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THE $ANUFACTUREfi 'S MARKET sn4rIT
*lly Feugeot and Fxat pwformed well in April, wl'lile Merce&-Bau pt wffiffiffiK NEMINGTHI
rrr a solid per{ormance, kreping thair growth rate sieady for the year, With M#T*R IhIilU$TKY
g.rst four months of the year gone {statistics-wise at least)' it looks m though ffiffiffiffiffiwffi&wffiffiru
Mercedes-Berrz co.rld make it to the lourth spot this year. Mercedes-Berlz
are usually strong finishars and are ir.rst a few hundred registrations behind
Citroen and just 1 ,200 behind Vauxhall, whose market uncertainry ff*ay k ffire^ffire-mffiwffiffiffi
fuelling their $0% dectine in wlurnes.
The var market appears to be becomirq a three division competition'
rather thsn the for.rr it wss in ths past. With Fard and Volkswagen ths only
cornpetitors in the prernisrchip this year, fre Champoinship is made up of r Dernand for nenv HGVs remains stabl€ in Q1 2017 - tP 0^4% on same
fire piayers from Peugeot in third place dovm to Ftffiault in sevefitrl - Nis$an
quarter.hst year
not yet making the promotion. r Ftigid and artb segments rernain buoyant lollowing exceptional growth
Davm in ttt6 First division, the three players - Mitsubishi' Fiat and Toyota -
in 2016 - up 0.47o and 0.5% respectively
are atl eeeinE their market shares increase this year, and with tleir expanding r 10,4ffi vehicles registered in first quarto matching strong lords of
range fiat hope to aim for promotion thie year or next.
2016
I-IGHT COITdMERCIAL VEHICLE BEGISTHATIOHS TO
35 TOf{NE$ Gvtil The nav HGV (hearV goods vdricle) market in tre UK renrained stea4 in
tfrc first quarter of 2017 according to figures relea*d by ttre SMMT' More
than 10,0ffi new csnmercial vdticles orer six tonnm were registered in the
first thrse npnihs of the rear - a 0.4% increase compared with Q1 2016'
Dnmand for ngid vehicles grew 0,4, with a 17.2% ri$e in the >S-167
segment offwtting a -8.1% decline in lhe >'l6T segment' Meanwlrile,
!'egistratkxls of artic whicles matched 2016 larels'up 0,5% to 3'9'14 unils'
Traetors were tl've most popular bo4r type for HGVs in the firet three months
of rre year, mcounting for 37,6?o of ths heavy goods vahicles that hit Ekltisrl
road$ in Q1.
Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive, saidl "The stabe stqrt io ths year
for the hmvy truck nrarket is welcorne news, particularty as it foltows such
a strong first quarter in 2016. HGVs are essenlial {ar transporting goods
around the country and arB vital for the UK econonry' Aimost all HGV$ are
powered by dieel, and thanks to heaYy investmffit by tlE industry the latest
Euro Vl CVs hfting aur roads today are th€ cleanest and safest e'/er.'

THE tt'ANU FACTURER'S MARKET
Scania and MAN have struggled to reactr their repective 2016 heigilts
in {re first qrurier ai zAfi , wherms Vofuo and Mercedes-Benz hare
dennnstrated some good grorarlfr larels. DAF stilt reiln supreme in the UK
truck market, incrming thek share further to 32.7% - up from 30'1% al the
end of 2016.

TRUCK NEGI$TRATION$ ABOVE 6 TONHE$ GVW

8f5'l sEl-l-ERg i, . ' ,' '.,

s e,s8? O 17,849
rJ r ,716 0 3'6/'?
r) I,agn €) 7,794
1,213 () 6,236
o 1,1 a2 A 5's56
tt 1 ,101 (t 5,e26
t 1,06? e 5,012
0 !,0t i {} n,670
ti s85 g 6.666
&, 928 &, 4.1 15
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