Box showing May 2011's best-selling carsAnalysis

  • Moving annual total stood at
    1,964,000 units, down more than 195,000 units
    year-on-year.
  • May total was 2% above SMMT
    forecast. Full-year market expected to be 1,930,000 units, 34,000
    units down on moving annual total.
  • Consumer confidence suppressed
    by concerns over employment levels, low wage growth and rising
    costs of living.
  • Total market volumes supported
    by fleet demand.
  • Diesel cars and superminis both
    saw rises.
  • Registrations fell for 11th
    successive month, but by smallest drop since contraction began last
    July.

Box showing market share of different car brands, May 2011

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