UK new car sales rose 6.6% year on year to 172,907 units in July, the 29th consecutive month of growth.
The SMMT said “economic confidence and attractive finance have driven the market up” as year to date volume rose 10.2% to 1,460,172 units.
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“Faster-than-expected first half-year growth” led SMMT to revise its full year forecast up to 2.45m registrations (from 2.4m a month ago) which, if reached, would be a rise of 8.1% on 2013’s final tally.
But SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes said: “The more moderate growth of the last three months shows that overall demand is beginning to stabilise.”
| July | Total | Diesel | Petrol | AFV | Private | Fleet | Business | |||||||
| 2014 | 172,907 | 91,324 | 78,291 | 3,292 | 76,738 | 88,256 | 7,913 | |||||||
| 2013 | 162,228 | 82,290 | 77,506 | 2,432 | 71,539 | 83,763 | 6,926 | |||||||
| % change | 6.6% | 11.0% | 1.0% | 35.4% | 7.3% | 5.4% | 14.3% | |||||||
| Mkt share ’14 | 52.8% | 45.3% | 1.9% | 44.4% | 51.0% | 4.6% | ||||||||
| Mkt share ’13 | 50.7% | 47.8% | 1.5% | 44.1% | 51.6% | 4.3% | ||||||||
| Year-to-date | Total | Diesel | Petrol | AFV | Private | Fleet | Business | |||||||
| 2014 | 1,460,172 | 734,197 | 699,346 | 26,629 | 700,378 | 690,369 | 69,425 | |||||||
| 2013 | 1,325,851 | 653,035 | 654,957 | 17,859 | 628,964 | 639,306 | 57,581 | |||||||
| % change | 10.1% | 12.4% | 6.8% | 49.1% | 11.4% | 8.0% | 20.6% | |||||||
| Mkt share ’14 | 50.3% | 47.9% | 1.8% | 48.0% | 47.3% | 4.8% | ||||||||
| Mkt share ’13 | 49.3% | 49.4% | 1.3% | 47.4% | 48.2% | 4.3% | ||||||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||||
| Total cars | 2,404,007 | 2,131,795 | 1,994,999 | 2,030,846 | 1,941,253 | 2,044,609 | 2,264,737 | |||||||
| Best sellers | July | Year-to-date | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ford Fiesta | 8,854 | 1 | Ford Fiesta | 79,007 | |||||||||
| 2 | Ford Focus | 6,013 | 2 | Ford Focus | 50,767 | |||||||||
| 3 | Vauxhall Corsa | 5,467 | 3 | Vauxhall Corsa | 47,752 | |||||||||
| 4 | Volkswagen Golf | 5,135 | 4 | Volkswagen Golf | 43,277 | |||||||||
| 5 | Nissan Qashqai | 4,729 | 5 | Vauxhall Astra | 36,578 | |||||||||
| 6 | Vauxhall Astra | 4,267 | 6 | Nissan Qashqai | 30,919 | |||||||||
| 7 | Audi A3 | 3,522 | 7 | Audi A3 | 26,638 | |||||||||
| 8 | Fiat 500 | 3,021 | 8 | Volkswagen Polo | 25,161 | |||||||||
| 9 | BMW 3 Series | 2,625 | 9 | Fiat 500 | 24,707 | |||||||||
| 10 | MINI | 2,384 | 10 | BMW 3 Series | 22,832 | |||||||||
Data courtesy SMMT
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