Used car sales motor back to pre-Covid level

THE UK's used car market has bounced back to near pre-pandemic levels, figures show.

- By Henry Pritchard

Some 4,017,106 cars changed hands in the first half of 2025, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.

That is up 2.2% up from a year earlier, and is only 37,274 transactions below the same period in 2019, before the coronavirus crisis began.

SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes said: "Surpassing the four million half-year milestone for the first time since 2019 shows the UK's used car market is building back momentum.