The Vauxhall Corsa was January s UK car market top seller
New car sales in the UK were down almost 40% in January as showroom closures due to population lockdowns stifled demand.
According to SMMT data, just 90,249 new cars were registered in January – the worst start to a year since 1970 despite click and collect preventing greater fall.
Demand remained depressed for both private buyers (-38.5%) and large fleets (-39.7%). Declines were also recorded in both petrol and diesel cars registrations, which fell by 62.1% and 50.6% respectively.
On a positive note, battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales grew by 2,206 units (54.4%) in the month to take 6.9% of the market, as the number of available models almost doubled from 22 in January 2019 to 40 this year. Combined, BEVs and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) accounted for 13.7% of new car registrations.
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