Article: NEW CARS TO SHOW 'GREEN' CREDENTIALS

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 ;     504 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 ;     618 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 ;     373 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: We're going grey, say buyers of new cars.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  September 27, 2005 ;     326 words ... ... number of new-car buyers choosing grey vehicles in 2004 compared with 2003, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said. New cars coloured black increased by 13.8 per cent in 2004, although silver and blue retained first ...

Article: Number of new cars sold in Britain plunges for ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 7, 2008 ;     569 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 ...