PEUGEOT has elevated its automobile and van gross sales volumes by 32% year-on-year, with market share additionally rising by +0.8% to an general 4.4%, based on the most recent new car registration figures revealed in the present day by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Strong gross sales efficiency in March contributed to a profitable first quarter for PEUGEOT, with 15,852 autos offered for the month, leading to its mixed automobile and van market share climbing by +0.7% to an general 4.3%, when in comparison with 2023. This improve sees PEUGEOT ranked as one of many prime three UK manufacturers for market progress. The model’s share of the electrical car market additionally elevated considerably from 3.9% to 4.9%, whereas its year-to-date EV market share has risen to 4.4%.
New E-208 is the UK’s best-selling small electrical automobile
PEUGEOT has grown its share of the passenger automobile market in March by +0.7% to an general 3.8%, whereas year-to-date it has recorded an excellent bigger rise of +0.9% to a complete of three.9%. This represents 21,271 registrations thus far this yr, up 42% from the identical level in 2023. The new PEUGEOT E-208 additionally tops its phase because the UK’s best-selling small electrical automobile.
PEUGEOT leads the electrical van market
PEUGEOT is the UK’s best-selling electrical van (e-LCV) producer each for March and year-to-date, with the brand new E-EXPERT a key contributor because the UK’s hottest electrical van. In March, the model’s share of the electrical van market greater than doubled from 11.7% to 26.6%. So far in 2024, one in 5 new electrical vans registered within the UK has been a PEUGEOT (20.2%).
In the general van market, PEUGEOT’s market share in March elevated by greater than half a share level to 7.3%, whereas its year-to-date market share additionally elevated to six.9%. PEUGEOT has offered 6,661 vans thus far in 2024, representing a year-on-year improve of 9.3%.
From 2025, restricted manufacturing of the brand new E-EXPERT can be manufactured at Luton, alongside continued manufacturing of the combustion van. The new PEUGEOT E-PARTNER is manufactured at Ellesmere Port, the UK’s first EV-only quantity manufacturing plant. PEUGEOT, alongside its sister Stellantis manufacturers, is the one model to fabricate quantity gentle business autos within the UK.
Adam Wood, Managing Director, PEUGEOT UK, mentioned: “We’ve achieved a great result at the end of the first quarter of 2024, along with the E-208 continuing to top the small electric car market and our new electric van range leading the UK’s e-LCV market. With our share of the overall EV market also increasing, this demonstrates the strength and depth of our electric line-up, which already offers customers the widest choice of any mainstream European brand.”
