Southerners Defy Down-sizing Demand

With the continuation of the country's credit crisis, recent ACF Car Finance Limited sales reveal that cost conscious Northerners are driving the down-sizing trend within the car market, but Southerners are bucking the trend and still hanker for more prestige models.

Spearheaded by the economic downturn, the Ford Mondeo has been replaced by its smaller rival the Vauxhall Corsa as the UK's most popular car ^†, but ACF Car Finance's dealerships throughout the South have announced that demand for more prestige models is as strong as ever. Rather than the Corsa, the used car specialist's Southern customers continue to ask for larger and more expensive makes and models, with Jaguar and the Golf GTI consistently in the top ten.

ACF Car Finance is a privately owned UK company which specialises in providing quality used cars and arranging car finance. It operates a network of eight used car sales dealerships across the UK including Leeds, Manchester, East Midlands, West Midlands, Bristol, Dunstable and Maidstone.

The company allows customers to conveniently apply for car finance online and via telephone, and continues to develop a programme of investment to create industry-leading standards throughout its dealership network.

Steve Butler, National Sales Manager for ACF Car Finance, commented: "It is obvious that us Southerners still enjoy the finer things in life!

"Recent demand shows that even in the current climate, we are still able to offer our customers the finance which they need to drive away in the car of their choice.

"It's our flexibility and dedication to customer service which is proving crucial to our customers and is reflected in our successful sales."

^† UK's Top Ten Cars, published November 2008. Source SMMT.