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Covid stalls 2021 UK new car market

Jan 06, 2022Comments off

2021 New car registrations grew by a marginal 1.0% on a pandemic-ravaged 2020, as 1.65 million new cars entered the UK market, according to new

SMMT: Battery EV uptake doubles

Dec 07, 2021Comments off

New car registrations grew 1.7% in November, bringing an end to four months of consecutive decline, with 115,706 units registered compared to the same period last year, according to

Plug-in car performance holds steady despit...

Nov 04, 2021Comments off

New car registrations have fallen for the fourth consecutive month, with a decline of -24.6% to 106,265 units compared to October last year, according to

Battery electric vehicles power on despite ...

Oct 05, 2021Comments off

The UK new car market has recorded its weakest September since 1998 ahead of the introduction of the two-plate system in 1999, according to figures

Electrified vehicle demand surges in small ...

Sep 06, 2021Comments off

UK new car registrations fell -22.0% in August, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 68,033 units were

New car market recovery squeezed by supply ...

Jul 06, 2021Comments off

New car registrations in June grew 28.0% year-on-year to 186,128, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)’s latest figures. The monthly performance

New car registrations fall -39.5%

Feb 04, 2021Comments off

The UK new car market fell -39.5% in January with 59,030 fewer registrations compared to the same month last year, according to figures published today

Almost a 30% fall in new car registrations ...

Jan 06, 2021Comments off

The UK new car market fell by almost a third (-29.4%) in 2020, with annual registrations dropping to 1,631,064 units, according to figures published today

Industry comment on SMMT new car registrati...

Jan 06, 2021Comments off

Michael Woodward, UK automotive lead at Deloitte, said: “At the end of a challenging year, it is unsurprising to see year-on-year new car sales fall

English lockdown stalls November new car ma...

Dec 04, 2020Comments off

The UK new car market again saw a decline last month as registrations in November fell -27.4% year-on-year, or 42,840 units, according to the latest