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Dramatic advances in car safety, fuel efficiency and comfort on show today as 40th SMMT Test Day celebrates evolution of the car.Unique display of 40 vehicles demonstrates vast range and diversity of cars on sale since 1979.

New bus and coach registrations fall -32.8% in Q1, with 1,205 vehicles joining UK roads.1 Demand for both minibuses and single-decks falls, down -56.5% and -8.5% respectively. Double-deck demand bounces back after seven quarters of decline, up 11.3% to 335…

UK new heavy goods vehicle registrations increase by 21.2% in Q1, following negative performance in 2018. Growing demand for Rigid and Artic trucks, up 12.9% and 32.3% respectively. Tractors remain most popular body type, growing 30.2% to take almost half…

UK used car market stable in Q1 2019 down just -0.6% with more than 2 million transactions. 30.7% growth in demand for hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric cars as 32,272 change hands. Superminis by far most popular used buy,…

UK new van market up 4.7% in April with 24,604 units registered for British roads.

UK new car market declines -4.1% in April with 161,064 units registered.
Private registrations fall -10.3% while fleet demand remains steady, up 2.9%.
Overall alternatively fuelled vehicle market rises 12.7%, but zero emission-capable plug-in hybrids fall by more than a third.

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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 2019 that were defined as pre-registrations. Download the March 2019 release