Struggling luxury car brand Jaguar will be fully electric by 2025, the British company said Monday as it outlined a plan to phase out internal combustion engines. Jaguar Land Rover, which is owned by Indian conglomerate Tata Motors, hopes the move will help turn around the fortunes of the 86-year-old Jaguar brand, which for many…
Thousands of used vehicles are being stored at a former motorsport venue as the automotive trade reflects on a “lost year” for the industry with used car sales down almost 15%.
Racing at the Rockingham Motor Speedway circuit ended in 2018 when the Northamptonshire track was sold off, with the site near Corby now used to store mainly former hire and ex-lease vehicles before they are sent to auctions or second-hand dealers’ forecourts.
Used cars parked on the 250-acre former motorsport site (Joe Giddens/PA)
The UK’s used car market slipped 14.9% in 2020, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), released earlier this month.
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EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25 File photo dated 10/10/2019 of workers on the production line at Nissan’s factory in Sunderland. Car production has continued to fall as the industry is hit by the virus crisis, new figures show. Just over 51,000 vehicles rolled off factory lines in August, down by 44% on the same month last year, said the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
The UK is a country which loves its cars. Drive down a stretch of motorway and you’ll see all manner of vehicles in various different sizes – but there are plenty of models which, due to their popularity, will be more common than others.
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Every year, we see more electric vehicles on the UK s roads. A total of 108,205 fully-electric vehicles or EVs were sold in 2020, representing a 185% increased compared to 2019.
That s according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, which says that 1,631,064 cars of all types were sold in the UK last year.
Coronavirus meant that 600,000 fewer cars were sold compared to 2019, the largest year-on-year decline since the Second World War.
While the number of new petrol and diesel cars sold fell, the number of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid cars sold increased.