UK nations August 2022: Citroen C3 #1 in Scotland, Vauxhall Crossland #1 in Wales

The Citroen C3 ranks #1 in Scotland for its first Top 10 finish there. Picture topgear.co.uk

Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in August. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are included in the August 2022 UK update. This month Scotland (+19.9%) fares best and reaches 7,379 sales, with Northern Ireland (+10.9%) also very solid at 2,998. England (-0.9% to 56,045) and Wales (-4.7% to 2,251) are weaker. Year-to-date, Northern Ireland (+0.4%) is the only nation in positive at 26,896 sales while Scotland (-0.4%) is edging down to 89,245 registrations, Wales (-3.2%) contains its fall at 35,477 but England (-12.3%) skids to 829,069 sales.

The podium finishers are as follows. The VW Polo is #1 in England, #4 in Scotland, #5 in Wales and #8 in Northern Ireland, Hyundai Tucson is #1 in Northern Ireland and #3 in England, the Citroen C3 is #1 in Scotland for its first Top 10 finish there and the Vauxhall Crossland #1 in Wales for its first ever win there. The Ford Puma is #2 in England and Wales and #3 in Northern Ireland, Ford Kuga is #2 in Northern Ireland and #3 in Wales and the Vauxhall Corsa #2 in Scotland. Finally the Vauxhall Mokka is #3 in Scotland. Other great performers include the Dacia Sandero #4 in Northern Ireland, the Toyota C-HR #6 in Northern Ireland, the VW T-Roc up to #4 in England, the Kia Sportage #8 in England vs. no Top 10 in the UK overall, same for Mini at #9 in England.

Previous month: UK nations July 2022: Toyota Aygo X #1 in Wales, Dacia Sandero #2 in two nations

One year ago: UK nations August 2021: Ford Puma tops two nations, Seat Leon up to #5 in Wales

Full August 2022 Top 10 models for each UK nation below.