The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
(SMMT) has revised its estimation of total new car sales for 2012
after recording year-on-year growth for both overall and private
new car sales in July.

New car registrations were up 9.3% on July
2011 to 143,884 units while private new registrations have risen
26.4% to 63,941 units. Year-to-date, new registrations are up 3.47%
to 1.2 million units.

The SMMT is now forecasting 1.97 million new
units to be sold this year, up from the
1.95 million predicted following the April figures
, itself an
increase on the
1.92 million vaunted in February
which would have meant fewer
new sales this year than in 2011.

Ford remained the best-selling marque for the month and the
year-to-date, with Vauxhall second and Volkswagen third, while the
Fiesta was the best-selling model in July and the first seven
months of the year.

richard.brown@vrlfinancialnews.com

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