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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/new-car-sales-top-two-million-mark.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="More than two million cars were sold in the UK last year, 1.8% more than in 2009" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-new-car-sales-top-two-million-mark.jpg" alt="More than two million cars were sold in the UK last year, 1.8% more than in 2009"/></a></p>
<p>More than two million cars were sold in the UK last year, 1.8% more than in 2009, a new report has shown.</p>
<p>However, the motor industry expects to face a difficult few months because of the &#8220;extremely challenging&#8221; economic conditions, it added.</p>
<p>The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said sales rose by 35,847 in 2010 to 2,030,846, but it was a year of two halves following the end of the car scrappage scheme in March.</p>
<p>Sales surged by almost 20% in the first half of the year but fell back by 13.8% in the second six months, the new figures show.</p>
<p>Paul Everitt, chief executive of the SMMT, said 2010 was a &#8220;year of recovery&#8221; for the motor industry, adding: &#8220;Economic conditions remain extremely challenging, but industry expects demand to strengthen in the second half of the year.</p>
<p>&#8220;Competition in the retail sector will intensify as the industry seeks to re-balance demand across its new and used car and service and repair business.</p>
<p>&#8220;UK motor manufacturing recovered particularly well in 2010 and the outlook is for further steady growth this year.&#8221;</p>
<p>Car sales fell by 18% in December compared with the same month in 2009 to 123,817, with the market just below expectations.</p>
<p>The best-selling car last month was the Vauxhall Astra although the Ford Fiesta was the top-selling model for the whole of 2010, with sales of more than 100,000.</p>
<p>More than 100,000 cars were sold through the scrappage scheme last year, around 5% of the total. The SMMT pointed out that, although car sales were up by 1.8% last year, the 2010 market was still the second lowest in the past decade and almost 375,000 down on the 2007 figure.</p>
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