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BEVS enjoy record year
- 06/01/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Car registrations in the UK rose by one per cent across 2021 compared to 2020 levels, but were down 28.7% on 2019 sales. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trader found that 1.65 million new cars entered the UK market last year, making it the second worst year since 1992. There was some good news, however, [...] -
Europe suffers sharp sales decline
- 01/09/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
According to data from 26 European markets, new car registrations recorded a year-on-year decline of 24% in July, as total volume decreased from 1.27 million units to 967,830. The year-to-date results remain positive, up by 17% compared to 2020 with 7,381,735 units registered, but this is still down by 24% when [...] -
Used car market geared up for second quarter surge
- 11/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The UK’s used car market fell 8.9% in the first quarter of 2021, but experts are predicting a huge increase on 2020 figures in the second quarter. According to the latest figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), some 1,687,755 transactions took place, with the overall [...] -
Record number of apprentices join Mitsubishi
- 14/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Mitsubishi Motors UK has seen a record number of apprenticeship requests from the dealer network for training at its headquarters in Cirencester. So far this autumn, 20 Mitsubishi dealerships from all over the UK have committed to training in Gloucestershire as part of their three-year Level Three Diploma in light [...]