UK June 2026: Tesla Model Y and Model 3 on top
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in June.
New car sales in the UK are up a very satisfying +11.4% year-on-year in June to 213,166 units. This is the market’s first time above the 200,000 mark since pre-pandemic 2019. This way, the H1 volume is up 9.2% to 1,137,929. Encouragingly, private sales beat the market at +12.5% to 80,571 and 37.8% share vs. 37.4% in June 2025, while fleet sales advance 10.5% to 126,907 and 59.5% share vs. 60% last year and business sales are up 17.1% to 5,688 and 2.7% share vs. 2.5%. Year-to-date, private sales are up 12.6% to 452,830 and 39.8% share vs. 38.6% over H1 2025 while fleet sales gain 6.8% to 659,488 and 58% share vs. 59.2% last year. Business sales are up 12.5% to 25,611 and 2.3% share vs. 2.2%.
Looking at sales by propulsion, petrol is down -4% to 84,541 and 39.7% share vs. 46% in June 2025, diesel is down -24.4% to 8,099 and 3.8% share vs. 5.6%, HEV is up 25.3% to 29,874 and 14% share vs. 12.5%. BEV sales are up 35% to 63,950 and a round 30% share vs. 24.8% a year ago and PHEVs gain 24.9% to 26,702 and 12.5% share vs. 11.2% last year. Year-to-date, petrol is down -2.7% to 490,994 and 43.2% share vs. 48.4% over the same period in 2025, diesel is off -10.5% to 52,548 and 4.6% share vs. 5.6%, HEV gains 10.2% to 161,676 and 14.2% share vs. 14.1%, BEVs are up 26.6% to 284,579 and 25% share vs. 21.6% and PHEVs up 38.4% to 148,132 and 13% share vs. 10.3%.
Brand-wise, Volkswagen (-4.7%) keeps the lead despite going agains the positive market, holding 7.6% share vs. 7.9% over H1. Tesla (+57.7%) surges 20 spots on last month to reach #2 with 12,173 sales and 5.7% share, its best ranking and share since December 2024 (#2 and 6.1%) and largest volume since December 2022 (16,368). BMW (-7.5%) ranks #3 for the month and ascends to #2 year-to-date, a ranking it also held over the Full Year 2025. Audi (+18.8%) and MG (+37.5%) both beat the market and round out the Top 5. Notice also Omoda (+173.8%), Jaecoo (+149.6%) and BYD (+36.2%) all very healthy while newcomers Chery (#21) and Geely (#29) confirm their success. Leapmotor is up 1403.5% to #28.
Over in the models charts, Tesla brilliantly manages a 1-2 for the first time since December 2024, with the Model Y (+61.8%) at 3.2% share and the Model 3 (+52.9%) at 2.5%. As a result the Model Y cracks the YTD Top 10 at #10, with June accounting for 44% of its H1 sales. The Ford Puma (+19.6%) is relegated to third place but easily holds onto the YTD top spot. It is followed by the Kia Sportage (+34.9%) and Nissan Qashqai (-9.3%). #3 year-to-date, the Jaecoo 7 manages an 11th consecutive Top 10 finish at #7. At #10, the Ford Kuga signs a second Top 10 finish in the past 15 months after last February.
Previous month: UK May 2026: Vauxhall Frontera breaks into Top 10
One year ago: UK June 2025: BEVs up 39.1%, Hyundai hits record #4, Nissan Qashqai best-seller
Full June 2026 Top 55 All brands and Top 10 models below.
UK June 2026 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Jun-26 | % | /25 | May | 2026 | % | /25 | Pos | FY25 |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 16,162 | 7.6% | – 4.7% | 1 | 90,150 | 7.9% | – 4.3% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Tesla | 12,173 | 5.7% | + 57.7% | 22 | 27,677 | 2.4% | + 21.8% | 20 | 19 |
| 3 | BMW | 11,767 | 5.5% | – 7.5% | 4 | 62,877 | 5.5% | – 4.3% | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Audi | 11,431 | 5.4% | + 18.8% | 2 | 58,662 | 5.2% | + 9.6% | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | MG | 10,395 | 4.9% | + 37.5% | 6 | 48,741 | 4.3% | + 14.4% | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | Kia | 10,352 | 4.9% | + 3.1% | 3 | 62,845 | 5.5% | + 1.4% | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Ford | 10,284 | 4.8% | + 0.8% | 7 | 58,199 | 5.1% | – 3.6% | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | Skoda | 9,212 | 4.3% | + 10.3% | 8 | 46,508 | 4.1% | + 6.1% | 9 | 11 |
| 9 | Hyundai | 9,033 | 4.2% | – 10.6% | 11 | 45,388 | 4.0% | – 6.9% | 11 | 6 |
| 10 | Toyota | 9,008 | 4.2% | + 6.9% | 10 | 45,584 | 4.0% | – 1.7% | 10 | 7 |
| 11 | Mercedes | 8,145 | 3.8% | + 0.6% | 9 | 49,982 | 4.4% | + 4.2% | 6 | 9 |
| 12 | Nissan | 7,732 | 3.6% | – 18.7% | 19 | 40,953 | 3.6% | – 16.7% | 13 | 8 |
| 13 | Vauxhall | 7,597 | 3.6% | + 6.5% | 5 | 49,001 | 4.3% | + 5.0% | 7 | 13 |
| 14 | Renault | 6,957 | 3.3% | + 16.7% | 12 | 36,248 | 3.2% | + 9.1% | 15 | 15 |
| 15 | Volvo | 6,317 | 3.0% | + 10.1% | 18 | 35,352 | 3.1% | + 4.4% | 16 | 14 |
| 16 | BYD | 6,242 | 2.9% | + 36.2% | 14 | 37,795 | 3.3% | + 94.9% | 14 | 17 |
| 17 | Peugeot | 6,117 | 2.9% | – 24.1% | 16 | 41,427 | 3.6% | – 14.9% | 12 | 12 |
| 18 | Jaecoo | 6,071 | 2.8% | + 149.6% | 13 | 34,067 | 3.0% | + 305.6% | 18 | 23 |
| 19 | Mini | 5,506 | 2.6% | + 56.9% | 15 | 29,471 | 2.6% | + 34.2% | 19 | 18 |
| 20 | Land Rover | 4,525 | 2.1% | – 20.2% | 17 | 34,772 | 3.1% | – 1.3% | 17 | 16 |
| 21 | Chery | 3,836 | 1.8% | new | 21 | 17,979 | 1.6% | new | 23 | 34 |
| 22 | Omoda | 3,683 | 1.7% | + 173.8% | 23 | 18,761 | 1.6% | + 170.3% | 22 | 27 |
| 23 | Cupra | 3,254 | 1.5% | – 15.4% | 20 | 21,909 | 1.9% | + 14.6% | 21 | 20 |
| 24 | Dacia | 2,924 | 1.4% | + 7.2% | 25 | 15,222 | 1.3% | – 5.6% | 25 | 22 |
| 25 | Polestar | 2,554 | 1.2% | – 1.6% | 29 | 9,086 | 0.8% | + 9.2% | 30 | 30 |
| 26 | Citroen | 2,304 | 1.1% | – 15.7% | 24 | 16,530 | 1.5% | + 76.2% | 24 | 26 |
| 27 | Suzuki | 2,176 | 1.0% | + 53.6% | 26 | 13,741 | 1.2% | + 44.7% | 27 | 29 |
| 28 | Leapmotor | 2,150 | 1.0% | + 1403.5% | 34 | 6,770 | 0.6% | + 1149.1% | 33 | 35 |
| 29 | Geely | 2,119 | 1.0% | new | 33 | 6,497 | 0.6% | new | 34 | 47 |
| 30 | Porsche | 1,946 | 0.9% | + 22.6% | 27 | 9,526 | 0.8% | – 0.1% | 29 | 28 |
| 31 | Mazda | 1,925 | 0.9% | – 47.0% | 30 | 14,870 | 1.3% | – 20.9% | 26 | 21 |
| 32 | Seat | 1,740 | 0.8% | + 3.4% | 28 | 8,772 | 0.8% | – 28.8% | 31 | 25 |
| 33 | Lexus | 1,633 | 0.8% | – 11.3% | 32 | 8,033 | 0.7% | – 8.5% | 32 | 31 |
| 34 | Honda | 1,036 | 0.5% | – 38.3% | 31 | 10,783 | 0.9% | – 18.4% | 28 | 24 |
| 35 | Jeep | 1,020 | 0.5% | + 59.1% | 35 | 6,314 | 0.6% | – 4.7% | 35 | 32 |
| 36 | Fiat | 822 | 0.4% | + 8.6% | 36 | 3,748 | 0.3% | – 38.9% | 36 | 33 |
| 37 | Alpine | 449 | 0.2% | + 137.6% | 37 | 1,902 | 0.2% | + 481.7% | 37 | 39 |
| 38 | Alfa Romeo | 385 | 0.2% | + 93.5% | 38 | 1,624 | 0.1% | + 24.2% | 38 | 36 |
| 39 | Changan | 323 | 0.2% | new | 39 | 1,579 | 0.1% | new | 39 | 49 |
| 40 | Smart | 254 | 0.1% | + 104.8% | 40 | 1,159 | 0.1% | + 49.5% | 40 | 38 |
| 41 | Xpeng | 245 | 0.1% | + 114.9% | 43 | 767 | 0.1% | + 364.8% | 43 | 45 |
| 42 | Lotus | 194 | 0.1% | n/a | 42 | 578 | 0.1% | n/a | 45 | n/a |
| 43 | Subaru | 160 | 0.1% | – 30.1% | 44 | 939 | 0.1% | – 25.5% | 41 | 37 |
| 44 | Genesis | 147 | 0.1% | – 8.1% | 41 | 626 | 0.1% | – 20.7% | 44 | 42 |
| 45 | Abarth | 115 | 0.1% | + 576.5% | 45 | 313 | 0.0% | + 55.7% | 46 | 50 |
| 46 | KGM | 109 | 0.1% | – 26.8% | 46 | 843 | 0.1% | + 1.0% | 42 | 41 |
| 47 | Aion | 70 | 0.0% | new | 48 | 101 | 0.0% | new | 51 | – |
| 48 | Maserati | 64 | 0.0% | + 93.9% | 47 | 255 | 0.0% | + 49.1% | 47 | 48 |
| 49 | Skywell | 64 | 0.0% | + 3100.0% | 54 | 90 | 0.0% | + 718.2% | 52 | 54 |
| 50 | Mitsubishi | 58 | 0.0% | n/a | 51 | 70 | 0.0% | n/a | 53 | – |
| 51 | DS | 44 | 0.0% | – 92.4% | 52 | 112 | 0.0% | – 88.2% | 50 | 43 |
| 52 | Ineos | 19 | 0.0% | – 24.0% | 49 | 136 | 0.0% | + 3.8% | 49 | 51 |
| 53 | Chevrolet | 10 | 0.0% | + 233.3% | 53 | 40 | 0.0% | + 17.6% | 54 | 52 |
| 54 | GWM Ora | 7 | 0.0% | – 80.6% | 50 | 144 | 0.0% | – 25.4% | 48 | 46 |
| 54 | Maxus | 2 | 0.0% | – 75.0% | 54 | 4 | 0.0% | – 90.7% | 55 | 53 |
| 55 | Jaguar | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 8 | 0.0% | – 99.5% | 54 | 40 |
| – | Other British | 219 | 0.1% | + 8.4% | – | 1,534 | 0.1% | – 10.8% | – | – |
| – | Other Imports | 79 | 0.0% | – 42.8% | – | 675 | 0.1% | – 34.5% | – | – |
UK June 2026 – models:
| Pos | Model | Jun-26 | % | /25 | May | 2026 | % | /25 | Pos | FY25 |
| 1 | Tesla Model Y | 6,765 | 3.2% | + 61.8% | n/a | 15,341 | 1.3% | n/a | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Tesla Model 3 | 5,408 | 2.5% | + 52.9% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 20 |
| 3 | Ford Puma | 5,284 | 2.5% | + 19.6% | 1 | 29,642 | 2.6% | + 12.5% | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Kia Sportage | 4,554 | 2.1% | + 34.9% | 2 | 25,828 | 2.3% | + 12.2% | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Nissan Qashqai | 4,544 | 2.1% | – 9.3% | 5 | 23,102 | 2.0% | + 4.6% | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | MG HS | 3,246 | 1.5% | – 9.0% | n/a | 16,721 | 1.5% | + 3.8% | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | Jaecoo 7 | 3,145 | 1.5% | n/a | 4 | 23,840 | 2.1% | n/a | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Hyundai Tucson | 3,082 | 1.4% | n/a | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 10 |
| 9 | Mini Cooper | 3,004 | 1.4% | n/a | 7 | 16,295 | 1.4% | n/a | 8 | 12 |
| 10 | Ford Kuga | 2,948 | 1.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 19 |
| n/a | VW Golf | 2,894 | 1.4% | + 7.7% | 6 | 17,552 | 1.5% | + 4.0% | 6 | 6 |
| n/a | Vauxhall Corsa | 2,607 | 1.2% | – 27.2% | 3 | 18,470 | 1.6% | – 8.2% | 5 | 4 |
| n/a | Volvo XC40 | 2,553 | 1.2% | – 4.1% | n/a | 16,031 | 1.4% | + 5.0% | 9 | 7 |
Source: SMMT
This Post Has 2 Comments
Real quality, reliability, value, eficency, safety, durability, this is what Tesla means. Congrats British people, you are Great.
This is curious, i the rise in Abarth! For June up 5 fold on same period last year! The funny thing about Abarth’s figures for the UK in June is that’s nearly as many cars as they sold in all of Europe in May!! Great to see Fiat finally getting back into positive sales for a month in the UK- hopefully the turnaround has begun