Aston Martin have been omitted from the SMMT figures

[Jon39]

After many years of having been shown under their own name (instead of being listed with 'Other British'), Aston Martin are missing from the January 2019, Society of Motor Manufacturers, New Registrations figures.

Perhaps it is just a mistake, by the SMMT.


https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrati...

[anonymous-user]

Audi down 25% YOY, wow.

[RL17]

Have they put Alpine with 16 2019 and 0 in 2018 clumsily?

[oilit]

gulp - Porsche down 41.55%, and Lotus at 7 units !!

I wonder if being public means AM have chosen not to report the data ?

[Jon39]

oilit said:

gulp - Porsche down 41.55%, and Lotus at 7 units !!

I wonder if being public means AM have chosen not to report the data ?

There are obviously several different possible reasons, but if AML have chosen not to report the traditional monthly SMMT figures, the DVLA would presumably still be publishing their quarterly figures (and in specific model detail).

All of this, is of course only UK data, so we never know the totals, until the Company make their own announcements.

[RobDown]

oilit said:

gulp - Porsche down 41.55%, and Lotus at 7 units !!

I wonder if being public means AM have chosen not to report the data ?

I would guess it’s that ( but could equally be wrong). But the UK is a sufficiently big market for AML that the monthly sales figures would be price sensitive information

[Big Ry]

oilit said:

gulp - Porsche down 41.55%,

Could this be attributed to the fact that for about half of last year, it wasn't possible to factory spec half of their cars due to the emissions thingy for September ?

[Jon39]

Big Ry said:

oilit said:

gulp - Porsche down 41.55%,

Could this be attributed to the fact that for about half of last year, it wasn't possible to factory spec half of their cars due to the emissions thingy for September ?

No, the figures are only in respect of January for each year, Ryan.
Figures for only four weeks probably don't mean much anyway.

[Big Ry]

Ah ok, I misunderstood, I thought it related to the whole of 2018. I guess I should have opened the link before commenting

[anonymous-user]

Maybe aston didnt sell any cars in January.

[Jon39]

oilit said:

gulp - Porsche down 41.55%, and Lotus at 7 units !!

https://www.am-online.com/news/car-manufacturer-ne...

[RL17]

RL17 said:

Have they put Alpine with 16 2019 and 0 in 2018 clumsily?

2nd theory - late with Society fees?

[oilit]

Jon39 said:

https://www.am-online.com/news/car-manufacturer-ne...

crikey - I must be getting old - he looks like he has just finished his GCSE's

[Jon39]

oilit said:

crikey - I must be getting old - he looks like he has just finished his GCSE's

Do you remember this quote ?
It was particularly funny, because Ronald Reagan had been accused of being too old.

'I will not make my opponents youth and inexperience, an issue of this campaign.'

[oilit]

I don’t remember it - but it was in my era so I guess it’s true - my memory is following my hearing down the ‘selective route ‘

Edited by oilit on Tuesday 12th February 12:00