are responding to such downsizing by offering higher-specification models, in order to retain profit margins for car dealers. Buyers switching from larger models [...]

FORD has posted its first year-on-year sales increase in almost a year, thanks to the scrappage scheme. The long-awaited sales turnaround saw Ford dealers sell 29,8000 cars in June. In the same period back in 2008, they sold 28,657 motors. As the overall new car market is down, this means Ford’s market share has rocketed [...]