New car sales dipped for the 11th month running during May, but it was their smallest decline since sales began falling last July after the cash-for-bangers scheme ended... more
Despite the launch of the 11 registration plate last month, new car sales fell by 7.9% to 366,101, according to the trade body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders... more
New car sales plunged 17.5% in August after the scrappage scheme was phased out and ahead of the new 60 registration plates which came in this month... more
Sales of new cars slumped by 13% in July, mainly due to the ending of the scrappage incentive scheme, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders says ... more
New car sales in the UK sped up for the 11th consecutive month in May, rising 13.5% on the same time last year despite the end of the scrappage scheme... more
The British car industry today renewed its pleas for Alistair Darling to announce more support for the sector in Wednesday’s pre-Budget Report, after latest trade figures showed car sales climbed 58% to 158,082 in November... more
The strife in the wider economy was reflected in the latest car production numbers, which show the industry is still struggling despite costly government initiatives ... more
Car production tumbled again in July but not as fast as in previous months, as drivers traded in old bangers in the Government’s scrappage scheme ... more
The pace of decline in the number of new car sales slackened dramatically last month as the Government’s £2000-for-your-old banger scrappage scheme kicked in with a vengeance ... more
More than 35,000 new cars have been bought by people trading in their 10-year-old bangers for brand-new, eco-friendly vehicles under the £2000 discount scheme introduced by the Government only a fortnight ago... more
New car sales, a key indicator of consumer confidence, fell sharply again last month, registering a 21.9 per cent dip against the same period last year... more
Vehicle production in the UK slumped by nearly half in December from the same month the year before as the credit crisis continued to hit demand hard... more
Consumer: One of Britain's leading motor dealers admitted that its profits have been wiped out this year - although it claims it is seeing a pick-up in used-car sales now... more
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