UK's April car sales tumble 20% after record demand in March

London

BRITISH new car registrations slumped by 20 per cent in April, the biggest year-on-year drop for over six years after record demand in March, when customers brought forward purchases to avoid a tax increase, an industry body said on Thursday.

Sales fell 19.8 per cent to 152,076 vehicles last month, traditionally a period when fewer vehicles are sold after a new licence plate series is issued in March, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.