Northern Ireland Full Year 2021: Hyundai Tucson soars to first place in market up 1.2%

The Hyundai Tucson is the best-selling vehicle in Northern Ireland in 2021.

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Our partnership with SMMT enables us to share with you a zoom in on Northern Ireland as a UK nation, keep in mind overall UK sales figures have already been analysed in our UK Full Year 2021 update. New car sales in Northern Ireland are up 1.2% year-on-year to 36,616 units. Helped by a new generation, the Hyundai Tucson (-3.7%) is up three spots on 2020 to land in pole position for the year with 2.6% share. Like in 2020 the VW Golf (-23.2%) ranks in 2nd place, this time above last year’s leader the Ford Focus (-24.3%). The VW T-Roc soars from outside the 2020 Top 10 directly into 4th place while the Nissan Qashqai rounds out the Top 5 like last year. The Kia Sportage (#6), Toyota Yaris (#9) and Hyundai Kona (#10) also make their entrance inside the Northern Irish Top 10.

Previous month: UK nations November 2021: MG ZS tops two nations

Previous year: Northern Ireland (UK) 2020: Ford Focus, VW Golf topple Ford Fiesta in market off -29.7%

Two years ago: Northern Ireland (UK) 2019: Ford Fiesta claims 7th win in past 8 years, Citroen C3 wins 3 months

Full December 2021 Top 10 models ranking below.

Full Year 2021 Top 10 models ranking vs. Full Year 2020 figures below.