NEW car sales fell 24.8pc in May compared with the same month last year, but orders for vehicles under the government’s ‘scrap-page’ scheme are set to give the numbers a boost next month.
The latest figures from the society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show the Ford Fiesta was the best-selling car last month with 7,040 sold, boosting it to 48,182 for the year to date. Its stablemate, the Ford Focus, came second with 6,693 sold.
The annual fall was little changed from April’s 24pc decline, but the SMMT said orders prompted by the government’s £2,000 incentive to scrap old cars in exchange for new ones were yet to show up in the data.
SMMT chief Paul Everitt said there had been an ‘encouraging start’ to the scrappage scheme, with 35,000 orders since it was announced.
Courtesy of Daily Mail
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