In car sales year-to-date, the top selling brand was Toyota (11,278), VW (10,771), Ford (10,236), Renault (8,342), Nissan (6,610). Total industry car sales were 87,182.
Figures show new car sales are up 5 percent on last year while new car sales in September are down 35 percent on last September. Quarter Three this year is up 5 percent on Q3 last year.
Toyota is the top selling make so far this year with 13 percent market share. The Ford Focus is the top selling model with 5 percent market share; 90 percent of cars sold this year are in the lowest C02 emission categories, A & B; 71 percent of cars sold this year are diesel with just 27 percent petrol; silver is the top selling color.
