Commentary | New Car Registrations March 2026
Despite a backdrop of geopolitical instability, UK car buying positivity continued apace in April with the UK's new car market seeing a significant year-on-year increase, and an April monthly performance that is the nearest we’ve been to pre-pandemic highs. While this year-on-year growth is in part driven by comparison with last years' changes to VED rates and Expensive Car Supplement, with new car enquiries surging by 43% on Autotrader it looks increasingly as if the higher levels of competition from new brands entering the market, a continued surge of exciting new launches - as well as enhanced consumer offers - are driving car buyers back into showrooms in ever bigger numbers.
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