IAM motoring facts

2. Vehicles

This section contains Excel Workbooks on the vehicle stock (vehicles currently in use), vehicles first registered (including vehicles manufactured and vehicles imported), and age of vehicles.  The specific Workbooks are:

2.2 Vehicle first registered

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The Excel Workbook 'Vehicles first registered' contains five data sheets

  • Sheet vehicles 1951-2007;
  • Sheet car details;
  • Sheet company cars;
  • Sheet vehicles manufactured; and
  • Sheet US NTS world manufacturing.

Contents of the data sheets are as follows

Sheet vehicles 1951-2007

Block A.4 to N.68  Vehicles first registered by type 1951 to 2008  TSGB 2006 Table 9.2; TSGB 1995 Tab 3.2;1973-83 Tab 2.26; body type cars from DfT Vehicle Licensing Statistics 2006 Table 12a; 2008 Table 5

Block AD.29 to AJ.67   Cars first registered, manufactured and imported 1970 to 2007.  Motor Industry Great Britain 2000 Table 13; Motor Industry Facts 2008 page 13, SMMT Ltd, London and BEN book of numbers 2007.

Sheet car details

Block A.7 to Q.43   Cars first registered by engine capacity and fuel type, 2001 to 2008, from DfT Vehicle Licensing Statistics 2006 Table 1.22; 2008 Table 14.

Block S.4 to AD.29   Private and light goods (cars and vans) first registered by engine capacity 1983 to 2006, from DfT Vehicle Licensing Statistics 2006 and 2001, and Transport Statistics GB 1979-89.

Block A.76 to K.94   Cars first registered 1991 to 2006 by company ownership, diesel fuel use and other fuel.

Block A.105 to K.116    Cars first registered 1997 to 2007 by market segment, from SMMT 2007 Motor Industry Facts page 11; 2008 page 13.

Block A.150 to S.168  Most popular car models 1996 to 2008, from SMMT Motor Industry of Great Britain 2000, Table 17; 2003, Table 2.5; 2007 Motor Industry Facts, page 7; 2008 page 10.

Sheet company cars

Block A.6 to F.41   Cars registered for the first time by ownership, 1975-2008

Sheet vehicles manufactured

Block A.4 to H.73   UK Vehicle production by type, 1940 to 2007.  Motor Industry Great Britain 2000, SMMT Ltd, London 2000  Table 1 and BEN book of numbers 2007 Table 1.8.

Block A.93 to H.100   World car production 2001 to 2005.  BEN book of numbers 2007  Table 1.2

Block A.108 to I.115  European car production by country 2002 to 2006.  BEN book of numbers 2007  Table 1.5

Block A.124 to Q.141.  World motor vehicle production, selected countries, 1961 to 2005.  US National Transportation Statistics 2008 Table 1-22.

Sheet US NTS world manufacturing.

Block A.3 to Q.99  World motor vehicle production, selected countries, for cars, commercial vehicles and cars and commercial vehicles, 1961 to 2005.  US National Transportation Statistics 2008 Table 1-22.