# United Kingdom 07.1.1 Purchase of vehicles Motor cars IDEF NSA 2023=100 ()

United Kingdom 07.1.1 Purchase of vehicles Motor cars IDEF NSA 2023=100 () was down 1.2% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 102.8 (index (2023=100)).
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.5% (Q4 2023) to 15.1% (Q2 2022), averaging 3.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-07-1-1.MEASURE-IDEF`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: index (2023=100)
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/07-1-1-purchase-of-vehicles-motor-cars-idef-nsa-2023-100

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 102.8 | −1.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 100.9 | 2.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 103.0 | −0.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 102.8 | 1.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 104.0 | 6.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 98.40 | 0.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 103.3 | 4.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 101.3 | 3.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 98.10 | −0.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 97.70 | 0.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 98.80 | −5.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 97.90 | −1.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 98.90 | −0.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 97.70 | 6.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 104.6 | 7.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 99.80 | 10.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 99.10 | 15.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 92.20 | 5.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 97.50 | 8.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 90.30 | 7.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 86.10 | 1.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 87.30 | 8.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 90.10 | 9.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 83.70 | 5.8 |

## API

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

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