Scotland (UK) Full Year 2012: Vauxhall Corsa #1 for 5th year in a row
Vauxhall Corsa
* See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! *
The Scottish new car market is up a very healthy 9% year-on-year in 2012 to 181,785 registrations, outperforming the UK which is up 5%. For the 5th consecutive year, Vauxhall is the best-selling brand thanks to 26,597 sales and 14.6% share, ahead of Ford at 22,623 and 12.4%, swapping positions compared with the UK ranking. The Vauxhall domination in Scotland was one of my first observations while driving around the region last year. Coincidentally, the most popular vehicle in Scotland has also held the pole position for 5 years in a row: the Vauxhall Corsa sells 11,745 units for a 6.5% share, up 8% on 2011.
Renault Clio
The Ford Fiesta, #1 in the UK, is #2 in Scotland with 10,226 sales and 5.6%, up a magnificent 38% year-on-year. The Vauxhall Astra rounds up the podium at 7,195 units and 4%, gaining one spot both on the 2011 Scottish ranking and on the 2012 UK ranking. The Ford Focus is #4, down 2 ranks vs. the UK while the Renault Clio finishes 2012 at a shiny 5th position compared to #8 in 2011 and well below the Top 10 in the UK.
You can see my impressions on the Scottish market here:
Greetings from Scotland – More greetings from Scotland – Last Scottish impressions
Previous post: Scotland (UK) July 2012: Ford Fiesta #1, Vauxhall Corsa leads YTD
Previous year: Scotland (UK) Full Year 2011: Vauxhall Corsa sovereign
Full Year 2012 Top 5 brands Ranking Table below.
Scotland Full Year 2012:
| Pos | Model | 2012 | % | /11 | UK | 2011 | % | Pos |
| 1 | Vauxhall Corsa | 11,745 | 6.5% | 8% | 3 | 10,829 | 6.5% | 1 |
| 2 | Ford Fiesta | 10,226 | 5.6% | 38% | 1 | 7,427 | 4.5% | 2 |
| 3 | Vauxhall Astra | 7,195 | 4.0% | 11% | 4 | 6,489 | 3.9% | 4 |
| 4 | Ford Focus | 2 | 6,620 | 4.0% | 3 | |||
| 5 | Renault Clio | n/a | 3,943 | 2.4% | 8 |
Note: Scottish sales are already included in the UK figures as Scotland is part of the UK. This article is only a zoom on Scotland.
Source: www.smta.co.uk, www.bbc.co.uk, www.thecourier.co.uk
@matgasnier
Dear Matt,
Thank you for the clarification, and for the addition of a (UK) after Scotland -most diplomatic of you.
Your blog continues to be fascinating and it is of interest to see coverage of special admisitrative regions or territories such as Hong Kong, where the laws and economics are so very different that it has a different car market and thus should not be considered a normal part of China from a car sales perspective. The difference in taxi-sales is a good example.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks Charles
Matt
please continue to include Scotland stats Matt thanks
Dear Mr. Gasnier.
Scotland is not a country. Please do not spoil this otherwise excellent blog by indulging in E.U./French divisiveness and trying to promote a separatist agenda.
Merci.
Dear Charles,
Thanks for your message.
Covering Scotland separately doesn’t mean I consider it as a country.
You will notice the top of the list on the right hand side of the blog says ‘Countries and Territories’, not just ‘Countries’. Along with Scotland, I also cover New Caledonia which is a French department, Northern Ireland, California, obviously an American State, Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, Hong Kong which is obviously now part of China and the Canary Islands which are part of Spain.
When separate data is available and significantly different from the main country I cover it on here. If I had sales figures for Wales I would open a new category to cover them separately.
This is a car blog, not a political blog as I’m sure you have noticed, so no agendas of any sort here.
Best,
Matt
Very interesting, Vauxhall have always been strong in Scotland and so have Renault, the Clio sells well unlike in England, maybe the new version will change that