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The UK's new car market has strengthened for the first time since August, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reports. Registration data for March shows an 11.5% uplift year-on-year to 283,964 units, with 29,280 more cars registered than in March 2020 when the UK's lockdown halted all sales before the final week of the plate-change campaign, causing a 44.6% drop in registrations. Fleet sales drove the growth - the corporate and rental markets were 29% up with 151,360 registrations taking a 53% share of March's total market. Private sales were down 4.1% year-on-year, however, the 126,850 unit total is remarkable given that car showrooms have remained closed since January and all business has needed to be conducted remotely. |