UK October 2025: Jaecoo 7 ends month 42 units off third place
The Jaecoo 7 has never been that close to the UK podium.
According to local association SMMT, UK new car sales are stable in October at +0.5% to 144,948 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.9% to 1,723,120. SMMT now predicts the UK market will top 2 million sales by the end of the year and for the first time since pre-pandemic 2019. Private sales gain 2% to 55,950 and 38.6% share vs. 38% a year ago while fleet sales are off -1.5% to 85,370 and 58.9% share vs. 60.1% in October 2024. Business sales surge 32.7% to a still small 3,628. Year-to-date, private sales also gain share at +4.6% to 672,922 and 38.8% vs. 39.1% last year, fleet sales are up 3.3% to 1,011,722 and 59% share vs. 58.7% share and business sales are up 7.3% to 38,476.
In terms of power source, BEVs are up 23.6% to 36,830 and 25.4% share vs. 20.7% a year ago, this is their 2nd highest share this year. PHEVs are also in exceptional shape at +27.2% to 17,601 and 12.1% share vs. 9.6% in October 2024. HEVs are up 2.1% to 19,250 and 13.3% share vs. 13.1%, petrol is down -11.6% to 64,360 and 44.4% share vs. 50.5% and Diesel down -22.9% to 6,907 and 4.8% share vs. 6.2%. So far this year, BEVs soar 28.9% to 386,244 and 22.4% share vs. 18.1% over the same period in 2024, PHEVs are up 37.1% to 190,240 and 11% share vs. 8.4%, HEVs up 8% to 241,919 to 14% share vs. 13.5%, petrol off -8.5% to 814,154 and 47.2% vs. 53.6% and diesel down -15.1% to 90,563 and 5.3% share vs. 6.4%.
Source: SMMT
In the brands ranking, Volkswagen (-1.1%) is a distant leader once again at 9.1% share, slightly above its YTD level of 8.9%. Audi (+3.4%) is up two spots to #2 for the first time since August 2024, reaching 6.4% share. Ford (+2.6%) is also up to #3 while BMW (-9.5%) and Kia (-8.4%) struggle and complete the Top 5. Toyota (-10.9%) repeats at #6 and overtakes Nissan (+8.9%) for 8th place YTD. A rarity, Vauxhall (+24.2%) lodges the biggest YoY gain in the Top 15 and climbs into inside the Top 10 for the first time since last May at #7, its highest ranking since last January. Mercedes (-28.9%), Peugeot (-26.6%), MG (-20.2%) and Skoda (-15.5%) all freefall below. Further down, BYD is up 348.6%, Cupra up 66.3%, Omoda up 141.5% and Suzuki (+65.4%). Newcomers Chery (#28), Leapmotor (#31) and Xpeng (#38) all improve their ranking vs. last month.
Model-wise, the Ford Puma (+25.5%) is back to the top spot it holds year-to-date, passing the Kia Sportage (-24.3%) in great difficulty. The Mini Cooper (-9.2%) surges from outside the September Top 10 directly into third place, its highest ranking since last February when it topped the charts outright. The VW Golf (+33%) is back up ro #4 ahead of the Nissan Juke (+43.7%) but showing fantastic gains. One of the main success stories of the year, the new Jaecoo 7 lodges a third consecutive Top 10 finish and although is is down two ranks on September to #6, it ends the month only 42 sales from #3! The VW Tiguan (-3.9%) is back inside the Top 10 as is the Audi A3 (+17%)
Previous month: UK September 2025: Jaecoo 7 up to #4, BYD Seal U #6
One year ago: UK October 2024: Kia Sportage hits 6th win this year, VW Tiguan up to #5
Full October 2025 Top 52 All brands and Top 10 models below.
UK October 2025 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Oct-25 | % | /24 | Sep | 2025 | % | /24 | Pos | FY24 |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 13,144 | 9.1% | – 1.1% | 1 | 153,939 | 8.9% | + 8.5% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Audi | 9,314 | 6.4% | + 3.4% | 4 | 93,901 | 5.4% | – 12.5% | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Ford | 9,023 | 6.2% | + 2.6% | 5 | 100,529 | 5.8% | + 6.4% | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | BMW | 8,510 | 5.9% | – 9.5% | 3 | 105,139 | 6.1% | – 1.0% | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Kia | 7,801 | 5.4% | – 8.4% | 2 | 101,110 | 5.9% | + 0.2% | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Toyota | 6,733 | 4.6% | – 10.9% | 6 | 78,298 | 4.5% | – 9.8% | 8 | 7 |
| 7 | Vauxhall | 6,211 | 4.3% | + 24.2% | 11 | 72,626 | 4.2% | + 6.2% | 11 | 11 |
| 8 | Hyundai | 6,056 | 4.2% | – 10.5% | 7 | 81,008 | 4.7% | + 2.0% | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Nissan | 5,988 | 4.1% | + 8.9% | 10 | 77,631 | 4.5% | – 10.1% | 9 | 8 |
| 10 | Skoda | 5,968 | 4.1% | – 15.5% | 13 | 72,194 | 4.2% | + 10.7% | 12 | 12 |
| 11 | Mercedes | 5,766 | 4.0% | – 28.9% | 9 | 79,004 | 4.6% | – 10.6% | 7 | 6 |
| 12 | Volvo | 5,448 | 3.8% | – 5.4% | 14 | 57,287 | 3.3% | + 4.3% | 14 | 14 |
| 13 | Peugeot | 5,447 | 3.8% | – 26.6% | 12 | 76,084 | 4.4% | + 30.5% | 10 | 13 |
| 14 | Renault | 5,385 | 3.7% | + 17.6% | 16 | 54,113 | 3.1% | + 14.1% | 15 | 16 |
| 15 | Mini | 4,269 | 2.9% | + 5.8% | 21 | 38,521 | 2.2% | + 12.7% | 18 | 18 |
| 16 | MG | 4,233 | 2.9% | – 20.2% | 8 | 69,627 | 4.0% | + 3.2% | 13 | 10 |
| 17 | Land Rover | 3,959 | 2.7% | + 2.8% | 19 | 52,216 | 3.0% | – 1.2% | 16 | 15 |
| 18 | BYD | 3,499 | 2.4% | + 348.6% | 15 | 39,103 | 2.3% | + 547.4% | 17 | 31 |
| 19 | Cupra | 3,335 | 2.3% | + 66.3% | 20 | 34,099 | 2.0% | + 37.0% | 20 | 22 |
| 20 | Citroen | 2,909 | 2.0% | – 1.7% | 30 | 16,867 | 1.0% | – 35.5% | 26 | 23 |
| 21 | Jaecoo | 2,851 | 2.0% | new | 18 | 21,021 | 1.2% | new | 24 | 47 |
| 22 | Dacia | 2,713 | 1.9% | + 10.6% | 26 | 25,632 | 1.5% | + 0.6% | 22 | 20 |
| 23 | Omoda | 2,102 | 1.5% | + 141.6% | 24 | 16,325 | 0.9% | + 717.5% | 27 | 33 |
| 24 | Porsche | 1,688 | 1.2% | – 16.9% | 31 | 15,323 | 0.9% | + 3.0% | 29 | 26 |
| 25 | Mazda | 1,636 | 1.1% | – 4.8% | 22 | 28,531 | 1.7% | + 16.5% | 21 | 24 |
| 26 | Suzuki | 1,462 | 1.0% | + 65.4% | 27 | 15,770 | 0.9% | – 27.3% | 28 | 25 |
| 27 | Seat | 1,302 | 0.9% | – 14.0% | 25 | 19,966 | 1.2% | – 39.0% | 25 | 19 |
| 28 | Chery | 1,263 | 0.9% | new | 34 | 2,563 | 0.1% | new | 34 | – |
| 29 | Polestar | 1,248 | 0.9% | + 63.8% | 28 | 13,878 | 0.8% | + 94.8% | 31 | 32 |
| 30 | Lexus | 1,087 | 0.7% | – 17.7% | 29 | 14,277 | 0.8% | + 2.4% | 30 | 27 |
| 31 | Leapmotor | 856 | 0.6% | new | 36 | 2,391 | 0.1% | new | 36 | – |
| 32 | Honda | 761 | 0.5% | – 44.5% | 23 | 21,258 | 1.2% | – 25.0% | 23 | 21 |
| 33 | Tesla | 511 | 0.4% | – 47.4% | 17 | 35,455 | 2.1% | – 4.5% | 19 | 17 |
| 34 | Jeep | 510 | 0.4% | – 50.6% | 32 | 9,830 | 0.6% | + 37.6% | 32 | 30 |
| 35 | Fiat | 296 | 0.2% | – 62.0% | 33 | 8,413 | 0.5% | – 32.6% | 33 | 29 |
| 36 | Alfa Romeo | 242 | 0.2% | + 41.5% | 35 | 2,457 | 0.1% | + 73.2% | 35 | 36 |
| 37 | Alpine | 237 | 0.2% | + 1085.0% | 37 | 1,155 | 0.1% | + 267.8% | 41 | 44 |
| 38 | Xpeng | 150 | 0.1% | new | 40 | 659 | 0.0% | new | 45 | – |
| 39 | KGM | 142 | 0.1% | + 100.0% | 41 | 1,432 | 0.1% | – 4.4% | 39 | 37 |
| 40 | Smart | 122 | 0.1% | + 3.4% | 38 | 1,421 | 0.1% | – 22.9% | 40 | 35 |
| 41 | Subaru | 114 | 0.1% | – 18.0% | 39 | 1,857 | 0.1% | – 12.9% | 37 | 34 |
| 42 | Bentley | 96 | 0.1% | – 15.0% | 43 | 874 | 0.1% | + 18.1% | 44 | 42 |
| 43 | Changan | 73 | 0.1% | new | 48 | 92 | 0.0% | new | 50 | – |
| 44 | Genesis | 54 | 0.0% | – 63.5% | 44 | 1,060 | 0.1% | + 6.2% | 42 | 38 |
| 45 | Maserati | 26 | 0.0% | + 8.3% | 45 | 300 | 0.0% | – 28.2% | 47 | 43 |
| 46 | GWM Ora | 20 | 0.0% | – 60.8% | 42 | 439 | 0.0% | – 61.0% | 46 | 39 |
| 47 | Ineos | 15 | 0.0% | – 72.2% | 47 | 233 | 0.0% | – 22.8% | 49 | 45 |
| 48 | DS | 14 | 0.0% | – 83.7% | 50 | 996 | 0.1% | – 7.5% | 43 | 40 |
| 49 | Abarth | 12 | 0.0% | – 82.1% | 46 | 273 | 0.0% | – 71.5% | 48 | 41 |
| 50 | Chevrolet | 11 | 0.0% | n/a | 49 | 79 | 0.0% | + 7800.0% | 51 | 50 |
| 51 | Maxus | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 45 | 0.0% | + 1400.0% | 52 | 48 |
| 52 | Skywell | 2 | 0.0% | new | 51 | 22 | 0.0% | new | 53 | 49 |
| 53 | Jaguar | 0 | 0.0% | – 100.0% | – | 1,725 | 0.1% | – 88.9% | 38 | 28 |
| – | Other British | 261 | 0.2% | – 10.9% | – | 2,635 | 0.2% | – 4.5% | – | – |
| – | Other Imports | 71 | 0.0% | – 45.0% | – | 1,436 | 0.1% | – 25.5% | – | – |
UK October 2025 – models:
| Pos | Model | Oct-25 | % | /24 | Sep | 2025 | % | /24 | Pos | FY24 |
| 1 | Ford Puma | 4,418 | 3.0% | + 25.5% | 2 | 45,949 | 2.7% | + 8.2% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Kia Sportage | 3,431 | 2.4% | – 24.3% | 1 | 42,165 | 2.4% | + 0.1% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Mini Cooper | 2,653 | 1.8% | – 9.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 25 |
| 4 | VW Golf | 2,621 | 1.8% | + 33.0% | 9 | 27,784 | 1.6% | – 5.6% | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Nissan Juke | 2,617 | 1.8% | + 43.7% | n/a | 29,612 | 1.7% | – 3.1% | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Jaecoo 7 | 2,611 | 1.8% | new | 4 | 20,781 | 1.2% | new | n/a | n/a |
| 7 | Nissan Qashqai | 2,461 | 1.7% | + 4.8% | 3 | 35,250 | 2.0% | – 0.1% | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | VW Tiguan | 2,380 | 1.6% | – 3.9% | n/a | 25,532 | 1.5% | n/a | 8 | 13 |
| 9 | Vauxhall Corsa | 2,350 | 1.6% | n/a | 5 | 31,675 | 1.8% | n/a | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Audi A3 | 2,192 | 1.5% | + 17.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 11 |
| n/a | Hyundai Tucson | 2,179 | 1.5% | + 7.9% | 7 | 25,909 | 1.5% | – 7.8% | 7 | 7 |
| n/a | Volvo XC40 | 2,165 | 1.5% | – 19.1% | 10 | 25,106 | 1.5% | + 2.0% | 10 | 9 |
| n/a | MG HS | 1,370 | 0.9% | – 40.4% | 8 | 25,474 | 1.5% | + 0.2% | 9 | 8 |
Source: SMMT
