In this file photo taken on December 04, 2020 (FILES) In this file photo taken on December 04, 2020 An aerial view shows lines of new Honda cars parked up at the Royal Portbury Dock in Avonmouth, near Bristol in south-west England. - British new car sales crashed to the lowest level for almost three decades in 2020, with demand ravaged by chronic coronavirus fallout and Brexit uncertainty, industry data showed on January 6, 2021. Sales tanked by 29.4 percent compared with 2019 to 1.63 million new vehicles, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) revealed in a statement. That was the lowest level since 1992.- AFP
LONDON: British new car sales fell nearly 30% last year in their biggest annual drop since 1943 as lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus hit the sector, a trade industry body said yesterday.
Demand stood at 1.63 million cars in 2020, preliminary data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed. It was particularly hard hit by a 97% fall in April, the first full month of a national lockdown.
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