270 units in September.Mike Hawes, CEO of SMMT said "September’s modest growth belies the ongoing downward trend we’ve seen over the past 30 months. We expected to see a more significant increase in September, similar to those seen in France, Germany, Italy and Spain, given the negative effect WLTP had on all European markets last year. Instead, consumer confidence is being undermined by political and economic uncertainty. We need to restore...

Automotive Sales Data  Updated at: 2020/01/10

ecision to remove purchase incentives even more baffling. We’ve always said that world-class ambitions require world-class incentives and, even before the cuts to the grant, those ambitions were challenging. We need policies that encourage rather than confuse. Government’s forthcoming review of WLTP’s impact on taxation must ensure that buyers of the latest, cleanest cars are not unfairly penalised else we will see older, more polluting car...

Automotive Sales Data  Updated at: 2019/01/08

car registrations of 107,692 units in August 2018 represented an increase of 48.7% over August 2017.Sales gains are largely due to effects of new emissions standards that took effect on September 1, 2018. Many automakers seem to have offered discounts and other incentives to sell any remaining non-WLTP compliant vehicles.Passenger car sales of 973,542 units in the first eight months of the year represented a 14.6% increase from the same period i...

Automotive Sales Data  Updated at: 2019/01/07

August new car sales in France of 150,391 units had increased 40.0% from the same month one year ago.Sales gains are largely due to effects of new emissions standards that took effect on September 1, 2018. Many automakers seem to have offered discounts and other incentives to sell any remaining non-WLTP compliant vehicles.New car sales for the first eight months of 2018 increased 8.9% from the same period in 2017 to 1,513,933 units.August domesti...

Automotive Sales Data  Updated at: 2019/01/04