New car sales up again New car sales rose again last month, figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed today. There were 189,514 new registrations in June 2012 - a 3.49% increase on the June 2011 total. Last month's purchases took year-so-far sales to 1,057,680 - a 2.72% rise on January-June 2011.