FIGURES released by the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) show that point of sale (POS) consumer car finance new business volumes grew 6% in July, compared with the same month in 2017.
The value of new business increased by 11% over the same period.
The POS consumer new car finance market reported new business in July up 5% by volume and 10% by value, compared with the same month in 2017. The percentage of private new car sales financed by FLA members through the POS was 89.8% in the twelve months to July.
The POS consumer used car finance market reported new business in July up 6% by volume and 13% by value, compared with the same month in 2017.
Geraldine Kilkelly, Head of Research and Chief Economist at the FLA, said: “The point of sale consumer car finance market reported new business volumes up by 4% in the first seven months of 2018, in line with expectations of modest single-digit growth in 2018 as a whole.”
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