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Scotland (UK) June 2013: Ford Fiesta leads, Renault Clio #9
Ford Fiesta
* NOW UPDATED with the 2013 Top 10 best-selling models! Click on title to see *
Thanks to SMMT I can now share with you the year-to-date Top 10 models ranking. But first let’s marvel at the excellent health of the car market in the nation, up 14% both in June to 18,999 registrations and halfway through 2013 at 104,528. This prompted the Scottish Motor Trade Association (SMTA) to raise their forecast for the Full Year 2013 to 190,000 units, which would be a still relatively conservative 5% improvement and would mark the strongest annual result since 2007, before the onset of the financial crisis. Whereas the Vauxhall Corsa has dominated the Scottish sales charts for the last 5 years, the Ford Fiesta is now the best-seller in Scotland, both in June with 1,101 sales and 5.8% vs. 1,055 and 5.6% for the Corsa and year-to-date at 5,753 units and 5.5% vs. 5,635 and 5.4%.
The Renault Clio is #8 in Scotland.
The Ford Focus is up one spot on its Full Year 2012 ranking to #3 thanks to 3,658 sales and 3.5%, passing the Vauxhall Astra at 3,330. The BMW 3 Series is up to #5 in June but #10 year-to-date, the BMW 1 Series up to #7 whereas it is not inside the year-to-date Scottish Top 10 (yet?). Two models are in the Scottish Top 10 both in June and year-t-date while they haven’t managed that feat in the whole of the UK: the Renault Clio at #8 and Fiat 500 at #9.
Previous post: Scotland (UK) Full Year 2012: Vauxhall Corsa #1 for 5th year in a row
You can also see my impressions on the Scottish market from last year here:
Greetings from Scotland – More greetings from Scotland – Last Scottish impressions
Full June and 6 months 2013 Top 10 models Ranking Tables below.
Scotland (UK) June 2013:
| Pos | Model | Jun-13 | % | UK | 2013 | % | Pos | UK |
| 1 | Ford Fiesta | 1,101 | 5.8% | 1 | 5,753 | 5.5% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Vauxhall Corsa | 1,055 | 5.6% | 3 | 5,635 | 5.4% | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Ford Focus | 600 | 3.2% | 2 | 3,658 | 3.5% | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Vauxhall Astra | 599 | 3.2% | 4 | 3,330 | 3.2% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | BMW 3 Series | 461 | 2.4% | 6 | 1,658 | 1.6% | 10 | 8 |
| 6 | VW Polo | 437 | 2.3% | 7 | 2,408 | 2.3% | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | BMW 1 Series | 421 | 2.2% | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 10 |
| 8 | Nissan Qashqai | 405 | 2.1% | 9 | 2,189 | 2.1% | 7 | 6 |
| 9 | Renault Clio | 370 | 1.9% | n/a | 1,956 | 1.9% | 8 | n/a |
| 10 | Fiat 500 | 365 | 1.9% | n/a | 1,805 | 1.7% | 9 | n/a |
Scotland (UK) 6 months 2013:
| Pos | Model | 2013 | % | UK |
| 1 | Ford Fiesta | 5,753 | 5.5% | 1 |
| 2 | Vauxhall Corsa | 5,635 | 5.4% | 3 |
| 3 | Ford Focus | 3,658 | 3.5% | 2 |
| 4 | Vauxhall Astra | 3,330 | 3.2% | 4 |
| 5 | VW Polo | 2,408 | 2.3% | 7 |
| 6 | Nissan Qashqai | 2,189 | 2.1% | 6 |
| 7 | VW Golf | 2,189 | 2.1% | 5 |
| 8 | Renault Clio | 1,956 | 1.9% | n/a |
| 9 | Fiat 500 | 1,805 | 1.7% | n/a |
| 10 | BMW 3 Series | 1,658 | 1.6% | 8 |
Source: SMMT, SMTA, www.scotsman.com
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Matt, it’s probably worth noting that the reason there’s a difference in the Scottish and Northern Irish sales from the overall UK is that most fleet sales are done centrally from English dealers reflecting the head office locations of the types of large corporate organisations which buy thousands of cars for sales reps, repairman and execs. This means that the regional sales tend to better reflect the buying habits of “the common man” spending their own hard earned cash rather than the companies money.
Glad to see the Clio doing well in Scotland unlike here in England I have only seen two here, the Peugeot 208 is everywhere, both are very good cars, the Clio deserves to do much better, the two BMWs are even higher than in the rest of the UK, the Qashqai and Fiat 500 just keep on going, thanks for the article
I see, thanks for the info !
Regards. 🙂
Hi Matt,
Is the Scotland’s figures consolidated into UK total sales or counted as a separate list?
Hi Eddy – Scottish figures are consolidated into UK total sales.
Cheers,
Matt
BMW 3-series in 5th place… quite a few wealthy Scots!