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Bus and coach industry news

Date: 13 March 2006 Number: 4450 Release: Now

Big bus registrations firm early in 2007

• Big buses stable at 2,809 for the rolling year to February.

• 1,082 coaches to January, on par with the annual average for the four years to 2006.

• Minibuses, at 4,600 for the rolling year to January continue their downward slide.

‘Two months into 2007 and big bus and coach registrations are holding just below most recent annual levels.’ said Christopher Macgowan, SMMT chief executive. ‘The growth we saw in 2006 has eased but we expect stability in 2007. A few erratic months lie ahead as coach registrations were especially strong in April 2006 and big buses over 8.5t gvw also saw a strong period to September. Minibus registrations continue to slide.’

Big buses and coaches – rolling year registrations December 2002 to January 2007

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Further tables and charts follow with more details of annual trends by gross vehicle weight & type.

February 2007 bus and coach registration data

|New bus and coach registrations in the United Kingdom – 2007 |

| |February |% change* |YTD 2007 |% change* |Rolling year to Feb |

|Total buses and coaches |588 |- 12.1% |1,261 |- 9.0% |11,613 |

|Buses above 8.5t |147 |- 28.6% |295 |- 24.7% |2,809 |

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|Single-deck buses: | | | | | |

|minibuses to 3.5t |204 |- 30.4% |368 |- 36.7% |4,600 |

|3.5 – 8.5t |178 |47.1% |479 |64.6% |3,122 |

|8.5 – 16t |50 | - 34.2% |131 | - 23.4% |1,206 |

|16t + |67 |0.0% |110 |- 7.6% |787 |

|Single-deck buses total |499 |- 10.4% |1,088 |- 6.4% |9,773 |

|16t + double-deck buses |30 |- 52.4% |54 |- 47.1% |816 |

|All buses |529 |- 14.7% |1,142 |- 9.7% |10,531 |

|All coaches |59 |20.4% |119 |- 1.7% |1,082 |

|Coaches 3.5 – 16t |24 |380.0% |45 |221.4% |182 |

|Coaches 16t+ |35 |- 20.5% |74 |- 30.8% |900 |

The statistics in the above table are based on all vehicles registered in the UK with a bus and coach body. The data covers all vehicles, from minibuses to double-deck buses and coaches.

Notes

Source: SMMT MVRIS Reports (NR3-BC)

*NB: Percentage changes are on the same period a year before

YTD: Year-to-date

Key annual trends in the UK bus and coach new registration markets

Annual trends – rolling year totals for months from December 2002 to 2007

SDBuses: Single-deck buses

DDBuses: Double-deck buses

Analysis based on SMMT’s MVRIS –

Bus and coach report NR3B&C

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