new car registrations
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Market Insight 5 AugMG defies July registrations slump with 30.6% growth
MG Motor UK’s growing franchised car retail network continued to grow the brand’s new car registrations despite July’s vehicle supply and COVID-prompted sector headwinds.
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Market Insight 5 AugStaff and semiconductor shortages ‘throttle’ July new car registrations
Supply issues resulting from global semiconductor shortages and the ongoing impact of the UK’s COVID-19 ‘pingdemic’ have been blamed for the lowest July new car registrations total since 1998.
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Market Insight 30 Jul‘Unclear' whether European car registrations will return to pre-COVID levels
Jato Dynamics has said that it is “unclear” whether Europe’s new car registrations volumes will return to pre-COVID pandemic levels after the sector’s recovery slowed in June.
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Market Insight 20 JulSupply-constrained Q3 prompts Cox to downgrade car registrations forecast
Cox Automotive has downgraded its 2021 new car registrations forecast by 2.48% amid expectations that vehicle supply issues will leave Q3 deliveries down 17.7% on the 10-year average.
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Market Insight 12 JulNew car retail disruption will continue to fuel used sales, says Cox Automotive
Semiconductor shortages, the transition to electric vehicles (EV) and “the true impact of Brexit” are among new car retail disruptions that are set to fuel a strong used car market in to 2022, says Cox Automotive.
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Market Insight 5 JulManufacturers' 'long COVID' leaves Q2 car sales adrift of pre-pandemic levels
Car manufacturing is said to be suffering from “long COVID”, with new vehicle supply issues blamed for UK registrations total which remained adrift of pre-pandemic levels in Q2, 2021.
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Car Dealer News 7 JunBeechdale Motor Group is Alfa Romeo’s car retailer of the year
Alfa Romeo has named Derby’s Beechdale Motor Group as its top car dealer in a COVID-hit 2020 at its annual Retailer of the Year Awards.
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Market Insight 4 JunDealers maximise May new car sales, find 73,865 private buyers
May’s new car market finished with 156,737 registrations, 14.7% lower than the last proper May market prior to the pandemic, when 183,724 units were sold in May 2019.
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Latest News 19 MayGovernment lacks ‘clear plan’ for UK's 2030 petrol and diesel car ban
A House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report into the transition to zero emission vehicles has highlighted the lack of “a clear published plan” to meet its goal of banning new petrol and diesel car sales by 2030.
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Market Insight 5 MayApril new car registrations reveal ‘light at the end of the tunnel’, says SMMT
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has said that April’s 13.9% rise in new car registrations show that there is “light at the end of the tunnel” after COVID-19.
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Market Insight 6 AprUK new car market strengthens for 1st time since August
UK new car sales in March 2021 were up on 2020 despite showrooms remaining closed by the coronavirus lockdowns.
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Market Insight 4 MarPorsche dealers outsold ‘Lockdown 3’ new car market to deliver YTD sales growth
Porsche GB’s growing franchised car retail network contributed to a February sales result which delivered growth amid a market down 35.5% due to the ongoing COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’ showroom closures.
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Market Insight 4 Mar
SMMT downgrades 2021 car registrations forecast again ahead of ‘dismal new plate month’
Car dealers should be braced for “a third, successive dismal new plate month” in March after COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’ delivered another 35.5% decline to the UK’s new car registrations in February.
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Market Insight 24 FebCOVID-19 triggers Europe’s lowest January new car registrations since 1982
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic resulted in Europe’s lowest January new car registrations total since 1982 – down 26% year-on-year to just 839,600 units.
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Market Insight 16 FebSUVs, AFVs and Tesla... What happened to 2020's new car registrations?
The 29.4% decline in 2020 represented, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), £20.4bn in lost turnover.
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Market Insight 8 FebCOVID has UK car retailers ‘suffering’ in comparison to European counterparts
The UK’s COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’ trading restrictions mean that franchised car retailers are “suffering” more greatly than their European counterparts.
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Market Insight 4 Feb
SMMT revises 2021 car sales forecast in anticipation of COVID-19's March impact
The SMMT has revised its 2021 new car registrations forecast down to below 1.9 million in anticipation of COVID-19 lockdown's impact on the key March number plate change month.
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Manufacturer 3 FebMazda MX-30 EV to benefit from brand's car scrappage scheme savings
Mazda UK has added its new MX-30 electric vehicle (EV) to the list of cars eligible for savings of up to £4,000 in its CO2 emissions-reducing car scrappage scheme.
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Car Dealer News 1 FebTrustFord 'smashing' van sales amid 40% Lockdown 3 car sales decline
TrustFord has seen its car sales volumes decline by around 40% during COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’ trading in England and Northern Ireland – but home delivery boom is driving commercial vehicle records.
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Market Insight 27 JanVolkswagen ID.3 EV ended 2020 as Europe’s second-biggest selling car
Volkswagen’s ID.3 electric vehicle (EV) ended 2020 as Europe’s second best-selling car as COVID-19 triggered a 25% full-year market decline - its worst result since 1993.
