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Fleet sales drop 16% in September

Date: 08 October 2008

Fiat 500

Fleet registrations for September, the first month for the new '58' plate, ended down 16.1% at 158,345 units. This drop dragged the year-to-date fleet total down 3.3% to 912,724 units.

The biggest falls have been suffered, in the main, by the traditional market leaders. September saw Renault down more than 50% (and drop out of the top 10), Peugeot down nearly 30% and Ford fall 18%.

Vauxhall and VW were also down, but less than the market average.

Of the top 10 players Mercedes and Audi saw sales rise, but rival prestige brand BMW fell almost 20% in fleet.

Audi's performance was due mainly to a 20% hike in A4 registrations.

Interestingly, Honda's fleet registrations for September dropped more than 20% due to poor Civic sales, despite the firm's year-to-date figure remaining nearly 18% up.

Fiat was up 12.3% in the month, however, this was entirely due to the 500 which countered falls in Bravo and Punto fleet sales of 34% and 26% respectively.

Top 10 manufacturers September sales
 Brand20082007%var
1Vauxhall22,97826,665-13.8
2Ford22,96928,116-18.3
3Volkswagen14,72916,304-9.7
4Audi883786442.2
5BMW874910,918-19.9
6Peugeot848112,037-29.5
7Toyota83068707-4.6
8Mercedes788474685.6
9Nissan73577380-0.3
10Honda56437080-20.3

Top 10 models in September
 Model20082007%var
1Ford Focus76739247-17.0
2Vauxhall Astra763610,247-25.5
3VW Golf633159835.8
4Vauxhall Corsa5936492020.7
5Ford Mondeo530049696.7
6Vauxhall Zafira40604517-10.1
7Ford Fiesta39967346-45.6
8Audi A43548295120.2
9Vauxhall Vectra34684896-29.2
10Peugeot 20733574791-29.9

Top 10 manufacturers year-to-date sales
 brand20082007%var
1Vauxhall154,761161,299-4.1
2Ford152,032165,589-8.2
3Volkswagen82,98088,385-6.1
4Peugeot52,87959,191-10.7
5Audi49,48547,3244.6
6BMW45,51641,5159.6
7Renault39,26252,060-24.6
8Toyota38,06441,645-8.6
9Honda34,35629,19717.7
10Nissan33,17327,26621.7



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