{"id":6972,"date":"2015-01-07T14:29:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T14:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=6972"},"modified":"2015-01-07T14:29:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T14:29:05","slug":"van-and-truck-sales-returned-to-2007-levels-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/6972","title":{"rendered":"Van and truck sales returned to 2007 levels in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

New commercial vehicle registrations rose by 11% to 363,155 units in 2014,\u00a0making last year the highest-selling year since 2007, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).<\/p>\n

The growth was driven by van sales, which rose by 18.7% to 321,686 units last year, while truck sales fell by 26.2%,\u00a0thanks to the introduction of Euro 6 emissions regulation: truck operators rushed to buy Euro 5 trucks in 2013 before pulling back from the new market in 2014.<\/p>\n

UK van and truck registrations: 2014 and % change on 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nDecember<\/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>\n26,529<\/td>\n26.6%<\/td>\n321,686<\/td>\n18.7%<\/td>\n321,686<\/td>\n18.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trucks<\/strong><\/td>\n2,898<\/td>\n-74.5%<\/td>\n41,469<\/td>\n-26.2%<\/td>\n41,469<\/td>\n-26.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n29,427<\/td>\n-8.9%<\/td>\n363,155<\/td>\n11.0%<\/td>\n363,155<\/td>\n11.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source: SMMT (www.smmt.co.uk<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

As usual, a picture is worth a thousand words, so here’s a graph showing how sales have changed since 2010:<\/p>\n

\"SMMT

SMMT van and truck registrations 10\/2010-12\/2014 (courtesy of SMMT)<\/p><\/div>\n

Which vans sold best?<\/h3>\n

The growth in new van registrations was not evenly distributed across the van sector.<\/p>\n

The big winner was the 2.0-2.5t category (vans like the Citroen Berlingo and Ford Transit Connect), where sales rose by 42% to 56,257 last year, highlighting the popularity of these\u00a0medium-sized vans, which are bigger and more capable than they used to be.<\/p>\n

At the top end of the market, sales of 2.5-3.5t vans performed strongly, rising by 19.5% to 183,308 —\u00a0in volume terms, this is by far the biggest\u00a0segment of the van market.<\/p>\n

Other categories that deserve a mention are sub-2.0t vans, where registrations fell by 5% — perhaps because there are very few new van models that actually fit into this category.<\/p>\n

The pick-up segment also deserves a mention, \u00a0because\u00a0sales rose by 15.1% to 33,823 last year, meaning that this formerly specialist segment of the CV market is now comparable, in volume terms, with 2.0-2.5t vans! This tends to confirm that\u00a0pick-ups are the new\u00a0company car of choice<\/a> for many\u00a0small business owners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New van registrations rose by almost 19% last year, powering the UK CV sector back up to pre-recession levels, according to the latest figures from the SMMT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[310,1885],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6972"}],"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=6972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6974,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6972\/revisions\/6974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}