UK new car sales fall 11.5% in January

Sales of new cars in the UK fell for the seventh month running in January, according to the Society of Motoring Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

New car registrations last month were 128,811, down 11.5% from a year ago. The fall was in line with the SMMT's forecast, and was partly due to the ending of the car scrappage scheme. The SMMT added that the market share for cars with low CO2 emissions had increased to 2.7% from 1.4% in the same month last year.

UK-built cars maintained the same share of the market as a year ago, with 13%. The Ford Focus was the best selling new car last month with 7,582 new cars registered.

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source: BBC