Retail demand for new vehicles slumped in November, falling 5.9% compared with the same month last year. The 60,506 new registrations, down from 64,921 in November 2022, represent a market share of...

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...

Hendy Group is to open its first Vauxhall retailer following the asset purchase of the former Eden Vauxhall site in Poole. It has also agreed to sell Vauxhalls in Salisbury and is opening a Peugeot...

The new Lexus LBX marks the Japanese premium brand’s entry into an all-new segment: the popular B-sector premium SUV. It is one not directly occupied by the German establishment of Audi, BMW and...

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...

Another surge in fleet registrations saw the UK new car market grow 16.7% in May compared with the same month last year, but retail registrations were down yet again this year, falling 0.5%. And that...

While most of the headlines will inevitably focus on a ninth consecutive month of registrations growth, the garden is not so rosy in the retail end of the market. Struggling to keep ahead of last...

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...

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...

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%....

Vauxhall has delighted residual value rate-setters with the latest changes to its model name strategy. A plethora of previous derivatives has been reduced to Design, GS Line and Ultimate, as part of a...

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...

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Stellantis has launched what is said to be the UK’s biggest single-manufacturer used approved scheme. Known as Spoticar, it represents a solitary programme for the majority of the group’s brands,...

In a major reorganisation of its retail networks, Stellantis is issuing all retailers in the UK and EU with termination notices and is planning to re-appoint an “optimised” number under a new...

March 2021 new car registrations are set to be up 10% despite retailers remaining closed. The forecast for 280k sales is “testament to dealers rapidly embracing online sales and click-and-collect...

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Both derivatives and individual options for the facelifted 2021 Jaguar XF range have been reduced by around 50% which JLR UK MD Rawdon Glover says is to make the buying process much simpler – with a...

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...