Car production levels at manufacturers' UK plants declined by 9.8% during October to leave the overall year-to-date decline at 6.9%, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has reported.
Used car sales in the UK reached near record highs in the period July to September.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has called for a Government re-think of its policies to encourage the sales of low-emission vehicles after hybrids bucked October’s new car registrations decline.
Industry bodies have responded to Budget 2018 measures announced yesterday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has urged the Chancellor of the Exchequer to “stimulate the market” with his 2018 budget following September’s 16.8% decline in car production.
A ‘no deal’ Brexit will see car registrations volumes slip back top levels last seen in the 2009 recession, algorithms created by Frost & Sullivan have determined.
The SMMT is behind a new cross-industry initiative to interest technology start-ups in developing solutions to change the way people buy and use cars.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has launched a new Brexit Readiness Programme in an effort to help safeguard UK’s automotive supply chain.
Audi suffered a near-70% decline in registrations in its home market of Germany during September as the effects of the roll-out of the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure was felt.
Volkswagen Group brands accounted for 49% of the UK’s total registrations decline of 20.5% (87,336 vehicles) as the brand’s WLTP-related supply woes were felt by car retailers in September.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has confirmed that supply shortages caused by manufacturers’ WLTP testing backlogs triggered a 20.5% decline in new car registrations in September.
UK car production suffered a 12.9% decline during August as the number of vehicles produced for the home market fell by 38.8%, the SMMT has reported.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has claimed that a ‘no-deal’ Brexit will undermine the automotive sector’s ability to operate and “cannot be an option”.
New and used car markets delivered a sales surge in August as the introduction of WLTP and RDE fuel consumptions an emissions delivered “great value vehicles and finance offers,” enquiryMAX has revealed.
Sales of light commercial vehicles grew by 5% last month, according to the SMMT, but year-to-date the market is still down by 2.2%.
Car manufacturers rush to sell new cars which are not compliant with the new WLTP and RDE fuel economy and emissions legislation has created a “false economy” in which sales rose 23.1% in August.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has said that model changes and preparation for WLTP and RDE fuel economy and emissions tests were to blame for an 11% decline in UK car production during July.
Dealers will be selling more electric cars than diesels by 2020, according to analysis by Leasing Options.
Used car sales volumes declined by 2.6% year-on-year during the first half of 2018, despite remaining largely flat during the second quarter, the SMMT has reported.
Bumper new car discounts prompted by the need for manufacturers and car dealers to sell-off stock ahead of the new WLTP fuel emissions legislation have been highlighted to consumers by What Car?
