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coaches dropped last month, a importers increased their penetration, according to the Sock of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
The UK-built share dropped from last November's 395 to 373, while importers built 51, as against four sold last year.
But there are silver linings within this apparent cloud, as Leyland increased its sales from 259 to 279, and Hestair Dennis sales rose from zero to four.
The main drops are recorded by Bedford, which plunged almost by half to 45, and by Seddon Atkinson, which fell from 26 to 11 following completion of a major Scottish Bus Group order. Curiously, the is no mention of Metr Cammell Weymann, one of tl big three double-deck buildei Volvo's meteoric growth the coach market is reflect, in the rise from one to 10 sali and DAF's sales have ris, from zero to five. 0th foreign manufacturers' sha is up from three to 36.
Monthly figures tend suffer from freak bulges, ai manufacturers prefer to loi at 12 monthly totalled figure