NEWS

Land Rover over worst?

LAND Rover reports a second consecutive month of sales increases, after a successful September performance. 7185 new Land Rovers were sold, a 27 percent increase on September 2008. This total also ensures the UK remains the world’s largest market for Land Rovers. But it’s the individual performances that really stand out. Discovery sales were up [...]

	Highs AND lows for SEAT
SEAT is chuffed to announce record LOWS for September, as well as breaking a number of decade-long highs. A 40 percent market share boost has seen the UK become SEAT’s most important export market in the whole of Europe. It’s currently holding 1.5 percent of the UK market – that’s the firm’s largest slice of [...]

	Highest Nissan share in 6
NISSAN has used scrappage to push its market share above 4 percent, for the first time in 6 years. The UK-producing Japanese firm says key to this success are models built by the Sunderland factory – a staggering 82 percent of Nissans sold here last month were also built here. 16,908 sales helped snare it [...]

	Two more Sep records
TOYOTA and Hyundai are two more car makers to claim record results during September’s sales boom. Indeed, Toyota claims to have broken no less than FOUR records! It scored its best-ever monthly retail volume, passenger car retail volume, market share for plate change month and retail share for the same month. Retail volume of 17,267 [...]

	Ford share ‘doubles’
FORD won big in September – it not only sold more cars than anyone else, its sales boost was twice the UK average! Sales for the blue oval were up a massive 22 percent on September 2008. That equates to 54,500 new Fords being sold during the month – which saw the firm take nearly [...]

		Car dealers praise scrap
		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 [...]
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		59-plate pre-reg jump
		MOTORPOINT has seen a huge increase in 59-plate car pre-orders, in anticipation of the September new reg. The firm says this runs contrary to a tradition that typically sees car buyers wait until September actually arrives. This is because customers want to benefit from special offers car dealers are offering. But already, reckons the firm, [...]
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NEWS

Land Rover over worst?

Highs AND lows for SEAT

Highest Nissan share in 6

Two more Sep records

Ford share ‘doubles’

Car dealers praise scrap

59-plate pre-reg jump