The UK new car market has recorded its best February performance for new car registrations in two decades, according to new figures from the Society of Motoring Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). New car registrations rose by 14%, with a total of 84,886 new cars registered. This marks the 19th consecutive month of growth, driven [...]
January 2024 UK new car market grew by 8.2% according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 142,886 new cars were registered and this was mostly down to fleet registrations. Private retail demand is still down. The best selling new car for last month was [...]
According to new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the UK new car market grew by 28.3%. A total of 143,921 new vehicles were registered in July. Company registrations was where most of the growth came from up 61.9%.Electrified vehicles accounted for 35.4% of the market. The industry remains committed [...]
June 2023 UK new car market grew by 25.8% …according to the latest data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 177,266 new vehicles were registered last month, this marks the 11th consecutive month of growth. A total of 949,720 new cars have joined our UK roads in the first six months [...]
The best selling new car in May 2023 was the Ford Puma with 4,184 vehicles registered, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Year-to-date the Ford Puma also tops the new car registrations with a total of 17,312 cars registered. In second place is the Vauxhall Corsa with 17,062 [...]
The UK used car market grew by 4.1% in the first quarter of 2023. This is the first positive quarter after three successive quarter declines. Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show that 1,847,149 transactions took place. Black was the most popular used car colour and the Ford Fiesta tops [...]
The UK new car market continues its upward trend with its ninth consecutive month of growth in April according to new figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 132,990 new car registrations were recorded last month but this is still -17.4% down compared to the same period [...]
The UK new car registrations in March rose by 18.2%. A total of 287,825 new cars were delivered resulting in an eighth consecutive month of growth. (Above figures are according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders). The Tesla Model Y was March’s best selling vehicle with a total of 8,123 new registrations. [...]
UK new car registrations grew again for the seventh consecutive month in February. New figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show a total of 74,441 new cars were registered last month - a rise of 26.2%. The best selling new car last month was the Vauxhall Corsa. Hybrid Electric [...]
The latest full year figures from the Society Of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show that the 2022 UK new car market fell -2.0% compared to the 2021 pandemic-effected year. Once again semiconductors and supply chain issues were the main reasons for this fall in the UK new car registrations with many manufacturers [...]
