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New Car Registrations in UK fall 30.9% in January; Industry Urges UK Government to Provide Scrappage Incentives to Boost Demand

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The new car market in the UK continued to decline sharply at the start of 2009, with volumes down by 30.9% SMMT expects the market to decline by 19.3% Supermini demand slowed less steeply than in other segments to post a market share up almost five percentage points to 35.6%. in 2009 to 1.72 million units. Vehicle Criteria.

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Euro Auto Production Down 35% in First Quarter 2009; Second Half Production May be Down 25%; Small Cars Hit New Record Share

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While fleet renewal schemes (vehicle scrappage) have helped segments of the passenger car market in some countries, overall vehicle demand in Europe went further down as well. Reflecting consumer concerns about the general economy, small cars reached a market share of 44.9% in Greece, 11.8% for passenger cars and 37.6%

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