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UK used car market falls -8.3% in Q1 2020 to 1.8 million transactions as coronavirus hits. Solid growth in January and February wiped out by steep -30.7% decline in March as showrooms closed. Market for used plug-in electric vehicles stays…

UK light commercial vehicle (LCV) registrations down -86.2% in April as coronavirus shuts down market.
3,387 vans, pickups and 4x4s registered in the month with many for use in sectors key to pandemic response.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Heard as the new Chief Executive of SMMT Industry Forum, the automotive industry’s productivity improvement and training business. Heard, who was formerly President of…

UK new car market falls by precipitous -97.3% in April as coronavirus crisis shuts showrooms.
4,321 new cars registered in the month as deliveries continue to frontline workers and organisations.
Latest SMMT outlook expects 1.68 million new car registrations this year, the lowest since 1992.
Sector calls for auto retail to be in first wave of re-openings, to drive manufacturing and kick-start economic recovery.

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SMMT released figures for March pre-registrations in the UK new car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of by vehicle manufacturers in March 2020 that were defined as pre-registrations. Download the March 2020 release

146,615 engines produced in March as UK production declines -40.0%.
Production for domestic car plants decreases -35.7%, with steeper fall for exports, down -42.4%.
More than 598,000 engines built in Britain in first three months, with 59.4% exported.

British commercial vehicle output falls -41.8% in March, as coronavirus lockdown measures cause plant closures nationwide.
Production falls for both domestic and overseas markets, down -43.4% and -40.6% respectively.
£82 billion auto manufacturing sector calls on government to support safe and sustainable restart to drive UK economic recovery.
New SMMT survey reveals 45.1% of CV manufacturers think recovery from crisis will take at least 12 months.

British car production falls -37.6% in March as coronavirus crisis shuts factories.
Output for UK and overseas markets down, -36.8% and -37.8% respectively.
New independent outlook reveals at least £8.2bn cost to industry if factories closed until mid-May.
£82 billion auto manufacturing sector calls on government to support safe and sustainable restart to drive UK economic recovery.