Tuesday, November 07, 2006
New car sales see slight October upturn
October saw new car volumes take a slight upturn to mark only the second monthly gain this year.
SMMT figures showed sales up 0.9 per cent over the 2005 total, pushing the month's registrations to 153,851. The figure for the year to October, however, still remained depressed at 2.05 million units, 3.2 per cent down on the same period last year.
The SMMT revised its 2006 full-year forecast to 2.345m, 15,000 units above its previous estimate, after the stronger than expected September performance.
DATED: 07.11.06
FEED: MT
SMMT figures showed sales up 0.9 per cent over the 2005 total, pushing the month's registrations to 153,851. The figure for the year to October, however, still remained depressed at 2.05 million units, 3.2 per cent down on the same period last year.
The SMMT revised its 2006 full-year forecast to 2.345m, 15,000 units above its previous estimate, after the stronger than expected September performance.
DATED: 07.11.06
FEED: MT
