Measured in real terms (constant 2019), motor trade sales decreased by 0,1% year-on-year in November 2025. The main negative contributors were:

• fuel sales (-4,4% and contributing -1,1 percentage points); and
• workshop income (-8,2% and contributing -0,3 of a percentage point).

The positive contributor was new vehicle sales (6,4% and contributing 1,7 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 0,1% in November 2025 compared with October 2025. This followed month-on-month changes of 0,5% in October 2025 and -0,9% in September 2025.

Motor trade sales increased by 3,4% in the three months ended November 2025 compared with the three months ended November 2024. The main positive contributors to this increase were:

• new vehicle sales (15,9% and contributing 4,1 percentage points); and
• sales of accessories (2,5% and contributing 0,5 of a percentage point).

The main negative contributor was fuel sales (-4,8% and contributing -1,3 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 0,4% in the three months ended November 2025 compared with the previous three months. The main positive contributor to this increase was new vehicle sales (3,9% and contributing 1,1 percentage points).

The main negative contributors were:

• fuel sales (-1,7% and contributing -0,4 of a percentage point); and
• used vehicle sales (-1,3% and contributing -0,3 of a percentage point).