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UK 1996: Ford Fiesta edges Ford Escort out

January 27th, 1997 Leave a comment Go to comments

Ford Fiesta

* See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian & STAC *

Helped by a light facelift this year, the Ford Fiesta takes the lead of the English market, up 8% to 139,522 sales, just above the Ford Escort at 128,760 units (-7%) and the Ford Mondeo at 100,725 sales (-15%). Launched late last year, the Vauxhall Vectra is in fact a new gen Cavalier, taking the Vectra name to be consistent with Opel. And it effectively replaces the Cavalier in the ranking, landing directly #4 for its first full year of sales with 88,245 units sold.

Vauxhall Vectra

The Vauxhall Astra is down 15% to #5 and the Nova is stable at #6. The Rover 400 breaks into the annual UK Top 10 this year, up 35% to #7. The Peugeot 306 is the best-selling foreign model in the country for the 2nd year in a row at #8, beating the foreign model volume record again at 58,316 units, above the Renault Clio at #9 and the VW Golf at #11. The Fiat Punto was #9 over the first two months of the year but settles to #12 at year-end.

Peugeot 406

There are 4 newcomers in the Top 30 this year, 3 of them being all-new models: the Peugeot 406 lands directly at #19 with 35,549 sales, the Fiat Bravo/Brava appears at #24, the Audi A4 ranks #25 and the Nissan Almera is #30.

Full Year Top 50, February and 2 months 1996 Top 10 Ranking Tables below.

UK Full Year 1996:

Pos Model 1996 % 96/95 1995 Pos
1 Ford Fiesta 139,554 6.9% 8% 129,574 2
2 Ford Escort 128,758 6.4% -7% 137,760 1
3 Ford Mondeo 100,725 5.0% -15% 118,040 3
4 Vauxhall Vectra 88,717 4.4% 956% 8,400 n/a
5 Vauxhall Astra 86,068 4.2% -15% 100,709 4
6 Vauxhall Corsa 75,777 3.7% 5% 72,502 6
7 Rover 400 63,847 3.1% 35% 47,348 11
8 Peugeot 306 58,916 2.9% 5% 56,112 8
9 Renault Clio 53,826 2.7% 2% 52,576 9
10 Rover 200 53,562 2.6% -21% 68,141 7
11 VW Golf 52,436 2.6% 19% 44,111 15
12 Fiat Punto 47,986 2.4% 8% 44,335 14
13 VW Polo 45,032 2.2% 85% 24,299 22
14 Nissan Micra 44,141 2.2% -1% 44,786 13
15 Peugeot 106 43,821 2.2% -4% 45,596 12
16 Rover 100 42,019 2.1% -20% 52,392 10
17 BMW 3 Series 41,956 2.1% 2% 41,032 16
18 Renault Laguna 40,807 2.0% 0% 40,980 17
19 Peugeot 406 35,549 1.8% new 0  -
20 Honda Civic 33,523 1.7% 9% 30,818 19
21 Renault Megane 30,096 1.5% n/a n/a n/a
22 Citroen Xantia 24,616 1.2% -7% 26,600 21
23 Nissan Primera 22,724 1.1% 7% 21,300 27
24 Toyota Carina 22,628 1.1% -4% 23,601 24
25 Fiat Bravo/a 22,561 1.1% new 0  -
26 Audi A4 22,215 1.1% new 0  -
27 Citroen AX 21,206 1.0% -24% 27,756 20
28 Rover 600 19,765 1.0% -18% 24,200 23
29 Mercedes C-Class 18,653 0.9% 10% 16,900 29
30 Nissan Almera 17,823 0.9%
31 Citroen ZX 17,472 0.9% -26% 23,600 25
32 Honda Accord 14,513 0.7%
33 Daewoo Nexia 14,491 0.7% 88% 7,700 n/a
34 Vauxhall Omega 14,064 0.7% -15% 16,579 25
35 Volvo 850 13,147 0.6%
36 Skoda Felicia 12,999 0.6%
37 Ford Galaxy 12,327 0.6%
38 Fiat Cinquecento 11,954 0.6%
39 Mercedes E-Class 11,614 0.6%
40 Toyota Corolla 11,472 0.6%
41 BMW 5 Series 11,289 0.6%
42 Hyundai Accent 11,081 0.5%
43 Citroen Saxo 10,887 0.5%
44 Peugeot 405 9,782 0.5%
45 Volvo 440/460 9,621 0.5%
46 Jeep 9,504 0.5%
47 Saab 900 9,498 0.5%
48 Mazda 323 9,488 0.5%
49 Rover 800 9,376 0.5%
50 VW Passat 8,641 0.4%

UK February 1996:

Pos Model Feb-96 % 2m 1996 % Pos 1995
1 Ford Fiesta 11,100 7.0% 24,900 7.1% 1 2
2 Ford Escort 11,000 6.9% 23,600 6.7% 2 1
3 Ford Mondeo 9,200 5.8% 21,900 6.2% 3 3
4 Vauxhall Vectra 7,600 4.8% 15,300 4.4% 5 -
5 Vauxhall Astra 7,400 4.7% 16,600 4.7% 4 4
6 Vauxhall Corsa 5,700 3.6% 13,300 3.8% 6 6
7 Renault Clio 5,400 3.4% 10,600 3.0% 9 9
8 Rover 400 5,000 3.1% 11,100 3.2% 7 11
9 Fiat Punto 4,400 2.8% 9,000 2.6% 12 14
10 Peugeot 306 4,000 2.5% 11,000 3.1% 8 8

Source: SMMT, Wikipedia, L’Argus, Manufacturers.

Many thanks to STAC and Florian for sharing the data!

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  1. RayCee
    October 29th, 2012 at 06:34 | #1
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    Nice data. Will it ever go below 50 places?

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