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29,354 new vans join UK roads in May, the best-ever performance for the month. Registrations up 4.7% on pre-pandemic five-year average, some 1,313 vehicles more.1 Sector sees best ever year-to-date growth, with 157,150 vans registered in first five months of…

156,737 new cars registered in May – significantly up from last year when retailer doors were shut during the pandemic. Plug-in vehicle market continues to rise, accounting for 13.8% of registrations in 2021 so far Despite more positive economic outlook,…

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

UK factories made 129,691 engines in April, up on last year when just 1,147 were produced. April 2021 output is down -22.9% on five-year average for the month.1 Year-to-date output rises 10.4% to 665,195 units, driven by increased production for…

6,177 units roll off production lines in April, up on the first full month of plant closures last year. British commercial vehicle output remains -6.1% down on pre-pandemic levels.1 Year-to-date production up 4.2%, driven by an increase in domestic demand,…

UK factories turn out 68,306 cars in April, up dramatically on pandemic hit month in 2020 but still -3.8% below 2019 output.
374,864 cars made since January, up on 2020, but down -15.0% on same period in 2019.
So far this year some eight in ten cars exported to global markets including the EU, US and China.

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Some 5.3 million commercial vehicles now in operation – 13.1% of all vehicles on the road, the highest proportion ever recorded. Van ownership continues to rise, to 4.6 million, but just 0.3% run on electric, and more than half a…

Total vehicles in use on UK roads falls to 40.35m units – the first drop since 2009.
Average age of car rises to 8.4 years old – the oldest on record – with almost 10m vehicles from 2008 and earlier still in service.
Vans reach historic highs, up to 4.6m, but declines recorded in truck, bus and coach numbers.
Number of BEVs and PHEVs increase by more than 168,000 cars, but account for just 1.3% of the parc – demonstrating scale of task ahead to meet ambitious green targets.