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Vehicle sales up again

22nd June 1979, Page 20
22nd June 1979
Page 20
Page 20, 22nd June 1979 — Vehicle sales up again
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YET AGAIN comme vehicle sales in the U1 reported to be booming.

The Society of 1V Manufacturers and Tra figures for May were second highest monthly figures ever recorded (1V 1973 holds the record). DI last month 29,972 COMMI vehicles were sold, which per cent above last NJ total.

This increase in spreads right across all Cl; of commercial vehicles, the exception of 4x4 veh The share of the market by imported vehicles was per cent last month, 3.2 cent above the same m last year.

The foreign manufacti showing the biggest impr ment in the UK lorry and market last month N Magirus, Deutz and Ren who roughly doubled t sales of May last year.

British lorry and a manufacturers doing well month were Bedford, Do ERF and Foden. In the Br van market, Ford and Bed did well, and of the impo vans, Volkswagen and Dai showed the biggest gains s last May.

In the normally quite st bus and coach market, s also were well up on May figures.

The increase in the sale Bedford and Volvo coac respectively almost entil accounted for this sales bc in the British psv market.


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