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The overall UK new car market might have finished strongly in December, but fleet was the only driver of that growth, with retail registrations falling 14% compared with the same month last year. The...

After a modest uplift in September, which itself followed a significant downward swing in August, retail registrations were all but flat in October, showing a rise of just 0.3% compared with the same...

September’s new car registrations showed growth in the retail sector, but only by a modest 5.8%, which was dwarfed by the 40.8% increase in the fleet market. Some 122,944 new cars were registered by...

Retail registrations increased just 0.3% in July compared with the same month in 2022, with the 60,045 vehicles registered bringing growth of just 162 units. And year-to-date retail registrations are...

After several months of flat or falling numbers, private new vehicle registrations picked up in June, seeing 14.8% growth compared with the same month last year. Having said that, June 2022, in the...

New car registrations jumped 18.2% in March compared with the same month in 2022, but the picture of the first quarter remains one where the bulk of the growth is in fleet, with private registrations...

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...

UK new vehicle registrations surged ahead in February, rising 26.2% compared with the same month in 2022. But the vast bulk of the growth came in the fleet market, up 46.2%, while retail registrations...

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...

In a strange set of October registrations figures, the continuation of September’s prioritisation of fleet by the OEMs was the least of the surprises. Perhaps more so was the strength of the...

September saw a fall in retail registrations as the OEMs seemingly moved to address growing demand from the fleet sector. The result was that while fleet registrations increased 12.5% to 101,760...

A slight easing of new car supplies combined with the continued focus from the OEMs on the retail market saw private new car registrations increase 3.2% in August compared with the same month last...

After last month’s fall, retail registrations for July stabilised in comparison with the same month last year, with 59,847 vehicles registered. While only seven more than in July 2021, which was...

Retail registrations were hit hard in June, down 21.7% compared with the same month last year. And that seems not to have been due to any rebalancing in favour of fleet, which was itself down 27.6%....

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April provided further evidence that OEMs are continuing to channel their still-limited production output into the retail channel, with private registrations of new cars up a further 4.8% in April...

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...

Retail new car registrations in January were up 64.1% compared with the same month in 2021, with 62,300 new vehicles registered. This accounted for 54.1% of all registrations, with the fleet market...

With new car supplies still lagging well behind demand, used car prices have risen sharply over the last few months, with no sign of any immediate easing. While this is currently generating good...