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Vehicle registrations - United Kingdom. December of 2010

British sales of passenger car improve

In December, vehicle registrations in United Kingdom fell by 13.72% with respect to December of 2009. In total, 144,457 cars were registered and 2,293,576 new cars were sold in the last twelve months, 3.2% more than the year before.

The breakdown of car sales figures for the month of December is:

  • Commercial vehicles sold: 20,640, 25.17% more than in December of 2009.
  • Passenger cars regitrations: 123,817, which represents a figure of 17.97% less than in December of 2009.

United Kingdom is among the ten countries where the greatest number of cars have been registered in the last year, in ranking of 135 countries based on number of vehicle registrations.

A very useful variable for estimating the level of economic wealth enjoyed by British residents, when compared to the other countries in the ranking, is the number of vehicles sold or registered per thousand residents in the last year. With annual sales of 36.39 cars per 1,000 residents, 2.29 of them in the last month, United Kingdom, occupies 13th place in the ranking.

As can be seen, the number of registrations per thousand residents has fallen in the last year. A drop in registrations generally indicates a fall in consumer confidence and, when it is sustained, a recession in the real economy.

Changes in British vehicle registration numbers are shown in the tables below. As several studies indicate, these changes are very much related to changes in GDP and, hence, to a country's economic situation. Sales have declined since 2000, as 2,523,193 were registered that year, as have the number of registrations per thousand residents, which that year numbered 42.77.

Here we show you the progression of vehicle registrations in United Kingdom. You can see car registrations in other countries in en vehicle registrations and see all the economic information about United Kingdom in en British economy.

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DateCommercial vehicles MonthPassengers vehicles MonthMonthly vehicle salesMonthly Vehicles/ 1,000 p.Commercial vehicles YearPassengers vehicles YearAnnual vehicle salesAnnual Vehicles/ 1,000 p.
December 201020,640123,817144,4572.29262,7302,030,8462,293,57636.39
November 201023,179139,875163,0542.61258,5792,057,9652,316,54437.06
October 201021,719131,495153,2142.45253,0602,076,1722,329,23237.26
September 201040,624335,246375,8706.01248,3712,113,6192,361,99037.79
August 201010,91055,30566,2151.06243,2852,146,3022,389,58738.23
July 201020,437136,446156,8832.51242,0482,158,0032,400,05138.39
June 201023,483195,226218,7093.50238,5912,178,7062,417,29738.67
May 201019,985153,095173,0802.77235,6112,159,7442,395,35538.32
April 201017,853148,793166,6462.67231,7722,141,5072,373,27937.97
March 201039,783397,383437,1666.99231,5982,126,1892,357,78737.72
February 201010,63368,68679,3191.27226,6772,042,7182,269,39536.30
January 201013,484145,479158,9632.54225,7162,028,3912,254,10736.06
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