Manufacturing Biz #6 - Magazine - Page 21
“Registrations of green-tinted
battery electric cars almost
doubled, accounting for one in
20 new BEVs compared with
just one in 300 last year.”
Appropriately, registrations of green-tinted
battery electric (BEV) cars almost doubled
– up 95.2% on 2024 to reach 23,249 units
– accounting for one in 20 new BEVs,
compared with just one in 300 last year.4
Grey remained the top choice among BEV
buyers, however, with 131,984 joining the
road.
At the bottom of the popularity palette,
maroon, pink and turquoise counted
just 342 registrations between them,
highlighting Britain’s enduring preference
for more understated tones.
10 CAR COLOUR FACTS
1.
In 2025, the nation’s least favourite
car colour was turquoise. With
volumes falling -96.7%, just 12 were
added to UK roads last year.
2.
As Wicked: For Good finally hit
cinema screens, green saw the
strongest growth inside the top 10
(up 46.3%).
3.
4.
and its largest volume since 2019.
Registrations of less popular colours
recorded gains too, with cream cars
surging 741.6% to 3,215 and brown
rising by 66.3% to 4,027 units.
5.
Yellow also added a splash of
vibrancy to the top 10. With 10,725 6.
units registered, the colour held
eighth position, although volumes
declined for the first time since 2019.
Black turned up the volume in
2025, rising by 41,009 units – the
largest gain of any colour in 2025
7.
Inside the top 10, only white, red,
yellow and orange saw uptake levels
fall, down -9.0%, -14.5%, -10.2% and
-10.6% respectively.
While grey came top for most car
segments, buyers of executive cars
and luxury saloons preferred black,
while blue dominated the mini
segment.
Grey was also the most popular
colour across the majority of
powertrains – except for plug-in
hybrids (PHEVs), which were most
commonly specced in black.
8.
White cars saw the steepest volume
fall of the year, down 26,166 units
(-9.0%) to 265,462.
9.
However, white remained the
archetypal choice for van buyers,
adorning 60.2% of new working
vehicles, followed by grey and
black. Just one maroon van was
registered.5
10. Berkshire was home to more green
registrations than anywhere else
in the UK, with 6,308. The county
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