Sales Buoyed By Last-Minute Purchases

New car sales in the UK grew an impressive 30% year-on-year (y-o-y), to 145,479 units, in January as consumers remained unaffected by the rise in VAT from 15% to 17.5%, and instead rushed to take advantage of the scrappage scheme before the GBP400mn funding is used up.

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