New car sales are recovering but more slowly than expected by car makers.
The global shortage of micro-chips is affecting outputs from plants, said the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
June’s UK registrations of 186,128 new cars is 16.4% below the last decade’s average for the month and the second quarter’s total is still 9,000 units short of their expectations due to the chip shortage.
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Half year sales were a steeper 26.8% below those from 2010 to 2019. Within the details there is good news as plug-in hybrids have doubled their share over 12 months ago when the UK dealerships reopened after the first lockdown. As if to reinforce their increasing dominance, the Tesla Model 3 topped the chart as pure battery cars took one-in-ten registrations and diesel just 8.1%. |
June UK top ten: Tesla Model 3 VW Golf Ford Puma Vauxhall Corsa Ford Fiesta VW Polo Toyota Yaris MINI BMW 3 Series Kia Sportage |
Wales top ten : Ford Fiesa Ford Puma Toyota Yaris VW Polo MG ZS Toyota Aygo VW Golf VW T-Roc Ford Kuga Vauxhall Corsa |
SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes said the industry was now battling with the “long covid” effect on supply chains and the micro-chip shortage.
In Wales, 6,130 new cars were registered in June, a 27.66% improvement over June 2020.
