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of imported lorries, d pickups soared by an 60 per cent during t eight months of lie British-produced achieved an 8.8 per wth.
:co ing to the latest figpr uced by the Society lot r Manufacturers and ie , the bulk of the vth was accounted for by sh rp rise in sales of kne e-produced pick-ups ca derived vans.
t e heavier end of the ket Daf, Volvo, Scania and ES I a t fir cle Mercedes Benz increased their sales.
This year Japanese sales have been well ahead of last year's levels and unless there is a decline in sales in the remaining four months, the agreed limits will soon be reached.
Total commercial vehicle sales for the first eight months of 177,644 were 17.06 per cent higher than in the same period last year.
Sales of British-produced vehicles were 139,093 compared with 127,796 and imports were up from 23,961 to 38,551, taking a 21.7 per cent share of the market compared with 15.7 per cent last year.
August's sales were 29,783, one-third higher than the corresponding period last year. Importers accounted for 24.1 per cent of the business compared with 20,4 per cent last year.
Ford has increased its sales from 47,131 vehicles to 52,687, while Leyland managed a slight improvement, with sales of 43,200 vehicles, compared with 38,000 for the same period last year — although the sales in the heavier range have fallen.
Bedford sold 29,129 vehicles compared with 29,695 last year and Chrysler increased their sales from 7,048 to 8,384 vehicles.