December 2025 L-Category New Vehicle Registrations
MCIA has today published the new vehicle registrations for the full year 2025 including the month of December.
This includes Mopeds, Scooters, Motorcycles and other categories within the wider L-Category vehicle types.
The total market for 2025 closed with total volumes of 93,922 registrations which equates to a market decline of 19.3%. As reported previously, the final few months of 2024 witnessed some large market distortions as a direct result of the end of Euro 5 moving to Euro 5 plus.
Tony Campbell, CEO of MCIA, said:
“There is little point comparing 2025 to 2024 for December, as last years distorted market is not a comparable base, however the total volumes for the year closed at 93,922 very close to our early year forecast. With many new 2026 models launched at both EICMA and our own MCL, there is much to be excited in 2026.
Low-carbon mobility is at the forefront of DfT policy and MCIA is working hard to ensure our industry is best placed to be part of solution, and with legislation being promised for Micromobility, the recently announced rider licensing and testing review, we are pushing hard to create a healthy policy environment that can support growth in our sector.
2026 will be an important year for our and the wider transport sector as new Policies on road charging, and changes to vehicle excise duty will start to take hold. As in previous times, our sector tends to do well when there is a cost-of-living squeeze, as people turn to lower cost forms of transport and mobility. If the Government are brave, in terms of opening their minds to smaller, lighter and cheaper forms of transport, our sector will play a key role on emission reductions. We are also urging Government to be more open to new low carbon combustible fuels as battery electric is part of the solution, not the solution itself”
More details on the December and year to date 2025 registration figures can be found here.
Please credit MCIA when quoting this information.
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Notes for Editors:
MCIA is the body that represents the UK L-Category vehicle industry. L-Category vehicles can be defined as motorised lightweight scooters, motorcycles, tricycles and quadricycles, typically with zero or low-emission power.
Within regulation they are defined as ‘L-Category’ vehicles (Regulation 168/2013) and are a great solution to the congestion and air quality challenges we all face. They are also sometimes referred to as powered light vehicles (PLV).
For more information about the work of MCIA and L-Category vehicles, or to interview MCIA’s CEO, Tony Campbell, please contact Siobhan Kirk at s.kirk@mcia.co.uk.