New car registrations in the United Kingdom were up 674% in May 2021, year-over-year, equivalent to 156,737 registrations. The figures are impressive, but still not at pre-COVID levels as it is still around 13.2 per cent below the 10-year May average. “The first national lockdown meant new cars could only be sold via click-and-collect in May 2020, so there were only 20,247 registrations in that month,” said Auto Express. (Source: Auto Express) Read the original article…
Todd Phillips is the editorial director of Universus Media Group Inc. and the editor of Canadian auto dealer magazine. Todd can be reached at tphillips@universusmedia.com.
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