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UK 2005: Ford Focus still in shape, Vauxhall Astra follows

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Ford Focus

* See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian *

Car sales are down 5% this year in England at 2,439,717 units. The Ford Focus keeps the pole position, it has been 7 years in a row now. At 123,799 sales and 5.1% share, its 2005 figure is up 12% year-on-year thanks to the launch of the second generation late last year. For the first time since 2002 it was #1 absolutely every month of the year.

Vauxhall Astra

In 2nd place and also boosted its the new gen, the Vauxhall Astra delivers 108,461 units at 4.4% share, up 27% on 2004. It is very consistent at the top this year, ranking #2 in 10 out of 12 months. The Vauxhall Corsa slips down to #3 at 89,463 sales (-12%), followed by the best-selling foreign model in the country, the VW Golf in very solid shape at 67,749 sales and reaching its highest year-end position so far in the UK at #5.

The BMW 3 Series stays in the year-end Top 10 at #10 thanks to a fantastic December when it was #4 with 5,143 sales, its best-ever position in the UK. Notice the Mini knocking at the Top 10′s door, up 4 spots to #11 with 44,770 sales.

VW Passat

The VW Passat, freshly revamped, breaking into the Top 10 for the first time in October and improving again, ranking #8 in December with a whooping 2.8% share. It finishes the year at a best-ever 18th place. For the first time ever in Britain, VW placed 3 models in the Top 10 (Golf, Polo, Passat), and it happened in October. Notice the Mercedes C Class breaking into the monthly Top 10 for the very first time in December.

Full Year Top 40 and every single Monthly Top 10 Ranking Tables below.

You can check out every single Monthly Top 10 here: UK 2005 Monthly.

Note: sales of the Ford Focus and Focus C-Max and Renault Megane and Scenic are counted together in the monthly rankings above.

UK Full Year 2005:

Pos Model 2005 % /04 2004 % Pos
1 Ford Focus 123,799 5.1% 12% 110,074 4.3% 1
2 Vauxhall Astra 108,461 4.4% 27% 85,087 3.3% 5
3 Vauxhall Corsa 89,463 3.7% -12% 101,625 4.0% 2
4 Ford Fiesta 83,803 3.4% -6% 89,295 3.5% 3
5 VW Golf 67,749 2.8% -3% 69,784 2.7% 7
6 Peugeot 206 67,450 2.8% -22% 86,605 3.4% 4
7 Ford Mondeo 57,589 2.4% -5% 60,441 2.4% 8
8 Renault Clio 56,538 2.3% -22% 72,412 2.8% 6
9 Renault Mégane 45,706 1.9% 2% 45,026 1.8% 14
10 BMW 3 Series 44,844 1.8% -17% 53,790 2.1% 10
11 Mini 44,770 1.8% 3% 43,660 1.7% 15
12 Vauxhall Vectra 44,626 1.8% -8% 48,450 1.9% 12
13 Peugeot 307 44,276 1.8% -25% 58,742 2.3% 9
14 Renault Scénic 41,387 1.7% 0% 41,539 1.6% 18
15 Vauxhall Zafira 40,923 1.7% -20% 51,175 2.0% 11
16 VW Polo 40,640 1.7% -7% 43,530 1.7% 16
17 Nissan Micra 37,567 1.5% -4% 39,299 1.5% 19
18 VW Passat 35,594 1.5% 13% 31,510 1.2% 24
19 Ford Ka 35,579 1.5% -22% 45,879 1.8% 13
20 Audi A4 35,005 1.4% 5% 33,441 1.3% 23
21 Toyota Yaris 33,981 1.4% -4% 35,225 1.4% 21
22 Honda Civic 33,725 1.4% -4% 35,037 1.4% 22
23 Citroen Xsara Picasso 31,548 1.3% -15% 37,019 1.4% 20
24 Honda Jazz 29,404 1.2% 17% 25,200 1.0% 28
25 Mercedes C Class 29,071 1.2% -2% 29,567 1.2% 26
26 Audi A3 (e) 27,000 1.1% 23% 21,883 0.9% 32
27 Toyota Corolla 24,199 1.0% 8% 22,319 0.9% 31
28 Toyota Avensis 22,222 0.9% -15% 26,011 1.0% 27
29 Saab 9-3 (e) 22,150 0.9% 47% 15,029 0.6% 46
30 BMW 1 Series 22,021 0.9% 196% 7,437 0.3% 79
31 Ford Focus C-Max 21,211 0.9% -31% 30,947 1.2% 25
32 Vauxhall Meriva 19,858 0.8% -20% 24,910 1.0% 29
33 Skoda Fabia 18,541 0.8% 1% 18,380 0.7% 35
34 BMW 5 Series 18,140 0.7% 9% 16,678 0.6% 40
35 Land Rover Freelander 17,723 0.7% -18% 21,657 0.8% 33
36 Fiat Punto (e) 17,000 0.7% -61% 43,422 1.7% 17
37 Honda CR-V 16,700 0.7% 28% 13,025 0.5% 50
38 Skoda Octavia 16,379 0.7% 16% 14,098 0.5% 49
39 Nissan Almera 15,514 0.6% -14% 18,056 0.7% 37
40 Mercedes E Class 14,620 0.6% -17% 17,676 0.7% 38

Source: SMMT, Manufacturers.

Many thanks to Florian for sharing the data!

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