Data room · United Kingdom
Car market — 2026
In brief
From January to September 2026, 1,739,272 new passenger cars were registered in United Kingdom. Battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars account for 40.2 % of registrations. Year total computed by adding up the published months.
Passenger cars · January – September
1,739,272
— year on year · sum of the months
Month by month · 2026
Jan 26max 380,627Sept 26
- Petrol
- Diesel
- Hybrid (non plug-in)
- Plug-in hybrid
- Battery electric
- Other fuels
Power sources · 2026
| Power source | Units | Share | Year on year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 700,754 | 40.3 % | — |
| Diesel | 75,683 | 4.4 % | — |
| Hybrid (non plug-in) | 263,117 | 15.1 % | — |
| Plug-in hybrid | 244,769 | 14.1 % | — |
| Battery electric | 454,949 | 26.2 % | — |
Total : 1,739,272 · sum of the published months
Sources and original documents
- SMMT — web.archive.org/web/20260217151121/https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/
- ACEA — acea.auto/files/Press_release_car_registrations_February_2026.pdf
- SMMT — web.archive.org/web/20260421123528/https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/
- SMMT — web.archive.org/web/20260529035202/https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/
- SMMT — web.archive.org/web/20260629105010/https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/
- SMMT — web.archive.org/web/20260725085033/https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/
- SMMT — web.archive.org/web/20260820054339/https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/
- SMMT — web.archive.org/web/20260930101920/https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/
- SMMT — smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/
Figures copied from the official publications or computed from them (shares, changes, sums), never estimated or written by AI. A table that fails the consistency checks is dropped.