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October 2008 new car sales figures

The new car sales figures for October 2008 are in and yes, they are as bad as everyone thought. Some are not doing as badly as others however. Judge for yourself…

 

OCTOBER

% Change

MARQUE

2008

 %

market share

2007

%market share

Abarth

15

0.01

0

0.00

0.00

Alfa Romeo

360

0.28

631

0.38

-42.95

Aston Martin

110

0.09

164

0.10

-32.93

Audi

6,387

4.97

7,246

4.34

-11.85

Bentley

87

0.07

166

0.10

-47.59

BMW

7,961

6.20

9,065

5.43

-12.18

Cadillac

8

0.01

104

0.06

-92.31

Chevrolet

860

0.67

1,124

0.67

-23.49

Chrysler

138

0.11

569

0.34

-75.75

Citroen

4,967

3.87

6,430

3.85

-22.75

Corvette

0

0.00

2

0.00

-100.00

Daihatsu

137

0.11

233

0.14

-41.20

Daimler

0

0.00

5

0.00

-100.00

Dodge

264

0.21

240

0.14

10.00

Fiat

3,020

2.35

3,794

2.27

-20.40

Ford

21,309

16.60

22,559

13.52

-5.54

Honda

4,284

3.34

6,628

3.97

-35.37

Hummer

7

0.01

26

0.02

-73.08

Hyundai

1,856

1.45

2,048

1.23

-9.38

Jaguar

1,404

1.09

1,147

0.69

22.41

Jeep

122

0.10

326

0.20

-62.58

Kia

2,195

1.71

2,330

1.40

-5.79

Land Rover

1,283

1.00

3,049

1.83

-57.92

Lexus

531

0.41

968

0.58

-45.14

Lotus

38

0.03

58

0.03

-34.48

Mazda

2,921

2.28

3,658

2.19

-20.15

Mercedes-Benz

3,860

3.01

5,663

3.39

-31.84

MG

27

0.02

0

0.00

0.00

MINI

1,886

1.47

3,150

1.89

-40.13

Mitsubishi

526

0.41

998

0.60

-47.29

Nissan

3,350

2.61

4,724

2.83

-29.09

Perodua

60

0.05

61

0.04

-1.64

Peugeot

6,692

5.21

11,106

6.66

-39.74

Porsche

432

0.34

700

0.42

-38.29

Proton

122

0.10

145

0.09

-15.86

Renault

4,328

3.37

9,356

5.61

-53.74

Rover

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

Rover MG

0

0.00

1

0.00

-100.00

Saab

1,009

0.79

1,593

0.96

-36.66

SEAT

1,943

1.51

2,357

1.41

-17.56

Skoda

2,461

1.92

2,869

1.72

-14.22

smart

587

0.46

983

0.59

-40.28

Ssangyong

41

0.03

105

0.06

-60.95

Subaru

254

0.20

372

0.22

-31.72

Suzuki

997

0.78

1,234

0.74

-19.21

Tata

0

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

Toyota

5,886

4.58

7,012

4.20

-16.06

Vauxhall

19,422

15.13

24,938

14.95

-22.12

Volkswagen

11,701

9.11

14,764

8.85

-20.75

Volvo

2,340

1.82

1,897

1.14

23.35

Other British

70

0.05

41

0.02

70.73

Other Imports

94

0.07

158

0.09

-40.51

           

Total

128,352

100.00

166,797

100.00

-23.05

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