The number of cars on UK roads increased by 436,000 in 2013 to nearly 32 million cars, according to the SMMT’s annual ‘Motorparc’ study. This 1.4% increase marked the fastest rate of growth in a d...
Britain’s new car market completed two years of continuous month-on-month growth in February. With a new reg plate looming, February typically marks one of the quietest times of the year for new ca...
The number of new cars heading to company fleets increased by 3.6% in February. Data from the SMMT shows that fleets registered 37,029 new cars last month, 1,270 more than the 35,759 from February...
There was virtually no change to the new fleet car market in January compared to the same month in 2013. According to the SMMT, 75,210 new cars went to fleets last month, seven units fewer than th...
A new website aimed at dispelling common myths surrounding electric and hybrid vehicles has been launched by the Government and UK automotive industry. GoUltraLow.com aims to encourage uptake of t...
The on-going recovery of the UK car sector is in full swing – because not only were sales massively up during 2013, but now new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) sh...
2013 was the best year for the new car market since before the recession five years ago, with fleet registrations up by 5.7%. According to the SMMT’s end of year figures, a total of 1,084,279 new ...
Fleet car registrations have surpassed one million mark for 2013 as registrations grew by 3.4% in November. Data from the SMMT shows that the fleet market made up 79,968 of the 159,581 registrati...
Ford’s frugal EcoBoost engine has won the SMMT’s Award for Automotive Innovation. The 1-litre three-pot petrol engine fended off competition from MacLaren’s P1 hypercar, which can hit 62mph in und...
The UK’s new car registrations grown for the 20th month running in October, with 157,314 new cars registered, signalling a 4% increase on 12 months earlier. According to figures released today b...