SMMT Press Release

27 August 2009

Revised 30 October 2009

Press release number / 4693 / For release / Immediate

July new car pre-registration figures

Today, SMMT releases figures for July pre-registrations in the UK car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of in July 2009 that were defined as pre-registrations.

The Supply of New Cars Order 2000 requires motor manufacturers to publish the number of pre-registered cars supplied and the gross income received by suppliers from selling those pre-registered cars. This information is published on a monthly basis.


Notes to Editors

The Supply of New Cars Order 2000:

Pre-registered car

A new car which a supplier has caused to be registered before the terms and conditions of its supply to an end-user have been agreed, but does not include:
(a) a car so registered because its certificate of conformity with a vehicle type-approved under the EC Vehicle Type Approval Scheme is about to become invalid
(b) a car retained for a period of at least three months.

Supplier

A person that manufactures cars for supply within, or imports new cars for supply into, the UK, who had a market share of one per cent or more of the total supply of new cars in the UK in the preceding calendar year.

Pre-registrations data

The attached table shows the pre-registration figures for Great Britain, Northern Ireland, The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands in detail. Providing SMMT is acknowledged as the source of this information, the figures may be quoted. Substantial reproduction needs specific approval by SMMT.

July new car pre-registration figures

Issued by SMMT 27 August 2009

(revised 30 October 2009)

Make / % Total 2008
Market / Volume Disposed / Gross Revenue
AUDI / 4.73% / 0 / £0.00
BMW / 5.31% / 188 / £4,937,823.00
CITROEN / 3.81% / 9 / £130,500.00
FIAT / 2.60% / 0 / £0.00
FORD / 15.13% / 292 / £3,601,800.00
HONDA / 3.93% / 0 / £0.00
HYUNDAI / 1.32% / 0 / £0.00
KIA / 1.47% / 0 / £0.00
LAND ROVER / 1.53% / 0 / £0.00
MAZDA / 2.34% / 0 / £0.00
MERCEDES / 3.51% / 3 / £113,500.00
MINI / 1.91% / 5 / £68,685.00
NISSAN / 3.11% / 0 / £0.00
PEUGEOT / 5.57% / 111 / £1,100,565.17
RENAULT / 4.20% / 0 / £0.00
SEAT / 1.38% / 1 / £12,000.00
SKODA / 1.74% / 0 / £0.00
SUZUKI / 1.22% / 0 / £0.00
TOYOTA / 4.96% / 23 / £327,894.25
VAUXHALL / 14.02% / 0 / £0.00
VOLKSWAGEN / 8.41% / 0 / £0.00
VOLVO / 1.56% / 0 / £0.00
TOTAL / 0.94 / 632 / £10,292,767.42

Providing SMMT is acknowledged as the source of this information, the figures may be quoted. Substantial reproduction needs specific approval by SMMT.

Notes:

At €20 bn, the automotive sector is Europe’s largest investor in R&D, driving industry forward and helping deliver more sustainable motoring for the 21st century. Technological innovation has helped car and CV manufacturers slash CO2 and air quality emissions from vehicles. New diesel cars for example emit 95% less soot from the tailpipe than those made 15 years ago and average new car CO2 by Q1 2009 has been cut by 19% since 1997.

The energy needed to produce each vehicle is down 12%, water use is down 9% and waste to landfill is down 25%, compared to 2006 performance. CO2 emissions per vehicle produced have fallen 14% in the last year and by 45% since 1999. Almost 10,000 tonnes of waste have been prevented from entering landfill sites. For more details, download SMMT's ninth annual Sustainability Report from the SMMT website www.smmt.co.uk/publications.