{"id":620582,"date":"2026-06-04T10:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/620582\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:15:09","slug":"deloitte-comments-on-smmt-car-reg-figures-for-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/620582\/","title":{"rendered":"Deloitte comments on SMMT car reg figures for May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Hamilton, automotive partner and head of electric vehicles at Deloitte, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrong growth in car sales year-on-year reflects a resilience in consumer spending despite economic headwinds, with signs that competitive pricing is attracting new buyers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of consumers expecting fuel prices to be higher next month remains well above the long-term average, with three quarters of consumers anticipating a rise in the cost compared to half just two months ago. This will continue to play a role in influencing consumer purchasing decisions, whether it\u2019s the affordability of petrol and diesel vehicles, or the attractiveness of going all-electric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamie Hamilton, automotive partner and head of electric vehicles at Deloitte, said: \u201cStrong growth in car sales year-on-year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-620582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}