SMMT News

UK light commercial vehicle (LCV) market declines -2.0% after two months of growth.

UK new car market declines -2.9% in February to 79,594, as demand from private buyers falls again.
Good month for battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars, with 4,566 joining UK roads but, at just 5.8%, market share remains low.
Industry urges Chancellor to help more drivers go electric – as new calculations show removal of VAT alone would boost sales to nearly 1 million over the next five years.

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

Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive: With both mandates now on the table, negotiations for an ambitious, world-leading FTA must now begin in earnest. The UK government’s special focus on automotive is welcome given the sector’s importance to both economic prosperity…

UK engine manufacturing down -1.7% in January, with 238,193 units built.

Start of 2020 sees UK commercial vehicle manufacturing fall -10.7%, following remarkable 49.1% growth in January 2019.

UK car production dips -2.1% in January, the fifth successive month of decline.
Exports increase 4.1% to some 97,870 units while production for the UK falls -23.9%.
Industry calls for supportive measures in upcoming Budget to boost British market.

Find out below who has joined the premier automotive trade association and what they get from membership: Applied Coating Technologies Limited – www.applicoat.com Borgers Limited – www.borgers-group.com BraunAbility – www.braunability.eu/en Cadillac Europe GmbH T/A General Motors Mobility Europe GmbH –…

Demand for new buses and coaches drops -18.8% in 2019, with 5,874 vehicles joining UK roads. Minibus registrations drive the overall decline, down -22.7% to 3,108 units in the year. Year closes with Q4 uplift of 18.5% after 11 consecutive…