Registrations

The UK’s light commercial vehicle (LCV) market rises 10.8% in September, marking the first month of growth in 2022. Delivery of medium and large vans drives uplift, while battery electric vehicle (BEV) uptake continues to rise, up 70.0%, representing 4.4%…

225,269 units registered in key ‘new plate’ month – up 4.6% on last September, but -34.4% behind 2019. Bumper month for plug-in registrations sees Britain’s millionth plug-in electric car registered, with 249,575 joining roads in 2022 alone. Industry calls for…

SMMT released figures for August pre-registrations in the UK new car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of by vehicle manufacturers in August 2022 that were defined as pre-registrations. Download the August 2022 release

Britain’s light commercial vehicle market falls -24.6%, leaving industry without growth for whole of year to date. BEV uptake continues to grow, up 14.7%, reaching 6.1% market share. Ongoing supply chain issues lead to worst August since 2017, while year…

UK new car registrations stabilise, up 1.2% to 68,858 units during traditionally quiet pre-plate change August.
Battery electric vehicle (BEV) uptake continues to grow, up 35.4%.
Overall year to date market remains -35.3% down on pre-pandemic 2019.

SMMT released figures for July pre-registrations in the UK new car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of by vehicle manufacturers in July 2022 that were defined as pre-registrations. Download the July 2022 release

1,066 new buses and coaches registered in Britain from April to June, up 0.6% on the same period last year. Q2 performance puts first half of 2022 up 17.9% year-on-year, with 2,040 vehicles registered – but market remains down -46.4%…

UK heavy goods vehicle (HGV) registrations rise slightly by 0.4% to 9,533 units in the second quarter of 2022. Half-year registrations down -1.0% on 2021 and -29.5% below pre-pandemic 2019, as semiconductor and raw materials shortages continue to hamper supply.…

Britain’s light commercial vehicle market falls -20.7% in July, the seventh consecutive month of year-on-year decline, with 18,722 new units registered.
Battery electric van (BEV) registrations rise 21.2% in the month and 55.7% in year to date amid industry investment towards Net Zero, but sector’s transition still two years behind cars.
Industry outlook revised downwards, now expecting year to finish -13.7% behind robust 2021.