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January car sales figures in the UK – a mixed bag of numbers

5th February 2026

There has been an encouraging start to this year’s new car registrations, but pure battery cars have slowed while Chinese makes have gained ground. Robin Roberts (and WheelsWithinWales) reports... Car makers now want a rethink on the support for electric cars and proposed pence-per-mile road tolls for them. It also saw a Chinese brand take second place in the UK top ten and three occupied the … [Read more...]

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