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...

The average UK motor retailer continued the trend we saw during the second quarter producing a strong performance during the month of July. Despite new car product shortages starting to pinch for some...

Registrations of new vehicles grew again in June, but the 28% rise represents a somewhat false picture given the Covid impact on 2020 figures. A more meaningful comparison is the previous decade...

New figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that new business in the consumer car finance market grew 19% by value and 9% by volume in July 2020 compared with the same month in...

In normal years, July is a relatively quiet month for motor retailers, being the first month of a new quarter and marking the lead-in to the summer months. But we know that 2020 is certainly not a...

July saw strong demand return to both the new and used car markets, with Auto Trader reporting records across all metrics. And it’s not just pent up demand, with retailers reporting strong sales in...

Retail registrations rose over 20% in July compared with the same month last year, bringing welcome relief to retailers after June’s tentative restart. Fleet registrations were also up, by a more...

A tentative restart for the UK’s new car market saw June yield 145,377 registrations, equating to a 34.9% decline compared with the same month last year. June may have represented the first full...

The average UK motor retailer produced a steady start to the third quarter of 2018, recording a marginal loss for the month of £1,600. While this represents a step backwards from 2015 and prior,...

July saw a small increase in registrations of 1.2% compared with the same month last year, driven in the main by a 2.6% increase in fleet registrations. Private registrations were flat (+0.1%), while...

On the face of it, the first month of post-Brexit trading does not make pretty reading for the average UK motor retailer with average losses of £6,500 for the month. This contrasts markedly with a...

UK car sales fell for the first time in a year in July. The SMMT said the volume of new cars registered (136,446 units) fell by 13.2% following 12 successive monthly rises. The Society put the fall...