Fleet buying fall blamed for new registration drop_2
17 August 2012
A decline in fleet purchasing is to blame for a fall in new car registrations, according to UK car manufacturers.
Fleet sales were 13.8 per cent down in October on the same period last year, which offset a 14 per cent resurgence in private sales. “Together with the disruption caused by the move of the Rover 75 from Oxford to Longbridge, new car registrations fell by 26.9 per cent,” said a Rover spokeswoman.
Jaguar, BMW and Land Rover, which saw registrations drop by 16.4...