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IS YEAR's steady downward nd in the registrations of new v is continuing, according to latest SMMT figures.
rhe most dramatic reductions ve been in the number of restrations of lightand ddleweight coaches — only e new Fords were registered ring July against 22 for the -ne month last year. So far this ar, 268 Ford psv have been 3istered, against 448 for the Tie period last year.
Despite the introduction of the -bocharged Bedford YNT, a nilar picture is shown by this )rque's registrations. July saw ly 19 new Bedford psv regis-ed — in July 1980, 73 were gistered.
Last year, 684 new Bedfords ?.re registered during the first yen months, but this year that lure has been reduced to 408. The heavyweight sector is far only slightly better, with DAF owing a slight increase in re3trations so far (47 against 42 1980) and Volvo, still the 3ding importer by far, has opped from 322 to 236.
Leading psv supplier is Leyid which registered 220 in July 23 July 1980) and has ac,unted for over 50 per cent of A, registered in Britain so far is year with 1,555 out of the tal 3,077. Last year it acpunted for 2,109 of 4,100 regisred during the first seven onths of the year.