Fleet car sales in April continued the upward trend for 2007. Total sales hit 86,068 vehicles, up 4.9% on April 2006’s total of 82,082 cars.

The year-to-date figures were also up, at 412,933 units a 4.8% increase on the first four months of last year.

Strengthening its market leading position, Ford saw a 12% rise in April, helping it reach 8.5% growth for the year-to-date. Growth came mainly from the firm’s range of MPVs – the C-max, BusinessCar Awards winning S-max and Galaxy.

Audi, Honda, VW and Toyota have all seen growth of 15% or more for the year to April, with BusinessCar Awards winning Audi up an impressive 37%.

Best performing of the top 10 individual models this month was the Fiat Punto, with an 86% rise and the VW Golf with a 37% hike in registrations putting it in third place after the Focus and Astra.

Top 10 Manufacturers – Jan-April 2007
Position Manufacturer YTD 07 YTD 06 % var
1 Ford 78,738 72,578 8.5
2 Vauxhall 70,459 70,997 -0.8
3 VW 36,667 32,041 14.4
4 Peugeot 25,523 27,486 -7.1
5 Renault 23,431 24,285 -3.5
6 Audi 22,162 16,191 36.9
7 Toyota 18,021 15,698 14.8
8 BMW 15,240 15,600 -2.3
9 Citroen 13,542 13,332 1.6
10 Honda 12,594 10,367 21.5
Top 10 Models – April 2007
Position Manufacturer April 07 April 06 % var
1 Ford Focus 6841 6252 9.4
2 Vauxhall Astra 5663 6581 -13.9
3 VW Golf 3468 2527 37.2
4 Vauxhall Vectra 3368 2748 22.6
5 Ford Fiesta 3359 3199 5.0
6 Vauxhall Zafira 3122 3032 3.0
7 Vauxhall Corsa 3103 3217 -3.6
8 Ford Mondeo 2873 3037 -5.4
9 Fiat Punto 2222 1192 86.4
10 VW Passat 2124 2337 -9.1