So is this why the drop Yesterday5 Oct 2021 09:15
New car registrations fell to their lowest levels in September for more than two decades, according to figures from the industry's trade body.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said new registrations dropped 35% compared with the same month a year earlier.
Falling car production has been blamed on an ongoing global shortage of computer chips.
However, sales of electric cars are rising rapidly, the SMMT said.
While the car market as a whole has suffered through the pandemic, more than 32,000 electric cars were registered in one month in September, almost as many as registered in the whole of 2019 - 37,850 electric cars.
Second-hand car sales in the UK have more than doubled in the last few months after a shortage of new models.
Year on year, the used car market grew 108.6% in the second quarter, with more than 2.2 million vehicles changing hands, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.
The number of sales was up 6.6% on pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
Petrol cars made up most of the sales, but demand for electric cars is growing fast.
Increased demand led to a rise in sales of older used cars, with only 12.7% of all vehicles sold being made within the last three years, the lowest on record.