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THE $ANUFACTUREfi 'S MARKET wffiffiffiK sn4rIT
NEMINGTHI
pt*lly Feugeot and Fxat pwformed well in April, wl'lile Merce&-Bau M#T*R IhIilU$TKY

rrr a solid per{ormance, kreping thair growth rate sieady for the year, With ffiffiffiffiffiwffi&wffiffiru
g.rst four months of the year gone {statistics-wise at least)' it looks m though
Mercedes-Berrz co.rld make it to the lourth spot this year. Mercedes-Berlz ffire^ffire-mffiwffiffiffi
are usually strong finishars and are ir.rst a few hundred registrations behind
r Dernand for nenv HGVs remains stabl€ in Q1 2017 - tP 0^4% on same
kCitroen and just 1 ,200 behind Vauxhall, whose market uncertainry ff*ay
quarter.hst year
fuelling their $0% dectine in wlurnes.
The var market appears to be becomirq a three division competition' r Ftigid and artb segments rernain buoyant lollowing exceptional growth

rather thsn the for.rr it wss in ths past. With Fard and Volkswagen ths only in 2016 - up 0.47o and 0.5% respectively
cornpetitors in the prernisrchip this year, fre Champoinship is made up of
fire piayers from Peugeot in third place dovm to Ftffiault in sevefitrl - Nis$an r 10,4ffi vehicles registered in first quarto matching strong lords of

not yet making the promotion. 2016
Davm in ttt6 First division, the three players - Mitsubishi' Fiat and Toyota -
The nav HGV (hearV goods vdricle) market in tre UK renrained stea4 in
are atl eeeinE their market shares increase this year, and with tleir expanding tfrc first quarter of 2017 according to figures relea*d by ttre SMMT' More
range fiat hope to aim for promotion thie year or next. 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'
I-IGHT COITdMERCIAL VEHICLE BEGISTHATIOHS TO
Dnmand for ngid vehicles grew 0,4, with a 17.2% ri$e in the >S-167
35 TOf{NE$ Gvtil 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

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