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Fiat 500

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Simply breathtaking. That’s what the continuous growth of the UK new car market really is, now celebrating its 14th consecutive month of year-on-year gain in April at +15% to 163,347 registrations, all this in a very depressed European context. Even more impressive, this best April score since 2008 is lifted by private sales, up a huge 32% year-on-year! The year-to-date total stands at 768,555 units, up a brilliant 9% over 2012. The Ford Fiesta holds onto its newly reacquired pole position but sees its market share slip down to 4.9% at 8,083 units.

Audi A3

Like last month, the Fiesta is followed by the Vauxhall Corsa (3.7%), Ford Focus (3.6%), VW Golf (3.2%), Vauxhall Astra (2.6%), Nissan Qashqai (2.3%) and VW Polo (2.2%). A very stable ranking indeed. The Fiat 500 is back within the Top 10 for the first time since last June and manages to reach a best-ever #8 with an excellent 3,037 sales and 1.9%. It is its 7th Top 10 month in the country after October 2009 (#10), December 2009 (#9), January 2010 (#10), April 2012 (#10), May 2012 (#10) and June 2012 (#10).

Nissan Juke

Another rare appearance in the UK Top 10 this month is the Audi A3 at #10 with 2,935 units and 1.8%. The last time the A3 was among the 10 most popular cars in the country was last August. Finally, even though it hasn’t ranked in the Top 10 for the last 2 months, the Nissan Juke manages to improve its year-to-date position to a best-ever #9 thanks to 12,788 sales and 1.7%. In the brands ranking, Dacia continues to impress, selling as many units in April alone (2,016) than in the last 3 months combined (1,978) and now up to #21 in-between Volvo and Mazda…

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2013 Range Rover

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As is the tradition on BestSellingCarsBlog, every Quarter I offer you an All-models ranking for the UK, which I have to say is a breath of fresh air for me also, in a market that usually only disclose a monthly Top 10. So let’s get right into it and go well beyond the familiar Top 10 to notice the Land Rover Freelander up to a brilliant #25 with 5,850 sales and 1.5% to be compared to #57 over the FY2012, the Honda Civic up to #30 (vs. #42), Toyota Auris up to #38 (vs. #76), Ford B-Max up to #40 (vs. #121), the Vauxhall Mokka landing at #44 with 4,501 units and 1.1% for its first full Quarter in market, Suzuki Alto up to #45 (#95) and Jaguar XF up to #46 (#55).

Dacia Duster

Beyond the Top 50, let’s salute the Range Rover starting to see the effects of its new generation, up to #78 with 2,254 sales vs. #113 in 2012, the Skoda Rapid crawling its way inside the Top 100 (just) at #99 with 1,459 units,  the Vauxhall Adam at #120, Mitsubishi Mirage at #131 and Fiat 500L at #138. But the big event is the arrival of the two Dacia models launched in January: the Duster ranks directly #110 at 1,237 units (in-between the Toyota Prius and Volvo V60) and the Sandero is #134 with 741 sales, behind the Audi A7 and above the Peugeot RCZ. A solid start for the low-cost brand in the UK.

Vauxhall Mokka

Further down, the Seat Toledo progressively makes its way up the ladder, now #161 vs. #187 in Q4 2012, the Mini Paceman makes its first appearance in the ranking at #188, as do the Mercedes Citan at #257, Vauxhall Cascada at #265, Ferrari F12 at #293 and the Mercedes CLA-Class at #294…

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Ford Fiesta

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The UK new car market continues to defy the gloomy european economic context and celebrates its 13th consecutive month of year-on-year growth for the all-important plate change month of March. Sales are up a very healthy 6% to 394,806 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 605,198 units, up 7% on 2012. After being passed by the Ford Focus 3 times in the previous 4 months, the Ford Fiesta re-establishes its domination on the British market thanks to 22,748 sales and 5.8% share, in line with its year-to-date score of 34,309 units and 5.7%. The Vauxhall Corsa is up one spot on February to #2 with 16,169 sales and 4.1% but is still #3 year-to-date at 24,561 units vs. 25,081 for the Ford Focus, down to #3 this month.

BMW 1 Series

The next 4 spots are unchanged vs. February: the VW Golf ranks #4 followed by the Vauxhall Astra, Nissan Qashqai and VW Polo. The BMW 1 Series brilliantly reappears within the UK Top 10 at #8 with 7,001 sales and 1.8%: it is its 5th time among the 10 most popular cars in the country in the last 8 months. The Peugeot 208 and Mercedes C-Class round up the Top 10 while the Nissan Juke, even though it is kicked out of it this month, manages to keep its #10 spot year-to-date with an excellent 10,010 sales and 1.7% share. Brand-wise, notice Land Rover up to #11 and Dacia already up to #26 just below Mitsubishi and Chevrolet with 1,651 sales for its third month in market…

Previous month: UK February 2013: Ford Focus #1, Nissan Juke in Top 10 again

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Full March 2013 Top 10 models and Top 43 All-brands Ranking Tables below.

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Nissan Juke Nismo

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Completely oblivious to the surrounding crisis that has engulfed the European car market, new car sales in the UK celebrate 12 consecutive months of year-on-year growth in February: up 8% to 66,749 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total to 210,392 units, up 10% on 2012. Even better: private sales enjoy their 14th month in a row of year-on-year growth, up a whopping 29% this month… In this euphoric context, the Ford Focus brilliantly manages to grab the top spot for the third time in the last 4 months thanks to 3,853 sales and 5.8% share, way above the 4.1% it commended over the Full Year 2012. Year-to-date though, the Ford Fiesta stays ahead at 11,561 units and 5.5% vs. 9,647 and 4.6%.

Ford Focus

The Vauxhall Corsa is up one spot to round the podium while the VW Golf is up two to #4 and the Vauxhall Astra down two to #5. The Peugeot 208 maintains itself within the UK Top 10 for 2nd month running and the third time ever at #8 and the Mercedes C-Class is up one to #9, its 5th time in the Top 10 in the last 8 months. But the big event this month is potentially the Nissan Juke also holding itself within the UK Top 10 at #10 with 1,106 sales and 1.7%, making it the 2nd month ever it does so and another 2 Nissans in the Top 10.

Previous month: UK January 2013: Nissan Juke in Top 10 for the first time

One year ago: UK February 2012: Ford Focus finally taking off?

Full February 2013 Top 10 models and Top 42 All-brands Ranking Tables below.

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Nissan Juke

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Building on a very satisfying year in 2012, January new car sales are up 11% year-on-year to 143,643 regitrations, pushed by a 16% growth of private demand. After two months away from the top spot, the Ford Fiesta is back in its traditional pole position with 7,906 sales and 5.5%. But the two stars of the month both come from the local Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England factory… The Nissan Qashqai is up 3 spots on December to reach a best-ever #5 with 4,280 sales and 3%. The last and only times the Qashqai ranked that high were in June 2010 (5,636 units and 2.9%) and July 2010 (4,126 sales and 3%)…

Nissan Qashqai

Already at an excellent #16 spot over the Full Year 2012, the Nissan Juke delivers a historical performance this month, breaking into the monthly UK Top 10 for the very first time at #9 with 2,522 units and 1.8%. In fact, I believe Nissan is the only Japanese manufacturer to have managed to place two models within the monthly UK Top 10, having done so last under the Datsun brand in 1983 with the Sunny and Cherry…

Dacia Duster

The Peugeot 208 ranks within the Top 10 for the second time ever after last September, hitting a best-ever #7 this month with 2,959 sales and 2.1%. Brand-wise, Vauxhall and Nissan are both up 51% year-on-year in January, Land Rover is up 34% to #12 and Suzuki up 43% to #21. Finally, Dacia makes its very first appearance in the UK brands ranking this month at #30 with 294 sales.

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Full January 2013 Top 10 models and Top 45 All-brands Ranking Table below.

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Ford B-Max

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Thanks to a secret admirer of BestSellingCarsBlog I am now able to share with you more detail about the UK models ranking – which is normally limited to a monthly Top 10. Over the last Quarter of 2012, the UK new car market is up a very healthy 9% year-on-year to 424,000 registrations. Interestingly, the Ford Focus is in the lead over the period with 18,594 sales and 4.4% share ahead of the Ford Fiesta at 17,993 units and 4.2% even though the Fiesta holds onto the pole position over the Full Year. The Vauxhall Astra brilliantly rounds up the podium with 15,898 sales and 3.7% vs. #4 and 3.1% in the Full Year.

Vauxhall Zafira

Notice also the BMW 1 Series up to #9, Peugeot 208 up to #14, Vauxhall Zafira up to #15, Renault Clio up to #19, VW Up! up to #21 vs. #41 in the FY, Ford C-Max up to #24 and Skoda Octavia up to #25. Further down, the Kia Cee’d is up to #28, Mini Countryman up to #31, Honda CR-V up to #32 vs. #47 in the FY, Renault Megane up to #36 vs. #53 and the Hyundai i20 up to #40 vs. #56.

Vauxhall Mokka

As far as new models are concerned, the Ford B-Max lands within the Top 50 at #46 with 2,899 sales and 0.7%, the Volvo V40 is up to #63 at 1,967 units and 0.5%, the Skoda Citigo up to #74 and the Vauxhall Mokka arrives at #105 with 903 sales.

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The UK is by far the Nissan Juke’s strongest market in Europe.

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Like every Quarter we have a more detailed look at the most popular models in the UK. Actually, all models sold in the UK over the Full Year 2012… You can see the original Top 10 post here. In 2012 the UK new car market is up a shiny 5% to 2,044,609 registrations, the highest annual tally since 2008. The BMW 1 Series is knocking at the Year-end Top 10′s door, up 20% to #11 with 34,488 sales, just ahead of the Fiat 500 at 34,161 units (+33%) while the Toyota Yaris is up by a fantastic 68% to #14 with 29,961 sales.

The Range Rover Evoque breaks into the annual UK Top 30 in 2012.

The Nissan Juke is up a further 32% on 2011 to land in 16th position with 28,862 units and 1.4%, making the UK its strongest market in Europe by far, and third in the world behind the USA (36,358) and Japan (33,648). The Hyundai i10 is back up 7 spots to #18, the Ford Mondeo up 5 to #21, Audi A1 up 7 to #23 and the Citroen DS3 up 19 to #32. The Range Rover Evoque is up 275% to break into the annual Top 30 for the first time for the carmaker in potentially two decades at #29 with 18,143 sales and 0.9%.

Sales of Chrysler Ypsilon are up 6-fold in 2012 in the UK.

The Peugeot 208 is the best-performing all-new model, landing directly at #33 and 17,112 units, followed by the VW Up! at #41 and 14,705 sales. Notice also the Kia Cee’d up 46% to #38, Kia Sportage up 58% to #40, Hyundai ix35 up 57% to #58, BMW X3 up 55% to #69, Vauxhall Antara up 508% to #75, Audi Q3 up to #76, Mercedes SLK up 88% to #80, Mercedes B-Class up 55% to #81, Hyundai i40 up 497% to #92 and Chrysler Ypsilon up 501% to #148.

The first 29 Aston Martin Vanquish were sold in the UK in 2012.

As far as ‘local’ models are concerned, the Jaguar XF is up 13% to #55, Range Rover Sport up 1% to #72, Bentley Continental GT/GTC up 68% to #190, Aston Martin V8/V12 Vantage up 4% to #236, Rolls Royce Ghost up 3% to #249, Aston Martin Virage up 37% to #269 and the Aston Martin Vanquish makes its first appearance in the ranking at #319 with 29 units sold. All other Aston Martins, Bentleys, Jaguars, Land Rovers, Range Rovers and and Rolls Royces lose ground vs. 2011.

Honda Jazz

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Great Wall Steed

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Whereas the UK Passenger Cars market lodged a shiny 5% growth last year, new Light Commercial Vehicle sales were not so lucky and are down 8% year-on-year to 239,641 registrations. At this stage only a brands ranking is available but I will update this post if and when models data comes through. There should be no surprises in pole position with the Ford Transit taking the lead for the 48th consecutive year, especially with the all-new Transit Custom hitting dealership at the end of the year.

But the main event on the LCV market this year in the country is the arrival of Chinese brand Great Wall with the Steed pick-up. After 9 month the model had registered 338 units in the country, and the Full Year total comes at 476 sales and 0.2% share, placing the brand at #15, below Isuzu (2,762), equal with Renault Trucks (476) and above Hyundai (379). So still a very small footprint for the giant Chinese carmaker, and the December score was at a feeble 18 units and 0.2% share, so 2013 will be interesting to follow…

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Nissan Qashqai

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The UK new car market is the only one in Europe’s Top 5 to gain ground year-on-year in 2012, up a shiny 5% to 2,044,609 registrations, the highest annual tally since 2008. The market lodges year-on-year growth for 11 out of 12 months this year, a performance in stark contrast with the rest of Europe. Thanks to sales up 14% to 109,265 units, the Ford Fiesta is the most popular model in the country for the 4th year in a row and the 9th time overall after 1990, 1991, 1996 to 1998 and 2009 to 2011, to be compared with the Escort’s 12 years and the Cortina’s and Focus’ 10 years at #11. The Fiesta topped the UK monthly ranking 8 times in 2012.

Vauxhall Corsa

The Vauxhall Corsa is up one spot and 15% to #2 with 89,434 units and 4.4%, its highest year-end ranking since 2008. It even ranked #1 in  May for the first time since October 2008. The Ford Focus is up a shy 2% to 83,115 sales and 4.1% but is down to #3, still struggling to regain its prior form (the model was #1 in the UK for 10 consecutive years from 1999 to 2008) but managing to top the monthly ladder 3 times in 2012. Boosted by a fantastic month of December (#2), the Vauxhall Astra is back up one spot to #4, passing the VW Golf at #5.

Mercedes C-Class

However the most significant event in the UK Top 10 in 2012 is the 6th place of the locally-produced Nissan Qashqai, up a formidable 3 ranks and 16% on 2011 to a record 45,675 units and 2.2%. This is the highest year-end ranking ever reached by a Japanese model in the UK, beating the #8 spot hit by the Datsun Cherry in 1981. The annual volume record for a Japanese model in the UK however still belongs to the Nissan Micra: 54,175 sales in 1989. Finally, let’s salute the 9th place of the Mercedes C-Class with 37,261 units (+24%), breaking into the year-end UK Top 10 for the very first time and hitting a record #6 in September.

In the brands ranking, Ford leads ahead of Vauxhall while BMW maintains its premium leadership at a fantastic 4th place with 127,530 sales (+9%) ahead of Audi at 123,622 (+9% also). The biggest gainers in the Top 20 are Hyundai up 18% to #10, Kia up 24% to #12, Skoda up 19% to #14, Fiat up 20% to #16 and Land Rover up 29% to #17. Notice also Renault down 40% and 7 spots to #18, Porsche up 25%, Bentley up 22% and MG up 177% to a still shy 782 sales.

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BMW 1 Series

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Another very satisfying month for new car sales in the UK, bucking the gloomy European trend once again and up 4% year-on-year in December to 123,557 registrations. This brings the Full Year 2012 total to 2,044,609 units, the highest since 2008. December is always heavily influenced by fleet sales in the UK and this year is no exception, with the models ranking getting a bit of a shake. The Ford Focus manages to take the lead for the 2nd consecutive month, the third time this year and only the 5th time in the last 3.5 years after May 2010, January 2011, February and November 2012. It sells 5,265 units for a 4.3% share.

Vauxhall Astra

The Vauxhall Astra is up 3 spots on November to land in an excellent 2nd place with 5,112 sales and 4.1%, its highest ranking in the UK in 2 years, since December 2010 when it ranked #1. The Ford Fiesta is kicked down to #3 at 4,977 units and 4%, its lowest ranking since February 2011 (#4). But the best performer this month is by far the BMW 1 Series. After beating its ranking record in October to reach #8 and staying there in November, it is up a further 3 ranks to bring this record to an outstanding #5 thanks to 3,196 sales and 2.6% share!

BMW is in great shape this month and places two models in the Top 6 (like Ford and Vauxhall!) for the first time ever in the UK: the 3 Series is back up one spot to #6, ranking within the 6 best-sellers in the country for the 5th time in 2012. The Mini is up 3 to #7, its highest position since last June. Brand-wise, Vauxhall takes the lead this month ahead of Ford while BMW is up 35% year-on-year to #3 and 10,175 units, passing Audi in the Full Year ranking in the process. Hyundai is up to #6 and Mini up to #10.

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Full December 2012 Top 10 models and Top 43 All-brands Ranking Tables below.

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