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Growth of new commercial and passenger car registrations in UK 2004-2015

Percentage change in commercial vehicle and passenger car registrations in the UK between 2004 and 2015

This graph compares growth of the new commercial vehicle registrations with that of the passenger car registrations in the UK between 2004 and 2015. Commercial vehicles include vans, lorries/trucks, busses and coaches. The commercial vehicle market is much smaller than the passenger car market and has suffered even more dramatic changes in growth over the last eight years.

2004 -0.5 7
2005 -0.5 -1
2006 -3.9 0.26
2007 2.5 1.3
2008 -11.3 -10.2
2009 -6.4 -35.4
2010 1.8 14.8
2011 -4.4 17.5
2012 5.3 -4.1
2013 10.8 11.3
2014 9.3 10.8
2015 6.3 16.7