UK nations January 2024: Kia Sportage on podium of all nations

Outstanding month for the Kia Sportage in all UK nations.

Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in January. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the January 2023 UK update. This month Northern Ireland is the most dynamic at +10.9% to 5,199 sales, followed by Scotland at +9.8% to 12,108, England at 8.1% to 120,124 and Wales up 6.5% to 5,208.

Podium finishers are as follows: the Kia Sportage is #1 in Scotland, #2 in England and Northern Ireland and #3 in Wales, the Ford Puma #1 in Wales and #3 in England and Northern Ireland, the Nissan Qashqai #1 in England, the Hyundai Tucson #1 in Northern Ireland, the MG HS #2 in Wales, #4 in England and #7 in Northern Ireland and Scotland, the VW Polo #2 in Scotland and the MG ZS #3 in Scotland.

Other great performers include the BMW 1 Series #4 in Scotland, #5 in England and #9 in Northern Ireland, the VW Golf #5 in Northern Ireland, #8 in Scotland and #9 in England, the VW T-Roc #5 in Wales and #8 in Northern Ireland and the Vauxhall Grandland #6 in Northern Ireland. Note the Vauxhall Corsa doesn’t manage to rank inside the Top 10 of any nation this month. 

Previous posts:

England (UK) 2023: Ford Puma in the lead above Nissan Qashqai and Tesla Model Y

Northern Ireland (UK) 2023: Hyundai Tucson threepeats at #1, Peugeot 2008 up to #3

Scotland (UK) 2023: Vauxhall Corsa #1 again above Ford Puma and Vauxhall Mokka

Wales (UK) 2023: Ford Puma #1 for third straight year, Vauxhall Mokka up to #2

One year ago: UK nations January 2023: MG HS #1 in 2 nations, Nissan Qashqai and VW T-Roc #1 in one

Full January 2024 Top 10 models for each nation below.