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80,805 new cars driven off forecourts in the month, -2.8% down on 2017, as UK new car market dips.
Demand for petrol and alternatively fuelled vehicles continues to rise, but diesel demand falls again.
Year-to-date market for new cars down -5.1%, with 244,420 units registered nationwide.

Find out who has joined the premier automotive trade association and what they get from membership: New members – February 2018

13.6% growth in UK engine production sees plants at record production for second January running.

6,088 trucks, buses and coaches built in Britain in January as output falls -18.8%. Production for home and overseas markets declines -19.7% and -18.5% respectively. Overseas markets drive demand, with almost 7 in 10 CVs built for export. UK commercial…

UK car manufacturing stable in January, declining -0.05%, with just 72 fewer units produced year on year.
Exports growth drives overall output, with record 119,252 British-built cars shipped overseas – up 1.5%.
Production for UK buyers declines for sixth consecutive month, down -6.0% to 28,229.

New cars on sale in 2017 emit -12.6% less carbon dioxide than the equivalent older models, but average UK new car CO2 rises 0.8%.

8,113,020 used cars change hands in 2017, a -1.1% dip but still second highest total on record. Demand for alternatively fuelled vehicles rises 21.3%, with zero emission used car sales up 77.1% – surpassing 10,000 for first time. Superminis remain…

New HGV market declines in 2017, falling -2.6% to 45,045 units. Artic market remains stable, up 0.8%, while demand for rigids drops -5.0%. Strong growth for refuse trucks, with demand up by more than a fifth, while dropsides also show…

Double-digit decline in new bus and coach market in 2017, down -12.7%. Registrations of minibuses, single-decks and double-decks all down, with 7,666 joining UK roads. Q4 registrations fall -15.9% to 1,688 units. The UK’s new bus and coach market fell…

Find out who has joined the premier automotive trade association and what they get from membership: New members – January 2018.