UK new car registrations up on year in November

New car registrations in the UK continued to increase in November, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). New car sales increased 2.9% on a yearly basis to reach 184,101 units in November. The number of new cars registered in the January-November period reached 2,514,764 and hit a record.

The data showed that demand for alternatively fueled vehicles was up by 24% in November month on month and had a market share of 3.6%, which is a record.

The data also showed that private new car registrations decreased 1.2% in November when compared to the same month of 2015 and this caused fleet cars to fill half of the market. The largest increases were seen in executive cars by 27.7% and in city cars by 25%.