NEWS

AUGUST is normally a quiet month for car dealers – but for some, it’s bucked a trend with rocketing interest!
Hyundai car dealers, for example, recorded a staggering 322 percent rise in sales, chiefly thanks to the scrappage scheme.
This has seen its i10 city car do the unthinkable, and appear on the top 10 best sellers [...]

FIAT Group is celebrating, after sales in August turned the clock back to 2001 for the three-brand maker.

Sales rose by more than 85 percent year-on-year, to give the firm its biggest market share since May 2001.

Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Abarth snared 5.14 percent of total UK sales – and even the 4.5 percent of [...]

FORD sales outperformed the market three times over, says the blue oval – with market share increasing.

The brand now commands 16.9 percent of the total new car market.
That compares with 16.1 percent a year ago.
What’s more, the new car market may well be up 6 percent – but Ford’s sales have rocketed an amazing 17 [...]

SCRAPPAGE must continue, says motoring.co.uk MD Richard Mason, if prospering new car sales are to carry on.
The success of the August results – up 6 percent, in a market predicted to be down 6 percent – prove how vital scrappage is.
‘Having seen such a positive stimulus as a result of the scrappage scheme, I urge [...]

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 accounted for [...]

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 Corsa in [...]

NEW car sales continued to rise in August, with official figures revealing a 6% increase, according to the SMMT.
The big winner was Hyundai, whose baby i10 has leapt to THIRD PLACE OVERALL in the sales charts - overtaking the Vauxhall Corsa.
Even more significantly, the brand is TOP for overall retail sales - beating the mighty [...]

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 5.5 [...]

SCRAPPAGE continues to help reduce car production losses in the UK – but vans remain under pressure.

The total drop for July 2009 dipped under 18 percent compared to 2009; this contrasts with the considerably more severe year-to-date fall of 45.8 percent.
However, there is less joy for van production. This remained down by almost 60 percent [...]

CAR and van body the SMMT will hold its latest online seminar next week – with the van sector as the subject.
Discussions will centre on the problems in the industry, and the opportunities which exist within it.
This comes after a slump in CV sales – last month’s sales figures were nearly 40 percent down on [...]