{"id":4344,"date":"2013-03-06T17:03:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T17:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=4344"},"modified":"2013-03-06T17:03:08","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T17:03:08","slug":"van-registrations-up-11-8-in-february-as-buyers-choose-small-vans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4344","title":{"rendered":"Van Registrations Up 11.8% in February as Buyers Choose Small Vans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van registrations rose by 11.8% to 9,149 in February compared to February 2012, lifting overall commercial vehicle registrations (vans and trucks) by 5.4%, despite a 16.3% fall in new truck registrations.<\/p>\n

UK van and truck registrations: 2013 and % change on 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nFebruary<\/strong><\/td>\n% change<\/strong><\/td>\nYear-to-date<\/strong><\/td>\n% change<\/strong><\/td>\nRolling year<\/strong><\/td>\n% change<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vans<\/strong><\/td>\n9,149<\/td>\n11.8%<\/td>\n25,198<\/td>\n11.9%<\/td>\n242,318<\/td>\n-4.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trucks<\/strong><\/td>\n2,187<\/td>\n-16.3%<\/td>\n5,069<\/td>\n-18.2%<\/td>\n44,572<\/td>\n-0.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n11,336<\/td>\n5.0%<\/td>\n30,267<\/td>\n5.4%<\/td>\n286,890<\/td>\n-4.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

(Data courtesy of SMMT<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Nigel Base, SMMT Commercial Vehicle Manager said that it was “a complex picture”:<\/p>\n

“The commercial vehicle industry\u2019s good start to 2013 continued into February, rising 5% as the van market grew 11.8% on last year, but it\u2019s a complex picture. The truck market declined 16%, perhaps as owners and operators adjust buying decisions ahead of key landmarks in the year – \u00a0this month’s Budget, the CV Show in April and introduction of Euro 6 legislation at the end of the year.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Van registrations in more detail<\/strong><\/p>\n

A closer look at the van registration figures show some interesting trends.<\/p>\n

Pickup sales continued their strong start to the year, rising by 72.2% in February to give a 44.8% rise for the year to date, during which time 4×4 sales have fallen by 4.2%.<\/p>\n

In terms of ‘proper’ vans, the biggest increase this year has been in the 2.0t – 2.5t category, where registrations have risen by 21.8% so far. Vans in this weight range include\u00a0the Volkswagen Caddy, Citroen Berlingo and Ford Transit Connect.<\/p>\n

In contrast, registrations of vans with a GVW of 2.5t – 3.5t have only risen by 4.4% so far this year, highlighting the growing popularity of smaller models over larger alternatives like the Peugeot Expert and Ford Transit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van registrations rose by 11.8% in February 2013, as buyers flocked to small vans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1212,310],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4347,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions\/4347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}