Registrations of new cars rose 6.96% year-on-year in November to 159,581 units, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
The figure means year-to-date registrations are up by 9.93% and keeps the annual total on track to meet the forecast of 2.25 million units made by the SMMT last month.
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Fleet and private registrations swapped market share compared to last year; fleet dropping 1.7ppts to 50.1%, private sales gaining 1.9ppts to 45.7%. Year-to-date, fleet dropped 2.5ppts to 47.4% while private sales gained 2.3ppts to 48.0%.
By model and brand
The Fiesta was the best-selling model for the month, with 8,796 registrations, and the year-to-date, with 113,417 registrations, followed in both instances by the Focus. This ensured Ford was again the best selling brand with 21,027 monthly registrations and 291,369 registrations year-to-date.
Vauxhall was, again, second, with the Corsa and Astra the third- and fourth-best-selling models for month and year-to-date. Volkswagen continued in third, by brand, with the Golf fifth by model.
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By GlobalDataDespite not having a single model in the top 10 and losing market share to BMW in November, Audi appears on course to be the fourth best-selling brand of 2013 with 134,598 registrations and a 6.37% market share for the first 11 months of the year.
richard.brown@timetric.com
