Britain?s van market is continuing to climb, up 11.8 per cent in April.
In the month that light commercial manufacturers focused on the UK with the holding of the Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham, 27,880 new vehicles were registered.
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT), which compiles the registration figures, the rise in the market is being driven by large vans and pick-ups, up 22.8 per cent and 35.4 per cent respectively. April marks the third consecutive month of growth for the van sector, year-to-date registrations running 3.3 per cent ahead of the record performance in 2015.
According to the figures the 2.5 to 3.5-tonne van segment accounted for 60 per cent of all new vehicles registered with 17,660, as the smaller 2.0 to 2.5-tonne segment declined some 22.7 per cent ? though this accounted for just 3,429 vans.
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