Article: We're going grey, say buyers of new cars.(News)

Article: Motor manufacturers condemn shake-up in selling of ...
The Independent - London;  October 6, 1999 ;     506 words ...MOTOR manufacturers and dealers were yesterday facing their biggest shake-up in ... prices for the comsumer in the short term." But the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, representing the big car firms, attacked Brussels ...

Article: DRIVETIME: MOTORING: New cars cleaning up on ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  April 9, 2004 ;     560 words ...THERE has been a dramatic fall in the amount of pollution caused by new cars. Latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show that the average new car sold in 2003 emitted 9.3 per cent less CO2 ...

Article: 'S' registrations head for a record; Last week will be the ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... usually resulted in a slow-down of new cars leaving the showrooms. Official figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders will not be released ... the marque, sold nearly 1,000 new cars with Saxo models heading the sales ...

Article: Sales of new cars accelerate 31.6% ahead of last ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 6, 2009 ;     643 words ... ... registrations in October rose 31.6% compared with October 2008, with a total of 168,942 new cars being sold last month, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said yesterday. SMMT chief executive Paul Everitt said: "October has seen ...

Article: drivetime: motoring: Flaming fantastic June for new ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  July 6, 2001 ;     420 words ... ... 4 per cent ahead last month to reach a best-ever June total. There were 215,325 new cars bought in June 2001, says the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. This took the year-to-date total to 1,269,028 - a 4.3 per cent ...

Article: Number of new cars sold in Britain plunges for ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 7, 2008 ;     584 words ...THE number of new cars sold last month plunged by ... last month. The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders said demand for new cars had now fallen for the fifth consecutive month. New cars sales have fallen by 7 ...

Article: DRIVETIME: MOTORING: REVVING UP A RECORD YEAR; 2.5 million ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  January 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... record 2.5 million new cars left the showrooms by ... registered 433,357 more new cars than the French, enough ... data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), of 885,067 new cars exported last year ...