Last month saw a huge resurgence in new fleet car sales, with a 24.4% rise in registrations compared to January 2008.
There were 72,726 new fleet cars registered in January 2010, a year-on-year increase of 14,280, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders.
SMMT boss Paul Everitt said: “Industry expects another difficult year with the availability of finance, consumer confidence and sustaining demand post-scrappage, key to performance in the second half of the year, but signs of recovery in the fleet and business sectors are encouraging.”
Top ten fleet sellers – manufacturers |
Manufacturer |
Jan ‘09 |
Jan ‘10 |
% change |
1 Ford |
11859 |
13275 |
12.0 |
2 Vauxhall |
9876 |
10456 |
5.9 |
3 Volkswagen |
4149 |
6845 |
65.0 |
4 Audi |
4040 |
5473 |
35.5 |
5 Peugeot |
3437 |
4531 |
31.8 |
6 Toyota |
3776 |
3323 |
-12.0 |
7 Citroen |
1506 |
3070 |
103.9 |
8 BMW |
1899 |
2984 |
57.1 |
9 Renault |
1485 |
2732 |
84.0 |
10 Hyundai |
533 |
2625 |
392.5 |
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Top ten sellers – model |
Model |
Jan ‘09 |
Jan ‘10 |
% change |
Ford Focus |
4461 |
5623 |
26.1 |
Ford Fiesta |
3781 |
4254 |
12.5 |
Vauxhall Corsa |
2383 |
3433 |
44.1 |
Vauxhall Astra |
2860 |
3271 |
14.4 |
VW Golf |
1391 |
2881 |
107.1 |
Peugeot 207 |
1219 |
1872 |
53.6 |
Audi A3 |
1805 |
1843 |
2.1 |
Ford Mondeo |
1638 |
1617 |
-1.3 |
Audi A4 |
1173 |
1428 |
21.7 |
VW Polo |
613 |
1416 |
131.0 |
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