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

United Kingdom 07.1.1 Purchase of vehicles Motor cars CVM NAYear SA £m () was down 0.05% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 16,712 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −55.9% (Q2 2020) to 81.0% (Q2 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.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-sa-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 16,712 £m | −0.05 |
| Q1 2026 | 16,853 £m | 2.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 16,563 £m | 2.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 16,766 £m | 6.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 16,720 £m | 9.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 16,459 £m | 9.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 16,175 £m | 3.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 15,752 £m | 0.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 15,267 £m | −0.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 14,985 £m | 1.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 15,615 £m | 4.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 15,657 £m | 11.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 15,393 £m | 10.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 14,736 £m | 4.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 14,896 £m | 9.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 14,104 £m | 8.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 13,958 £m | −2.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 14,090 £m | 26.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 13,596 £m | −0.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 13,062 £m | −28.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 14,310 £m | 81.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 11,124 £m | −23.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 13,671 £m | −19.2 |
| Q3 2020 | 18,248 £m | 2.7 |

## API

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

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