New UK car registrations in December were 140,786, or down -0.2% YoY. When segmented by car type, diesel and petrol registrations were down -27.4% YoY and -20.9% YoY while battery EV registrations jumped 56.8% YoY. Business registrations increased 9.6% YoY offsetting the -1.7% YoY decline in private registrations.

In 2024, UK registrations were up 2.6% vs last year but still well below pre-pandemic levels.