Cv sales plunge
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THE MARKET for new vans and lorries continued to plunge las month, with sales down 30 per cent on those for March 198( According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, sale of all categories fell from 28,445 last year to 19,782, and only 11 top-weight artics were registered.
Sales of all trucks and artics fell from 6,438 to 4,421, of which 3,520 were built in Britain. Light 4x4 vehicle sales dropped from 1,062 to 999, of which 599 LandRovers (down from 608) were the only British vehicles.
Non car-derived van sale plummeted from 12,549 t 8,071, of which 4,508 wer British, and car-derived va sales fell from 8,396 to 6,29' Ford, again, led the field, wil 1,495 truck and artic sales, which all but 16 Dutch Transco' tinentals were built in Britai Transit sales, although cloy% from 4,821 to 2,202, were w( ahead in the non-car derived w sector; and, the car derived w sector was led by 2,685 vat (down from 3,344), of which i but 227 Spanish Fiestas we built in Britain.
Leyland Vehicles' truck and a tic sales fell from 1,060 to 66 and Austin Morris suffered drop in Sherpa sales from 1,5 to 635 and Marina and Mini vi sales fell from 2,519 to 1,985.
In the truck and artic sect( DAF sales fell by around 50 p cent to 106, ERF's from 271 only 92, Foden from 165 to Bedford from 912 to 581, IVE( from 318 to 153, Mercedes frc 308 to 214, and Volvo from 1,0 to 555.