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UK 2006: Focus and Corsa on top, Fiesta leads for one month

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Ford Fiesta

* See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian *

The British car market is down again in 2006, this time at -4% with 2,344,864 registrations. The Ford Focus is on top for the 8th year in a row, holding its share at 5.1% with 119,047 sales. The Vauxhall Astra stays #2, improving its share to 4.5% at 105,296 units. Thanks to a light facelift, the Ford Fiesta is back on the podium at 103,856 sales (+24%). In September, it put an end to 23 consecutive months of Focus leadership by ranking 1st with 21,793 units, the first time the Fiesta was #1 since March 2000.

Vauxhall Zafira

In spite of an 8% drop, the VW Golf is still the best-selling foreign model in the country at #5 and 62,011 sales, it even managed to jump to #3 in August. The Renault Clio is up 2 spots to a best-ever #6, the BMW 3 Series lodges its best year-end (7th) and monthly (3rd in December) positions ever in the UK at 50,248 sales. The Vauxhall Zafira appears in the year-end Top 10 for the very first time at #9 and 47,527 sales, peaking at #6 in April.

Peugeot 407

A few models break into the monthly Top 10 for the first time this year: the Peugeot 407 is #8 in February, the Honda Civic is #9 in April, the Honda Jazz is #9 in August and the Nissan Micra is #10 in September at a best-ever 7,456 sales. However the most important arrival is the Peugeot 207 in September (10,425 units), staying within the Top 10 for the rest of the year and peaking at #6 in November. It is #27 over the full year. The Fiat Punto is up 24 spots to #12 thanks to the new generation.

Full Year 2006 Top 100 and each Monthly Top 10 Ranking Tables: see ‘Read more’ below the Nissan Micra pic.

Nissan Micra

You can check out every Monthly Top 10 here: UK 2006 Monthly

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

UK Full Year 2006:

Pos Model 2006 % /05 2005 % Pos
1 Ford Focus 119,047 5.1% -4% 123,799 5.1% 1
2 Vauxhall Astra 105,296 4.5% -3% 108,461 4.4% 2
3 Ford Fiesta 103,856 4.4% 24% 83,803 3.4% 4
4 Vauxhall Corsa 73,923 3.2% -17% 89,463 3.7% 3
5 VW Golf 62,011 2.6% -8% 67,749 2.8% 5
6 Renault Clio 57,192 2.4% 1% 56,538 2.3% 8
7 BMW 3 Series 50,248 2.1% 12% 44,844 1.8% 10
8 Ford Mondeo 48,021 2.0% -17% 57,589 2.4% 7
9 Vauxhall Zafira 47,527 2.0% 16% 40,923 1.7% 15
10 Vauxhall Vectra 44,389 1.9% -1% 44,626 1.8% 12
11 Peugeot 307 41,939 1.8% -5% 44,276 1.8% 13
12 Fiat Punto 40,790 1.7% 140% 17,000 0.7% 36
13 VW Polo 38,152 1.6% -6% 40,640 1.7% 16
14 VW Passat 38,104 1.6% 7% 35,594 1.5% 18
15 Mini 38,018 1.6% -15% 44,770 1.8% 11
16 Honda Civic 37,485 1.6% 11% 33,725 1.4% 22
17 Audi A4 35,436 1.5% 1% 35,005 1.4% 20
18 Renault Mégane 33,686 1.4% -26% 45,706 1.9% 9
19 Peugeot 206 33,644 1.4% -50% 67,450 2.8% 6
20 Honda Jazz 30,795 1.3% 5% 29,404 1.2% 24
21 Nissan Micra 30,220 1.3% -20% 37,567 1.5% 17
22 Toyota Yaris 29,716 1.3% -13% 33,981 1.4% 21
23 Audi A3 29,514 1.3% 9% 27,000 1.1% 26
24 Citroen Xsara Picasso 29,329 1.3% -7% 31,548 1.3% 23
25 Renault Scénic 28,383 1.2% -31% 41,387 1.7% 14
26 Ford Ka 27,788 1.2% -22% 35,579 1.5% 19
27 Peugeot 207 27,140 1.2% new 0 0.0%  -
28 Mercedes C Class 24,189 1.0% -17% 29,071 1.2% 25
29 Saab 9-3 22,744 1.0% 3% 22,150 0.9% 29
30 BMW 1 Series 22,034 0.9% 0% 22,021 0.9% 30
31 Toyota Corolla 21,195 0.9% -12% 24,199 1.0% 27
32 Toyota Avensis 20,288 0.9% -9% 22,222 0.9% 28
33 BMW 5 Series 19,606 0.8% 8% 18,140 0.7% 34
34 Peugeot 407 18,757 0.8% n/a n/a n/a
35 Ford Focus C-Max 18,647 0.8% -12% 21,211 0.9% 31
36 Citroen C4 18,339 0.8% n/a n/a n/a
37 Skoda Fabia 18,020 0.8% -3% 18,541 0.8% 33
38 Skoda Octavia 17,898 0.8% 9% 16,379 0.7% 38
39 Vauxhall Meriva 17,566 0.7% -12% 19,858 0.8% 32
40 Citroen C3 16,565 0.7% n/a n/a n/a
41 Nissan Note 15,615 0.7% n/a n/a n/a
42 Honda CR-V 15,522 0.7% -7% 16,700 0.7% 37
43 Mitsubishi L200 14,641 0.6% 22% 12,026 0.5%
44 Peugeot 107 14,416 0.6% 273% 3,870 0.2%
45 Toyota Aygo 14,035 0.6% 385% 2,896 0.1%
46 Mazda 6 13,984 0.6% n/a n/a n/a
47 Mazda 3 13,630 0.6% n/a n/a n/a
48 Ford Fusion 13,443 0.6% 14% 11,800 0.5%
49 Land Rover Freelander 13,286 0.6% -25% 17,723 0.7% 35
50 Jaguar X-Type 13,012 0.6% n/a n/a n/a
51 Land Rover Discovery 12,761 0.5% -3% 13,212 0.5%
52 Seat Ibiza 12,692 0.5% n/a n/a n/a
53 Mercedes A Class 12,684 0.5% 15% 11,034 0.5%
54 Seat Leon 12,477 0.5% 42% 8,800 0.4%
55 Nissan Navara 12,386 0.5% 159% 4,785 0.2%
56 Toyota RAV4 12,085 0.5% -15% 14,234 0.6%
57 Audi A6 12,029 0.5% 9% 11,016 0.5%
58 Kia Picanto 11,957 0.5% -6% 12,761 0.5%
59 VW Touran 11,515 0.5% -9% 12,706 0.5%
60 Mercedes E Class 10,660 0.5% -27% 14,620 0.6% 40
61 Hyundai Getz 10,545 0.4% -20% 13,198 0.5%
62 Range Rover Sport 9,738 0.4% 53% 6,385 0.3%
63 Nissan X-Trail 9,714 0.4% -17% 11,642 0.5%
64 Honda Accord 9,417 0.4% -29% 13,275 0.5%
65 Citroen C1 9,404 0.4% 502% 1,561 0.1%
66 Fiat Panda 9,338 0.4% 5% 8,907 0.4%
67 Mitsubishi Colt 8,933 0.4% 12% 7,994 0.3%
68 VW Golf Plus 8,855 0.4% 37% 6,442 0.3%
69 Mazda MX-5 8,593 0.4% 66% 5,182 0.2%
70 Lexus IS 8,308 0.4% 136% 3,523 0.1%
71 Toyota Corolla Verso 7,885 0.3% -18% 9,570 0.4%
72 VW Jetta 7,699 0.3% new 140 0.0%
73 BMW X3 7,616 0.3% 1% 7,532 0.3%
74 Renault Laguna 7,468 0.3% n/a n/a n/a
75 Ford Ranger 6,985 0.3% 0% 7,016 0.3%
76 Volvo V70 6,883 0.3% -22% 8,861 0.4%
77 Suzuki Grand Vitara 6,849 0.3% -2% 6,983 0.3%
78 Ford Galaxy 6,618 0.3% -29% 9,298 0.4%
79 Volvo V50 6,427 0.3% -15% 7,547 0.3%
80 BMW X5 6,254 0.3% -42% 10,804 0.4%
81 Mercedes CLK 6,162 0.3% n/a n/a n/a
82 Mercedes M Class 6,018 0.3% n/a n/a n/a
83 Renault Modus 5,891 0.3% -46% 10,875 0.4%
84 Mercedes B Class 5,746 0.2% 258% 1,606 0.1%
85 Kia Sorento 5,744 0.2% 9% 5,269 0.2%
86 Ford S-Max 5,717 0.2% n/a n/a n/a
87 Volvo S40 5,547 0.2% -22% 7,101 0.3%
88 Chevrolet Matiz 5,404 0.2% 13% 4,772 0.2%
89 Chrysler Voyager 5,339 0.2% 3% 5,199 0.2%
90 VW New Beetle 5,296 0.2% -23% 6,891 0.3%
91 Volvo XC90 5,281 0.2% -21% 6,682 0.3%
92 Range Rover 5,196 0.2% 13% 4,596 0.2%
93 Vauxhall Tigra 5,172 0.2% -7% 5,563 0.2%
94 Hyundai Santa Fe 5,115 0.2% n/a n/a n/a
95 Toyota Prius 5,017 0.2% 34% 3,749 0.2%
96 Mazda 5 4,944 0.2% n/a n/a n/a
97 Seat Altea 4,901 0.2% 29% 3,800 0.2%
98 Hyundai Tucson 4,882 0.2% 0% 4,882 0.2%
99 Mercedes SLK 4,781 0.2% -24% 6,310 0.3%
100 Mazda RX-8 4,696 0.2% -6% 4,971 0.2%

Source: SMMT, Manufacturers.

Many thanks to Florian for sharing the data!

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