Britain’s used car market had a slower but relatively solid start to the year, with sales surpassing 2 million in the first three months, said the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. It reported 2,031,661 vehicles changed hands, a -4.8% (-102,295 units) year-on-year decline compared with Q1 2017. Demand for petrol engine cars fell -9.7%, as … [Read more...]
Major car brands seeking new technology
The Future Mobility Challenge is a major new initiative to spawn new partnerships, investments and acquisitions between the world’s leading automotive brands and innovative technology start-ups and SMEs. Five of the world’s biggest automotive brands, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Bosch, Ford and Toyota, have partnered with SMMT to challenge ambitious SMEs and … [Read more...]
Mounting worries over safety recalls
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency are calling on UK fleet operators to join the millions of consumers who have checked if their vehicles have an outstanding safety recall. In the first three months of this year, SMMT’s online Vehicle Safety Recalls Service was used 2,334,385 times by drivers to … [Read more...]
Welsh car sales soar in spring
Ford filled the top three places in Wales’ best selling cars in April as the region dramatically out-performed the rest of the country. Fiesta, Kuga and Focus accounted for 760 registrations and comfortably beat the next, VW Golf. The Vauxhall Mokka X just outsold the Ford EcoSport and they led over the Dacia Sandero. The Vauxhall Viva was ahead of the … [Read more...]
UK car production falls and snow chills output
Car production declined in March, falling 13.3% year on year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. It reports 147,471 cars were built in British factories as the domestic market continued to slow, with demand falling 17.7%. Exports also went down 11.9% due to fluctuations in demand in some global markets. In addition, some … [Read more...]
Newslines 27 April
An Uber-style community transport app for NHS patients in the Valleys is being considered by the Ministerial Taskforce for the South Wales Valleys. The app for patients who need to travel to hospital for appointments and treatment would bring together all providers of community transport to share vehicles and reduce wasted trips. Car thieves have … [Read more...]
Diesel decline accelerated last month
Diesel’s decline continued on new car forecourts last month. It was the 12 consecutive month of falling sales but an inflated registration spike in March 2017 to beat tougher emissions requirements and tax rates has distorted the tables for March 2018 although the underlying trend is bad for diesel. Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers … [Read more...]
Newslines 30 March
A year before Brexit kicks in, it is essential that both industry and government do all they can to secure new model production in Britain, said the SMMT. Thousands of jobs depend on a good deal for the auto sector, it said, as new figures from the Production Outlook, predict there will be modest fall in UK vehicle production to 1.729 million in 2018 and … [Read more...]
Welsh car buyers buck British trend
Wales has bucked the trend and seen new car sales rise in February. Figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders showed a 9.389% rise in Welsh registrations last month while the UK as a whole suffered a 2.63% drop. Welsh drivers bought 2,251 new cars in February out of 80,499 in the whole of Britain, but that was better … [Read more...]
UK new car sales still sliding, diesels collapsing
The UK new car market dipped in February, according to figures released this morning by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Some 80,805 new cars were registered, a -2.8% drop compared with February 2017, in what is traditionally one of the quietest months of the year ahead of the March number plate change. Continuing recent trends, demand … [Read more...]
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