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16 May 2012
Thu, 08 Feb 2007
Car sales soared by as much as 5.2 per cent during January 2007, leading to a parallel increase in the number of British people taking out car finance .
The report comes from figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), and indicate that over 160,000 cars were sold last month. This, according to SMMT experts, means that the car market remains healthy.
Christopher Macgowan, the chief executive of the SMMT, reportedly commented: With a rise of 5.2 per cent, new car registrations in January showed an encouraging start to 2007.This was the first increase in three months and the largest rise since December 2005.
He concluded by highlighting the increasing health of the market, saying: buyers are taking such things as fuel costs, CO2 performance and interest rate movements into account more and more when purchasing a new car .
