{"id":5197,"date":"2013-09-05T12:26:59","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T12:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=5197"},"modified":"2013-09-05T12:28:49","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T12:28:49","slug":"van-registrations-up-11-1-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/5197","title":{"rendered":"Van Registrations Up 11.1% In August"},"content":{"rendered":"

New van registrations rose by 11.1% to 10,344 in August, taking the total gain for the year so far to 9.4%, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).<\/p>\n

A rise in truck registrations (goods vehicles over 3.5t) helped cancel out losses in the first half of this year<\/a> and means that total commercial vehicle registrations so far in 2013 are up by 7% on the same period in 2012:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nAugust<\/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>\n10,344<\/td>\n11.1%<\/td>\n161,938<\/td>\n9.4%<\/td>\n253,572<\/td>\n2.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trucks<\/strong><\/td>\n3,107<\/td>\n29.0%<\/td>\n28,221<\/td>\n-4.8%<\/td>\n44,279<\/td>\n-7.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n13,451<\/td>\n14.8%<\/td>\n190,159<\/td>\n7.0%<\/td>\n297,851<\/td>\n1.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Data courtesy of SMMT (www.smmt.co.uk<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

The graph below shows how van, rigid truck and artic sales have changed since the end of 2009. The picture presented by this graph is fairly positive … :<\/p>\n

\"SMMT

Truck and van registrations 2009 to August 2013 (courtesy of SMMT)<\/p><\/div>\n

… but SMMT appears to have fallen victim to the temptation to put a positive spin on its statistics. Until a few months ago, the graph above, which is issued every month, included van and truck registrations from the end of 2007. These have now been removed, and a glance at the graph below suggests why this is.<\/p>\n

In this graph from November 2012, we can see that van registrations remain approximately 30% below 2007\/8 levels at the moment, while rigid truck registrations are down by around 25% from their 2008 peak. Artic registrations have remained more robust, but the picture is still concerning, as it suggests that smaller business — typical users of vans and light trucks — have struggled to survive and grow, something which is likely to inhibit wider economic growth and recovery:<\/p>\n

\"SMMT

Van and truck registrations Dec 2007 – Nov 2012 (courtesy of SMMT)<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite the poor comparisons with pre-recession levels of van registrations, iIt is certainly good news that van registrations rose by 11.1% in August, and that truck sales started to recover from the falls we have seen so far this year.<\/p>\n

What’s more, SMMT Commercial Vehicle Manager Nigel Base believes there is more good news to come during the second half of this year:<\/p>\n

“The commercial vehicle industry can take heart from a respectable performance in August with customers boosting registrations by almost 15%. For vans, August is always a quieter month ahead of the September plate-change but the 9.4% year-to-date rise in volumes is set to be maintained through to year end. We predicted a turn-around in truck fortunes through the second half of this year and the robust performance in August is a signal that volumes should catch and pass 2012 totals.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let’s hope so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van registrations rose by 11% in August but remain nearly 30% below pre-recession levels, although truck registrations have remained more robust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[310,1710],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5197"}],"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=5197"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5203,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5197\/revisions\/5203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}