New entrant brands from China and beyond are preparing to gain a firm foothold in the UK, delivering potentially lucrative new opportunities for franchised retailers seeking a fast-growing electric...

Retail registrations fell 8.1% in August compared with the same month last year (in what was a supply-constrained market), while at the same time fleet registrations surged over 58%. The result was a...

Sales of battery electric vehicles continue to grow across Europe, with the UK and Germany leading the way, but market share of BEVs in the UK is falling– and the contrast in discounts and...

Private new car registrations have started 2023 as they ended 2022, with another fall as the OEMs continue to prioritise fleet over retail. Private registrations finished the month down 4.3% on...

The Chinese EV brands have signalled their intent to bring their products to Europe, and to the UK in particular. Offering high spec, high quality, affordable electric vehicles, in volumes seemingly...

Online car sales have dropped after the “bump of lockdown” as customers have returned to the showroom. However, they are still running at a higher level than pre-pandemic, according to Auto...

With new car production still heavily disrupted, it is clear from the March registrations figures the extent to which OEMs are prioritising private customers over fleet. In a month where overall...

Private registrations leapt up 30% in February compared with a lockdown-impacted 2021, putting some 27,784 new vehicles on the road and representing a 47.1% market share compared with 41.7% in the...

Old diesel cars that will be non-compliant with the expanded ULEZ area in Greater London are still increasing in price. This despite the fact that these vehicles will now incur a daily charge. You...

The impact of the January lockdown was laid bare by the month’s figures for new car registrations, with big falls across the board compared with the same month last year. Retail registrations were...

The publication of the December registrations figures brought full clarity to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the 2020 new car market, which dropped to 1.63 million, down 29.4% on 2019. Retail...

December’s new car registrations saw an uplift on the same month in 2018, driven largely by gains of 7.3% in fleet. With the retail market flat and business registrations declining 20.5%, the result...

The collapse in retail registrations continued into November, driving a drop in the overall market of 1.3% compared to the same month in 2018. Retail registrations of 65,114 units represented a fall...

The new car market fell by a further 6.7% in October, with 143,251 vehicles registered compared with 153,599 in the same month in 2018. While fleet registrations were stable, private registrations...

Given that last September’s registrations plunged by more than 20% as retailers struggled to get hold of volumes of WLTP compliant vehicles, it was hoped that this September’s figures would show a...

The UK new car market declined 4.1% in April, in large part due to a 10.3% fall in retail registrations, offset only slightly by a 2.9% increase in fleet. Business registrations were also...

Political and economic uncertainty are being cited as the principle causes that saw new car registrations decline by 3.4% in March. The fleet sector finished the month virtually flat (up 0.3% on March...

A second consecutive month of retail growth in vehicle registrations saw overall registrations increase by 1.4% in February, with retail registrations up 4.3% and business growth of 23.4% overcoming a...

January saw a fifth consecutive month of decline in new car registrations, with a 2.9% rise in private sales not enough to compensate for a 3.4% fall in fleet, leaving the market down 1.6% overall....

The UK new car market for 2018 finished 6.8% down on 2017, with annual registrations falling to 2,367,147 – a second year of decline. In December, a fall in private registrations of 3.8% and a drop...