New car registrations for fleets were 28.0% down in June, broadly in line with the half-year figure of 29.3% down. But retail registration received a massive boost from the Government’s scrappage scheme, ending June 1.9% down on June 2008, compared with the figure of 22.4% down over the first half of 2009.

Overall the market was 15.7% down in June, and 25..9% down for the first six months of the year.

Ford, Vauxhall, VW, Peugeot and BMW were the top five manufacturers in order last month, with BMW beating arch-rival Audi into sixth by 23 units.

Further down the list, Renault was an astonishing 80.5% down on June 2008, registering just 1096 units compared with 5609 last year. The company is now 69.8% down over the first half of the year, which is a worse fleet performance than every brand bar Chrysler, which recorded 73.2% down for the first six months of 2009 with just 859 registrations.

Only Ford, Chevrolet and Lexus were up on June 2008 in fleet registrations.

The top ten models table is populated only by the top four manufacturers. Two Fords, Focus and Fiesta, headed two Vauxhalls in the form of Corsa and Astra, with Mondeo rounding out the top five.

Top ten fleet manufacturers – June 2009
Manufacturer June 2009 June 2008 % change
1 Ford 17,113 15,434 10.9
2 Vauxhall 12,395 21,265 -41.7
3 VW 8029 9069 -11.5
4 Peugeot 5301 7424 -28.6
5 BMW 4557 6159 -26.0
6 Audi 4534 4679 -3.1
7 Mercedes 3751 3994 -6.1
8 Nissan 2720 3810 -28.6
9 Toyota 2367 4390 -46.1
10 Citroen 1968 3826 -48.6
Top ten fleet models – June 2009
Model June 2009 June 2008 % change
1 Ford Focus 6467 5811 11.3
2 Ford Fiesta 4595 3293 39.5
3 Vauxhall Corsa 4005 4947 -19.0
4 Vauxhall Astra 3511 7192 -51.2
5 Ford Mondeo 3045 2245 35.6
6 VW Golf 2854 3764 -24.2
7 Vauxhall Insignia 2831 0 n/a
8 Peugeot 207 2426 2358 2.9
9 VW Passat 2316 2462 -5.9
10 Peugeot 308 2260 3140 -28.0