Ford Fiesta tops April's best-selling cars list

Despite the current gloomy economic climate, new car registrations were buoyant last month with 163,357 motors finding new homes.

That figure is up 14.8% from last year while domestic car sales for the first four months of the year have soared through the 750,000 mark, putting the market on course for sales of 2.1 million this year according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.