Strong finance offers behind pre-WLTP surge

摘要

August may have been the last fillip for new car sales ahead of what is expected to be a slower-than-usual September and Q4 as a result of the new Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP] regulations.Manufacturers put strong finance offers in place to tempt customers to bring purchases forward ahead of the new testing regime and it clearly worked, with registrations up 23.1%.Mike Jones, ASE chairman, said: "Dealers needed to register a certain amount of vehicles before the end of August and it was in the dealers' best interests to sell these non-WLTP vehicles to as many retail customers as possible."As a result, manufacturers were supporting those vehicles to clear them with strong finance offers."