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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.

New data reveals record 40.4 million cars, vans, trucks and buses now registered for use in Britain.
Van ownership up 2.7% to 4.5 million as UK sees highest number of HGVs in action for 30 years – vehicles now working to keep essential supply chains, emergency services and key workers moving.
CO2 emissions from UK’s cars fall to lowest on record, despite parc surpassing 35 million as new technology replaces old and more Brits than ever plug-in to ultra-low emission motoring.

UK light commercial vehicle (LCV) market down -54.3% in key plate-change month. Just over 30,000 vans hit UK roads, as lockdown measures come into force and dealers close. Demand down across the board with most segments experiencing double-digit declines. SEE…

UK new car registrations fall -44.4% in March as coronavirus crisis causes showrooms to close.
Steeper fall than during last financial crisis and worst March since late nineties with some 203,370 fewer cars sold in the month.
Early SMMT analysis downgrades 2020 outlook to 1.73 million units, -23% lower than previous expectation.
Sector re-deploys to help front line workers battle crisis with hundreds of vehicles now supporting critical services across the UK.