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The UK's new car market experienced a 26.2% year-on-year increase in registrations to show a seventh consecutive month of growth, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has reported. SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes said UK automotive was "facing the future with growing confidence" after 74,441 new cars joined the nation's roads last month, with freer new car supplies boosting fleet registrations to a market share up 8.1 percentage points year-on-year (YoY) to 58.8%. The result was down just 6.5% on the same month in pre-pandemic 2020. February SMMT data shows that fleet deliveries are starting to free up. Carmakers had prioritised higher margin retail registrations in recent times. Deliveries to large fleets rose 46.2% as those to private buyers were up 5.8% during February. Business registrations, which account for a fraction of the market, increased by 0.7%. |