November 2016 vehicle sales figures happen to be released through the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and also the overall picture is nice. Sales still continuously increase, with 2.1% more cars registered compared to October of the year.
It isn't obvious whether Black Friday fever inspired customers to purchase new cars, however the growth on the market is really a sure manifestation of consumer confidence and bodes well for that industry heading into 2017.
As a whole, 184,101 new cars were registered in November, 2.9% greater than November 2015. Overall, over 2.5 million cars happen to be registered within the United kingdom this season to date - a milestone that has not been arrived at in November before.
Not surprisingly, alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs) keep growing popular, now creating 3.6% from the new-vehicle market. As many as 6,663 were registered this month, over 25% greater than in November this past year. As a whole, 82,650 AFVs happen to be registered in 2016.
Meanwhile, your swing from diesel towards gas seems to become ongoing - the development in sales of petrols was 7.9% over this past year, while the marketplace for diesel cars shrank by 2.9% when compared with November this past year. Diesels sold more copies than petrols overall, but with a small extent - with 88,897 diesel cars registered and just 356 less gas cars striking the road.
While superminis like the Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Corsa continue being typically the most popular group of vehicle, there is pronounced development in the sales of executive cars - a rise of 27.7% when compared with this past year, while smaller sized city cars such as the Hyundai i10 are 25% accepted these were in November 2015.
Within the listing of biggest sellers for November, the Fiesta is constantly on the ride full of the amount-one place, using the Vauxhall Astra overtaking the Nissan Qashqai and Volkswagen Golf to consider second. We have seen the Small re-entering the very best 10, using the Audi A3 and Mercedes C-Class displacing the Nissan Juke and Kia Sportage to consider ninth and tenth place correspondingly.