Vehicles Licensed for the First Time February 2009

Decrease of 63.8% in new private cars licensed

There were 8,795 new private cars licensed in February 2009, compared with 24,290 in February 2008, a decrease of 63.8%. See Table 1 and graph.

The number of new goods vehicles licensed in February 2009 was 1,098 compared with 5,181 in the corresponding month last year – a decrease of 78.8%.

The vehicle licensing figures also show that:

In February 2009, the total number of all vehicles licensed was 18,609 compared with 38,879 during the samemonth in 2008 – a decrease of 52.1%.

The total number of all new vehicles licensed during February 2009 was 10,926 compared with 31,609 during the same month in 2008 – a decrease of 65.4%.

In February 2009, of the 8,795 new private cars licensed, 3,687 (41.9%) were petrol and 4,978 (56.6%) were diesel.

The highest number of new private cars licensed in February 2009, classified by make, was Toyota (1,755) followed by Ford (1,239) Volkswagen (916) Nissan (765) and Opel (574).

The licensing figures refer to vehicles taxed for road use only and classified by taxation class.

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