SMMT News

Demand for light commercial vehicles falls -7.4% in October, with 24,968 units registered. Declines across almost all segments, but pick-ups remain stable, up 0.5%. Year-to-date van registrations down -3.5 %, with 307,647 joining British roads so far this year. SEE…

        Plug-In Car Grant: Since the launch of the Plug-In Car Grant in January 2011, there have been 119,881 eligible cars registered. Please note: this data includes only new car registrations and not commercial vehicles. For questions…

The UK new car market declined for a seventh consecutive month in October, with 158,192 new units registered, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Demand fell by -12.2% in the month, as falling confidence among buyers continued to impact the market.

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 2017 that were defined as pre-registrations. CLICK HERE: Download the September 2017 release.

Find out who has joined the premier automotive trade association and what they get from membership. New members – October 2017.

Engine production rises 3.9% in September with more than 248,463 units made for home and export markets. Domestic demand up 11.1% compared with September last year, but exports make up 51.3% share of output. More than 2 million new British…

UK production of commercial vehicles declines -26.0% to 7,208 units in September 2017. Year-to-date output also falls, down -11.7%, with 61,233 CVs built this year. Exports remain stable in 2017, up 3.6% so far this year, accounting for 62.1% of…

UK car manufacturing falls in September, as output declines -4.1% to 153,224 units. Domestic demand sees biggest losses, dropping -14.2% to 31,421, while exports decrease -1.1%. YTD production down -2.2% for the first nine months, to 1,259,509 units. UK car…

UK consumer demand for Japanese car brands rises 38.2% in five years, with more than 350,000 registrations in first three quarters of 2017.1 Japan remains UK Auto’s second biggest Asian export market, as 34.5% more Japanese buyers choose British brands.2…

New report confirms UK’s low volume, high value car manufacturing sector is world’s largest – and growing. Annual production to hit 52,000 vehicles by 2020 – a 60% rise – provided right conditions prevail. Industry calls for certainty over post-Brexit…