{"id":1356,"date":"2005-06-07T04:02:53","date_gmt":"2005-06-07T04:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/07\/uk-new-car-sale\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T13:46:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T13:46:01","slug":"uk-new-car-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/07\/uk-new-car-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Uk new car sales drop slows down"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Focus_curve\"<\/a> Car sales were still decreasing in May, but on a slower pace. The total number of registrations amounted to 187,900, but its 3.4% fall is the smallest so far in 2005. <\/span><\/span>The loss of Rover<\/a> and the rise of interest rates partly account for this fall. Chances are that this trend should be inverted in June.
<\/span><\/span>The fleet market share was up from 48.6% a year ago, reaching 49.9% now. The corollary of this was a 5.3% drop of the private sector volume, with a 45.4% share. Business sales dropped by 11.5%, representing 4.7% of the market.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

As for the diesels, they accounted for 36.8% of the market, the highest rate this year. The convertibles followed the same trend, and reached a record 6%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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With the fall of Rover, the share of imported cars grew up to 83.3% of the market.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Top 10 registrations for May 2005.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>1 : Ford Focus \u2013 12,373<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>2 : Vauxhall Astra \u2013 10,663<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>3 : Vauxhall Corsa \u2013 7,872<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>4 : Renault M\u00e9gane \u2013 7,229<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>5 : VW Golf \u2013 5,972<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>6 : Ford Mondeo \u2013 5,965<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>7 : Ford Fiesta \u2013 5,473<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>8 : Peugeot 206 \u2013 5,361<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>9 : Peugeot 307 \u2013 4,641<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>10 : Renault Clio \u2013 4,058<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Top 10 carmakers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>1 : Ford \u2013 28,529<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>2 : Vauxhall \u2013 26,513<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>3 : Renault \u2013 13,548<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>4 : VW \u2013 12,938<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>5 : Peugeot \u2013 12,324<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>6 : <\/span>Toyota <\/span>\u2013 10,303<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>7 : BMW \u2013 8,919<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>8 : Citro\u00ebn \u2013 7,662<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>9 : Nissan \u2013 7,568<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–         <\/span><\/span><\/span>10 : Audi \u2013 6,259<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Source : SMMT<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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