# United Kingdom 07.1.1 Purchase of vehicles Motor cars CVM NAYear NSA £m ()

United Kingdom 07.1.1 Purchase of vehicles Motor cars CVM NAYear NSA £m () was up 2.4% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −0.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 16,030 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −56.1% (Q2 2020) to 90.5% (Q2 2021), averaging 1.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-07-1-1.MEASURE-CVM`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1985-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (166 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/07-1-1-purchase-of-vehicles-motor-cars-cvm-nayear-nsa-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 16,030 £m | 2.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 18,877 £m | −0.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 14,546 £m | 1.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 17,336 £m | 7.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 15,658 £m | 4.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 18,968 £m | 13.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 14,301 £m | 4.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 16,175 £m | 0.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 14,965 £m | 1.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 16,738 £m | −0.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 13,753 £m | 5.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 16,023 £m | 11.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 14,811 £m | 12.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 16,814 £m | 2.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 12,987 £m | 9.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 14,344 £m | 6.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 13,227 £m | −6.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 16,490 £m | 29.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 11,866 £m | 1.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 13,433 £m | −27.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 14,102 £m | 90.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 12,691 £m | −24.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 11,645 £m | −18.2 |
| Q3 2020 | 18,543 £m | 1.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-07-1-1.MEASURE-CVM"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-07-1-1.MEASURE-CVM",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```