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853 vehicles registered in Q3 2021, down -19.8% on 2020, and 500 units or -37.0% short of 2019 outturn. Double-deck bus market declines -63.6% in Q3 as long-term low passenger numbers continue to hamper demand. Market falls -10.2% on first…

UK HGV market declines -8.4% in the third quarter, with 7,715 vehicles registered.
New truck registrations down on subdued Q3 2020 and -9.8% on a particularly weak Q3 pre-pandemic 2019.
27,272 trucks registered in the first three quarters of the year, down -24.3% on pre-pandemic 2019.

Battery electric vehicle demand rises 56.4% with 14,182 cars changing hands.
UK used car transactions fall -6.2% against strong Q3 2020 to 2,034,342 units.
Used market up 16.4% year-to-date but still -4.0% down against same period pre-pandemic.

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LCV market declines by -4.6% in October with 27,420 units registered as semiconductor shortages continue to hamper supply.

106,265 new cars registered in October, a -24.6% fall on last year and the weakest October since 1991.
Plug-in vehicles now account for 16.6% of all cars registered so far in 2021.
Chip shortages and tax rises mean industry expects to finish year on 1.66m units, or only 1.9% ahead of Covid-hit 2020.

Latest SMMT outlook forecasts that some 287,000 plug-in vehicles will be registered in 2021 – more than from 2010 to 2019 combined.
Battery electric vehicles forecast to outsell conventional diesel and mild-hybrid diesel cars in 2022.
Industry credits acceleration in growth to wide choice of vehicles, growing public acceptance and incentives.

SMMT released figures for September pre-registrations in the UK new car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of by vehicle manufacturers in September 2021 that were defined as pre-registrations. Download the September 2021 release

UK factories produced 138,059 engines last month, a decline of -36.3%. Output for both domestic and export markets falls by -42.0% and -32.6% respectively. Year-to-date engine manufacturing fell -2.8% to 1,278,117 units compared to 2020 and remains -33.9% below the…