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Car sales go up for the first time in 15 Months.
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Not quite true. If the Yanks hadn't given up buying gas guzzlers then Ford, GM, Chevrolet, etc. would still be selling them.
Well I can only comment on cars available to the UK and european market.
Their climate comitments are not the same as ours. But I would still argue I bet they have become more powerfull and more efficent also over the last 10 years.
No one really used diesel in America 10 years ago.0 -
Why do they leave hundreds of thousands of them sitting in dockyards ?
Why don't they sell those if they are short of cash ?
We don't need new ones."The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
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Why do they leave hundreds of thousands of them sitting in dockyards ?
Why don't they sell those if they are short of cash ?
We don't need new ones.
Not that you will get it like you did not get they remove one car for each new one purchased.
Many car manufacturers have started producing again meaning supplies of made ones have started to run down.0 -
Cor.
Really.
Can i have a big new shiny one?"The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
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why are people so narrow minded! if people want to go out and get themselves a new car whats the problem, my car is ten years old ive had it for five, it's been a great little car but now it's costing me too much to repair so iv'e opted for a new one and paid cash for it under the scrappage scheme, why assume because you have an old car your destitute. my new car will last me years i have no desire to trade it in so depreciation is not an issue it's worked for me and many othersITV comp winner no 410
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why are people so narrow minded! if people want to go out and get themselves a new car whats the problem, my car is ten years old ive had it for five, it's been a great little car but now it's costing me too much to repair so iv'e opted for a new one and paid cash for it under the scrappage scheme, why assume because you have an old car your destitute. my new car will last me years i have no desire to trade it in so depreciation is not an issue it's worked for me and many others
Looks like grahams guess of 95% using dealer finance was way out.
Looks like the majority have paid cash.0 -
I paid cash on a Skoda Fabia 1. I am 25 years old and had a mazda 121 that was 11 years old that I had for 2 years. it was really on its last legs.
Dealer put A/C for free and got the 70PS version all in cost £65000 -
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