The light commercial vehicle (LCV) market had another record-setting month, with 29,354 vans registered in May, according to the latest figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It was the best May performance on record for the LCV market, 4.7% up on pre-pandemic levels as the increasing sector confidence continues […]
With the year’s first full month of showroom openings, new car registrations in May reached 156,737 units, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The total represents an almost eightfold increase on the same month last year, but is down -14.7% on pre-pandemic May 2019, and -13.2% on […]
UK commercial vehicle (CV) production increased to 6,177 units in April, according to the latest figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a significant increase on April 2020 when just nine units left production lines as Covid stopped manufacturing. Although up on the equivalent pre-pandemic April 2019, which was itself weak given […]
UK car production rose significantly, but artificially, in April according to the latest figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Britain made 68,306 cars compared to just 197 a year ago when Covid restrictions effectively halted manufacturing. The performance was -3.8% below the April 2019 output. So far this year UK factories have […]
Part of Dawsongroup PLC, the Ringwood-based company’s portfolio exceeded the major milestone for the first time in April, with £150m of financed assets in use which are currently funded by Dawsongroup Finance. Supported by a field-based sales team of six, approximately £100m of Dawsongroup Finance’s business is with Dawsongroup PLC customers based throughout the UK, […]
New research from vehicle leasing expert LeasePlan UK has found that whilst the vast majority of those who manage their business’s fleet are aware that a company vehicle policy is a legal requirement, a third (33%) don’t have a policy in place. This means that a substantial number of businesses are taking extremely high risks […]
The Isuzu D-Max is one of those vehicles that looked like it jumped off the designer’s page and started driving down the street. Its aggressive and radical styling is a departure from the everyday pickup designs that everyone has become accustomed to, and that’s exactly what Isuzu was trying to do. Design features The front […]
Vehicle numbers on UK roads fell to 40,350,714 in 2020, according to Motorparc data released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the first time the total number has fallen since the global financial crisis of 2009. As the pandemic stifled new vehicle uptake, the average age of cars on UK roads […]
The UK new bus and coach market declined further, down -58.5% in the first quarter of 2021, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). In what has been the weakest start to the year on record, only 582 buses and coaches joined UK roads in the first three […]
New heavy goods vehicle (HGV) registrations increased by 9.5% in the first three months of 2021, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The increase saw some 10,064 units registered in the first quarter of the year, up on 2020 albeit following a weak Q1 last year when lockdown […]
