Used car market returns to growth as EV demand surges
- 11 August 2026
The UK’s used car market returned to growth in the second quarter, with sales of used EVs rising particularly strongly as a result of more buyer choices and surging fuel prices.
The UK’s used car market returned to growth in the second quarter, with sales of used EVs rising particularly strongly as a result of more buyer choices and surging fuel prices.
Sales of used battery electric vehicles (BEVs) soared in Q3, outstripping the growth in the wider used car market.
The UK’s used car market grew 6.5% to almost two million units in the first quarter of 2024 – the strongest start to a year since pre-pandemic 2019.