- SMMT has significantly raised its forecast for 2013 new car registrations, predicting sales will reach 2.216 million units, 8.4% ahead of 2012.
- Strong performance across the private, fleet and business market sectors saw the 17th successive monthly rise in July, growing 12.7% to 162,228 units.
- Registrations of alternatively-fuelled vehicles grew 17.0% in the month to 2,432 and hit 17,859 units for the January to July period.
- Plug-in car registrations have risen 70.7% over the first seven months of 2013, to 1,885 units.
“Strong business and consumer confidence in July saw the new car market continue to rise, posting double-digit growth in the month. Now we have evidence of consistent growth, we have raised our forecast for 2013 new car registrations to 2.216 million units, an increase of over 8% on last year,” said Mike Baunton, SMMT Interim Chief Executive. “Recently, we’ve seen a range of economic indicators point to improving conditions and our raised sales forecast emphasises how positively we view the rest of 2013.”
UK new car registrations – annual rolling totals by quarter and SMMT forecast to 2014
July | Total | Diesel | Petrol | AFV | Private | Fleet | Business | ||||||||||||
2013 | 162,228 | 82,290 | 77,506 | 2,432 | 71,549 | 83,767 | 6,912 | ||||||||||||
2012 | 143,884 | 72,501 | 69,304 | 2,079 | 63,937 | 74,275 | 5,672 | ||||||||||||
% change | 12.7% | 13.5% | 11.8% | 17.0% | 11.9% | 12.8% | 21.9% | ||||||||||||
Mkt share ’13 | 50.7% | 47.8% | 1.5% | 44.1% | 51.6% | 4.3% | |||||||||||||
Mkt share ’12 | 50.4% | 48.2% | 1.4% | 44.4% | 51.6% | 3.9% | |||||||||||||
Year-to-date | Total | Diesel | Petrol | AFV | Private | Fleet | Business | ||||||||||||
2013 | 1,325,851 | 653,033 | 654,959 | 17,859 | 629,014 | 639,323 | 57,514 | ||||||||||||
2012 | 1,201,564 | 613,742 | 571,117 | 16,705 | 540,210 | 611,448 | 49,906 | ||||||||||||
% change | 10.3% | 6.4% | 14.7% | 6.9% | 16.4% | 4.6% | 15.2% | ||||||||||||
Mkt share ’13 | 49.3% | 49.4% | 1.3% | 47.4% | 48.2% | 4.3% | |||||||||||||
Mkt share ’12 | 51.1% | 47.5% | 1.4% | 45.0% | 50.9% | 4.2% | |||||||||||||
Best sellers | July | Year-to-date | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Fiesta | 9,089 | 1 | Fiesta | 72,129 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Focus | 7,229 | 2 | Focus | 54,904 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Astra | 6,165 | 3 | Corsa | 51,133 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Golf | 5,166 | 4 | Astra | 39,896 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Corsa | 4,986 | 5 | Golf | 37,297 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Qashqai | 4,312 | 6 | Qashqai | 31,424 | ||||||||||||||
7 | 3 Series | 3,070 | 7 | Polo | 26,288 | ||||||||||||||
8 | Polo | 3,001 | 8 | 3 Series | 24,658 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Juke | 2,943 | 9 | 208 | 23,294 | ||||||||||||||
10 | 500 | 2,768 | 10 | 1 Series | 22,437 |
Plug-in car registrations, 2009 to date
- Registrations of plug-in cars (pure electric and plug-in hybrids) over the first seven months of 2013 have risen 70.7% from 1,104 units a year ago to 1,885 units in 2013.
- Already this year, registrations have exceeded 80% of 2012 full year volumes and are 11 times higher than 2010.
- Growth reflects increased availability of products across the UK and wider interest from motorists looking to minimise CO2 emissions and take advantage of tax breaks.
- More than 10,000 plug-in vehicle charging points have been installed across the country, with around half match-funded by government’s Plugged-In Places initiative.
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JULY | % Change | YEAR-TO-DATE | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||
MARQUE | 2013 | % Market share | 2012 | % Market share | 2013 | % Market share | 2012 | % Market share | |||||||||||||
Abarth | 96 | 0.06 | 69 | 0.05 | 39.13 | 807 | 0.06 | 676 | 0.06 | 19.38 | |||||||||||
Alfa Romeo | 376 | 0.23 | 496 | 0.34 | -24.19 | 3,163 | 0.24 | 4,654 | 0.39 | -32.04 | |||||||||||
Aston Martin | 45 | 0.03 | 67 | 0.05 | -32.84 | 575 | 0.04 | 549 | 0.05 | 4.74 | |||||||||||
Audi | 10,761 | 6.63 | 9,094 | 6.32 | 18.33 | 84,528 | 6.38 | 75,099 | 6.25 | 12.56 | |||||||||||
Bentley | 131 | 0.08 | 118 | 0.08 | 11.02 | 727 | 0.05 | 781 | 0.06 | -6.91 | |||||||||||
BMW | 8,390 | 5.17 | 7,302 | 5.07 | 14.90 | 73,604 | 5.55 | 71,816 | 5.98 | 2.49 | |||||||||||
Chevrolet | 701 | 0.43 | 846 | 0.59 | -17.14 | 7,465 | 0.56 | 9,657 | 0.80 | -22.70 | |||||||||||
Chrysler | 172 | 0.11 | 422 | 0.29 | -59.24 | 1,551 | 0.12 | 2,028 | 0.17 | -23.52 | |||||||||||
Citroen | 5,732 | 3.53 | 5,344 | 3.71 | 7.26 | 48,516 | 3.66 | 42,674 | 3.55 | 13.69 | |||||||||||
Dacia | 1,303 | 0.80 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8,297 | 0.63 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
Fiat | 4,610 | 2.84 | 3,712 | 2.58 | 24.19 | 34,033 | 2.57 | 29,197 | 2.43 | 16.56 | |||||||||||
Ford | 25,597 | 15.78 | 18,527 | 12.88 | 38.16 | 188,993 | 14.25 | 168,905 | 14.06 | 11.89 | |||||||||||
Honda | 3,372 | 2.08 | 3,619 | 2.52 | -6.83 | 33,598 | 2.53 | 31,130 | 2.59 | 7.93 | |||||||||||
Hyundai | 4,997 | 3.08 | 5,226 | 3.63 | -4.38 | 44,132 | 3.33 | 40,394 | 3.36 | 9.25 | |||||||||||
Infiniti | 28 | 0.02 | 33 | 0.02 | -15.15 | 266 | 0.02 | 329 | 0.03 | -19.15 | |||||||||||
Jaguar | 1,155 | 0.71 | 892 | 0.62 | 29.48 | 9,813 | 0.74 | 7,999 | 0.67 | 22.68 | |||||||||||
Jeep | 133 | 0.08 | 127 | 0.09 | 4.72 | 1,091 | 0.08 | 1,308 | 0.11 | -16.59 | |||||||||||
Kia | 6,027 | 3.72 | 5,593 | 3.89 | 7.76 | 43,205 | 3.26 | 39,071 | 3.25 | 10.58 | |||||||||||
Land Rover | 3,459 | 2.13 | 3,436 | 2.39 | 0.67 | 33,579 | 2.53 | 29,511 | 2.46 | 13.78 | |||||||||||
Lexus | 692 | 0.43 | 578 | 0.40 | 19.72 | 4,806 | 0.36 | 5,329 | 0.44 | -9.81 | |||||||||||
Lotus | 25 | 0.02 | 17 | 0.01 | 47.06 | 122 | 0.01 | 99 | 0.01 | 23.23 | |||||||||||
Maserati | 20 | 0.01 | 15 | 0.01 | 33.33 | 194 | 0.01 | 186 | 0.02 | 4.30 | |||||||||||
Mazda | 2,196 | 1.35 | 1,825 | 1.27 | 20.33 | 17,838 | 1.35 | 16,859 | 1.40 | 5.81 | |||||||||||
Mercedes-Benz | 7,673 | 4.73 | 6,615 | 4.60 | 15.99 | 62,310 | 4.70 | 54,405 | 4.53 | 14.53 | |||||||||||
MG | 27 | 0.02 | 23 | 0.02 | 17.39 | 156 | 0.01 | 553 | 0.05 | -71.79 | |||||||||||
MINI | 3,147 | 1.94 | 2,914 | 2.03 | 8.00 | 28,467 | 2.15 | 27,528 | 2.29 | 3.41 | |||||||||||
Mitsubishi | 397 | 0.24 | 319 | 0.22 | 24.45 | 5,431 | 0.41 | 3,868 | 0.32 | 40.41 | |||||||||||
Nissan | 9,195 | 5.67 | 8,313 | 5.78 | 10.61 | 70,856 | 5.34 | 62,290 | 5.18 | 13.75 | |||||||||||
Perodua | 13 | 0.01 | 27 | 0.02 | -51.85 | 165 | 0.01 | 272 | 0.02 | -39.34 | |||||||||||
Peugeot | 7,375 | 4.55 | 7,142 | 4.96 | 3.26 | 63,628 | 4.80 | 59,624 | 4.96 | 6.72 | |||||||||||
Porsche | 731 | 0.45 | 702 | 0.49 | 4.13 | 4,632 | 0.35 | 4,641 | 0.39 | -0.19 | |||||||||||
Proton | 0 | 0.00 | 19 | 0.01 | -100.00 | 15 | 0.00 | 174 | 0.01 | -91.38 | |||||||||||
Renault | 2,319 | 1.43 | 2,547 | 1.77 | -8.95 | 22,354 | 1.69 | 22,122 | 1.84 | 1.05 | |||||||||||
Saab | 0 | 0.00 | 24 | 0.02 | -100.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 200 | 0.02 | -98.50 | |||||||||||
SEAT | 2,929 | 1.81 | 2,388 | 1.66 | 22.65 | 25,681 | 1.94 | 21,574 | 1.80 | 19.04 | |||||||||||
Skoda | 4,922 | 3.03 | 4,238 | 2.95 | 16.14 | 37,306 | 2.81 | 32,314 | 2.69 | 15.45 | |||||||||||
smart | 342 | 0.21 | 333 | 0.23 | 2.70 | 3,263 | 0.25 | 3,015 | 0.25 | 8.23 | |||||||||||
Ssangyong | 31 | 0.02 | 84 | 0.06 | -63.10 | 322 | 0.02 | 504 | 0.04 | -36.11 | |||||||||||
Subaru | 87 | 0.05 | 130 | 0.09 | -33.08 | 1,187 | 0.09 | 1,364 | 0.11 | -12.98 | |||||||||||
Suzuki | 1,739 | 1.07 | 1,398 | 0.97 | 24.39 | 18,859 | 1.42 | 14,166 | 1.18 | 33.13 | |||||||||||
Toyota | 6,645 | 4.10 | 5,740 | 3.99 | 15.77 | 54,003 | 4.07 | 51,039 | 4.25 | 5.81 | |||||||||||
Vauxhall | 18,165 | 11.20 | 17,999 | 12.51 | 0.92 | 150,805 | 11.37 | 133,931 | 11.15 | 12.60 | |||||||||||
Volkswagen | 14,029 | 8.65 | 13,435 | 9.34 | 4.42 | 115,346 | 8.70 | 109,240 | 9.09 | 5.59 | |||||||||||
Volvo | 2,274 | 1.40 | 2,016 | 1.40 | 12.80 | 19,054 | 1.44 | 19,313 | 1.61 | -1.34 | |||||||||||
Other British | 81 | 0.05 | 54 | 0.04 | 50.00 | 503 | 0.04 | 599 | 0.05 | -16.03 | |||||||||||
Other Imports | 89 | 0.05 | 66 | 0.05 | 34.85 | 602 | 0.05 | 577 | 0.05 | 4.33 | |||||||||||
Total | 62,228 | 43,884 | 12.75 | ,325,851 | ,201,564 | 10.34 |