April sees fleet sales rise 5%
Date:
11 May 2007
Ford S-max
Fleet car sales in April continued the upward trend for 2007. Total sales hit 86,068 vehicles, up 4.9% on April 2006's total of 82,082 cars.
The year-to-date figures were also up, at 412,933 units a 4.8% increase on the first four months of last year.
Strengthening its market leading position, Ford saw a 12% rise in April, helping it reach 8.5% growth for the year-to-date. Growth came mainly from the firm's range of MPVs - the C-max, BusinessCar Awards winning S-max and Galaxy.
Audi, Honda, VW and Toyota have all seen growth of 15% or more for the year to April, with BusinessCar Awards winning Audi up an impressive 37%.
Best performing of the top 10 individual models this month was the Fiat Punto, with an 86% rise and the VW Golf with a 37% hike in registrations putting it in third place after the Focus and Astra.
Top 10 Manufacturers - Jan-April 2007 | Position | Manufacturer | YTD 07 | YTD 06 | % var | 1 | Ford | 78,738 | 72,578 | 8.5 | 2 | Vauxhall | 70,459 | 70,997 | -0.8 | 3 | VW | 36,667 | 32,041 | 14.4 | 4 | Peugeot | 25,523 | 27,486 | -7.1 | 5 | Renault | 23,431 | 24,285 | -3.5 | 6 | Audi | 22,162 | 16,191 | 36.9 | 7 | Toyota | 18,021 | 15,698 | 14.8 | 8 | BMW | 15,240 | 15,600 | -2.3 | 9 | Citroen | 13,542 | 13,332 | 1.6 | 10 | Honda | 12,594 | 10,367 | 21.5 |
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Top 10 Models - April 2007 | Position | Manufacturer | April 07 | April 06 | % var | 1 | Ford Focus | 6841 | 6252 | 9.4 | 2 | Vauxhall Astra | 5663 | 6581 | -13.9 | 3 | VW Golf | 3468 | 2527 | 37.2 | 4 | Vauxhall Vectra | 3368 | 2748 | 22.6 | 5 | Ford Fiesta | 3359 | 3199 | 5.0 | 6 | Vauxhall Zafira | 3122 | 3032 | 3.0 | 7 | Vauxhall Corsa | 3103 | 3217 | -3.6 | 8 | Ford Mondeo | 2873 | 3037 | -5.4 | 9 | Fiat Punto | 2222 | 1192 | 86.4 | 10 | VW Passat | 2124 | 2337 | -9.1 |
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