Northern Ireland (UK) Full Year 2013: VW Golf on podium

The VW Golf is the third best-selling car in Northern Ireland this year.

* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! *

Thanks to SMMT, I can give you a Full Year ranking for Northern Ireland for the first time on BSCB. The new car market is up a solid 10% on 2012 to 52,460 registrations here, and like in the UK overall the Ford Fiesta and Focus are the two best-selling models in the nation albeit with weaker market shares: 4.4% and 3.5% respectively vs. 5.4% and 3.9% in the UK. The VW Golf is up from #5 in the UK to a brilliant third place in Northern Ireland thanks to 1,774 sales and 3.4% share, only 60 units off the Focus!

Renault Clio

The Nissan Qashqai ranks 5th here with 2.9% share and even topped the charts in October. Further down the ladder, we find the Nissan Juke up to a beautiful 8th position with 1,175 units and 2.2% share vs. #12 in the UK, the Peugeot 208 is up to #9 and 1,161 sales (vs. #10) and the Renault Clio manage to claw its way into the Northern Irish 10 most popular vehicles this year at #10 with 959 units and 1.8% share whereas it is not even in the UK Top 20…

Full Year 2013 Top 10 models Ranking Table below.