UK car sales are blooming...
UK car sales are blooming, and Abarth is boasting the biggest rise ò€“ with more than a 1,000 per cent increase in registrations this year compared to last! Thanks to the extended Scrappage Scheme and the new 59-plate, buyers are pouring into showrooms, the Society of Manufacturers and Traders says.
The stylish hatchback...
The stylish hatchback picked up twice as many votes as its nearest rival, the Porsche Cayman, in winning the accolade. Thousands of readers took part in the poll through the magazine, our award-winning website and on our stand at the recent MPH 05 motor shows in Birmingham and London. The Civic will now go into a grand final in February to find the overall European Auto 1 champion, with the results announced at the Geneva Motor Show the following month.
Honda"s head of corporate press and PR, Paul Ormond, said: "This is a real boost, particularly for Honda workers in Britain, who will build the car."
The Civic"s UK victory was especially good news for Auto Express reader Stephanie Ward, of Nuneaton, Warks, whose name was pulled from the Auto 1 prize draw into which all voters were entered. She wins a VIP chauffeur-driven trip to next year"s British Motor Show at ExCeL in London"s Docklands, courtesy of Citroen, which won last year"s Auto 1 contest.