Registrations up 15% in April
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New commercial vehicle registrations totalled 21,686 last month, up nearly 15% on the same period last year. Iveco Ford opened up a clear lead in the truck and artics sector with 1,262 vehicles registered. Leyland Daf Trucks had 980 registrations and Mercedes-Benz 692, In the medium and heavy van sector Ford registered 3,901 vehicles against LDV's 1,012 and Volkswagen's 792. Registrations for all commercial vehicles have topped 90,000 in the first four months of this year, an increase of 19.9% on the same period last year,
Ernie Thompson, chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, says registrations have risen year on year every month since January 1994. But he adds: 'There is still some way to go before we reach the sales levels achieved during the late 1980s."