Car sales

The Peugeot RCZ Is Flying Out Of Showrooms

July 27, 2010
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Demand for the new Peugeot RCZ Sports Coupé has really taken off with orders for the first five weeks already exceeding over half the 2010 production allocation. Many orders include personalisation options that are a key part of the RCZ specification and available to configure online at www.peugeot.co.uk or on the iPhone app. The range [...]

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Toyota Sells 200,000 Prius Models In Europe

July 20, 2010
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Toyota celebrates ten years of the Prius in Europe with 200,000 sales. The full hybrid Toyota Prius, synonymous as the definitive hybrid car, was launched in 2000 to the European market, (1997 in Japan). With sales reaching 100,000 in 2008, that figure has now doubled to 200,000 in just two more years, confirming the significance [...]

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SEAT’s Bank Holiday Bonanza On Used Cars!

May 25, 2010
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This Bank Holiday weekend (29-31 May), SEAT is offering used car customers a suite of tempting deals on some of the Spanish brand’s most desirable models. For three days only the sporty Spanish outfit is making available selected, pre-owned Exeo saloon 2.0 TDI SE models from just £15,250 with two years’ free servicing and low [...]

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Winter Weather Conditions Drive Buyers Into Land Rover Showrooms

February 7, 2010
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It seems that poor weather has been sending people into 4×4 showrooms and specifically those of Land Rover. Subsequently, sales have gone up. For January 2010 sales levels were up 58% versus January 2009 nearly doubling the industry average – with Discovery up 92%, Range Rover Sport up 66%, Freelander up 57% and Range Rover [...]

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Ford Fiesta – More Than 100,000 Sales In 2009

November 6, 2009
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I rarely talk about sales levels on the blog – for me it’s a bit of a no-no. Sure, it’s probably useful information if you’re in the industry, but if you’re on the consumer side of the fence do you really care that a manufacturer sold x amount of cars? Well, this news story is [...]

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How Are Hybrids Doing?

September 7, 2009

Amazingly, more than two million Toyota hybrid models have been sold around the world since 1997, with more than 200,000 of them making their way to the UK. And who said that we don’t care about the environment? Perhaps what’s most impressive is the statistic that more than 11 million tonnes of CO2 less has [...]

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