However, for the opening quarter it was actually down slightly to 10,576 – a 2 per cent drop – and it was also down for the last tax year, with purchases dropping to 41,770, a decrease of 16 per cent year-on-year.
Full FLA figures shown below:
New cars bought on finance by businesses
| March 2015 | % change on previous year | 3 months to March 2015 | % change on previous year | 12 months to March 2015 | % change on previous year | |
| New cars | ||||||
| Number of cars | 56,577 | +13 | 116,395 | +7 | 487,133 | +9 |
| Used cars | ||||||
| Number of cars | 4,583 | +41 | 10,576 | -2 | 41,770 | -16 |
