Tyrepress.com http://www.tyrepress.com/ en-gb {debug} Tyres and Accesories" /> http://www.tyrepress.com/files.php?file= http://www.tyrepress.com/ http://www.tyrepress.com/News/market-data/23207.html MARKET DATA 2011-08-19 11:00:00 The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has revealed that car manufacturing rose 1.3 per cent in July and is up 3.7 per cent over the first seven months of 2011. Commercial vehicle output has not been able to match the upwards creep of car manufacturing, with a decline of 5.9 per cent in July, down 5.1 per cent over the January-July period. UK engine production is stable, dipping just 0.4 per cent in July and up 4.0 per cent for the year-to-date. Vehicle production in the UK is less fragile than much of the UK economy thanks to strong exports. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/market-data/22573.html MARKET DATA 2011-06-07 14:31:00 Insurance company Admiral has found motorists using their cars less and ignoring problems with their cars – including replacing tyres - due to rising motoring costs. Half of UK motorists say they have reduced the amount of driving they do due to the rising cost of fuel, while more than nine out of ten feel ripped off by the current price of petrol and diesel. These are some of the findings of new research by car insurance expert Admiral that illustrate how motoring costs are affecting many drivers. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/market-data/21873.html MARKET DATA 2011-03-04 16:00:00 While the car market stayed low in February, registrations of new trucks and vans were up by more than a quarter on February 2010, at 27.4 per cent. Trucks saw a rise of 50.9 per cent to 2,068, making the figures in the first two months 36,070 units registered, or a rise of 11.1 per cent. Vans were up 23.8 per cent to 11,113 in February, keeping growth consistent from January, meaning 230,658 units have been registered in 2011 to date, up 22.7 per cent. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/market-data/21872.html MARKET DATA 2011-03-04 15:46:00 While new car registrations dipped in February 2011 compared with February 2010, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said the returns represented less of a drop than had been expected, given that the previous year had been boosted by the government’s Scrappage Incentive Scheme. The first two months of 2011 have seen 192,235 units registered, down 10.2 per cent. While the decline in registrations was the eighth straight month in negative figures, the 7.7 per cent drop represented the smallest drop in this time period. This was thanks mainly to fleet demand, which grew 8.6 per cent. The executive, luxury saloon, sports car and MPV segments continued to show “double-digit growth”; diesel cars took more than 50 per cent of the market. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/market-data/21768.html MARKET DATA 2011-02-18 15:30:00 While the UK economy as a whole has taken a battering over the past two years or more, the overall size of the passenger car tyre market has remained relatively stable, which is good news for the 4x4 sector too. In 2010 the UK car, 4x4 and van tyre market totalled some 33 million units. There is always some dispute about the precision of figures like this – the argument usually focuses on questions like Where do you draw the line between 4x4 and four-wheel Navarro-style van? Do the figures include grey imports? How many part worn tyres are sold each year? and how do you know that? But while you can determine what you define a 4x4 tyre as by product size, there will always be a degree of uncertainty when it comes to things like grey imports and part worn sales. The received wisdom is that annual part worn sales total something like 2 million tyres a year, but there is some support for the figure being considerably higher during 2009 and 2010 due to increased cost pressure on motorists during the credit crunch. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/market-data/21563.html MARKET DATA 2011-01-24 10:36:00 The year-on-year rise of a third in light vehicle sales in China last year was coupled with a 1.3 per cent gain in market share for domestic brands, a statement from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers claims. 6.3 million of the total 13.8 million units sold in 2010 were Chinese. “Compared with the previous year, the market share of Japanese and Korean brands dropped slightly while that of German, American and French brands inched up,” stated CAAM. German brands trousered a market share of 14.4 per cent, while France scored 2.7 per cent. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/market-data/21284.html MARKET DATA 2010-12-02 16:17:00 The RMA is projecting a huge overall increase in tire shipments this year – by more than 9 per cent – thanks to sharp jumps in both the OE and replacement markets, reports Tire Review. But it will be more of the same in 2011, as growth projections fall to just 2 per cent for next year. According to its year-end projection, the RMA is calling for an increase of some 24 million tyres in total or a 9 per cent increase versus 2009 shipment results. Looking forward, the RMA sees a small 2 per cent year-to-year increase for 2011 thanks to continuing economic uncertainty. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/market-data/21048.html MARKET DATA 2010-11-04 15:58:00 While the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders suggests the 2010 new passenger car market will be 1.5 per cent up on 2009 figures at the end of the year, October saw a “significant fall in… new car registrations,” says Paul Everitt, SMMT chief executive. Registrations fell 22.2 per cent to 131,495 in year-on-year comparisons, though this figure is in line with October 2009 if one discounts the Scrappage Incentive Scheme volumes. The impact of the Scrappage Incentive Scheme would therefore seem to have had no effect but to prop up the 2009 market temporarily, while the sluggish recovery of demand in 2010 could partially be the effect of consumers bringing new car purchases forward to take advantage of the scheme. Everitt also said “some deterioration in consumer confidence” was responsible. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/market-data/21046.html MARKET DATA 2010-11-04 15:33:00 The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reports that the upturn in van registrations of recent months continued in October, with 18,147 new registrations making a 22.4 per cent increase on September’s figures. Truck registrations recorded a spectacular-sounding 79.9 per cent rise on September, though that month was represented by the lowest figures in recent memory. 3,158 new trucks were registered. http://www.tyrepress.com/News/market-data/19470.html MARKET DATA 2010-05-07 15:20:00 Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders registration figures suggest the UK’s slow upturn in light commercial vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes continued in April 2010, but trucks remained in the downward trend experienced since the last quarter of 2008. “UK van registrations rose in April, continuing the welcome growth over the first quarter of 2010,” said Paul Everitt, chief executive at the SMMT. “Demand for trucks is still running well below pre-recession levels and continues to reflect weak demand and a lack of business confidence. As our new government establishes itself, the priority must be sustaining and strengthening the economic recovery with particular focus on encouraging the availability of more and better priced finance.” Of course, the supposition that there will be a government able to establish itself may come under threat after the indeterminate result of the UK election.