UK September 2012: Merc C-Class at #6, Peugeot 208 in Top10
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UK August 2012: Audi A3 and BMW 1 Series in olympic form
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in the UK are stable in August, up 0.1% year-on-year to 59,433 registrations which means the year-to-date total is up 3% on 2011 at 1,260,997 units. This month the entire Top…
UK July 2012: Mercedes C-Class hits highest ranking ever
Mercedes C-Class * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Pumped by the Olympic Games, the UK new car market continues to outperform the rest of Europe, up 9% year-on-year in July to 143,884 registrations, the 5th consecutive y-o-y gain and the largest of 2012.…
UK 6 months 2012: Discover the Top 347 All-models Ranking!
Range Rover Evoque * See the Top 347 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Just in time for the London Olympics, the UK is the last of the World Top 10 biggest car markets to have its models ranking explored halfway through 2012. New car sales are up…
UK June 2012: Fiat 500 in Top 10 for third month in a row
Fiat 500 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * UK new car sales continue to buck the general European gloominess, up 3.5% year-on-year in June to a shiny 189,514 registrations, pushed by private demand up 10%. Halfway through the year, the market is now…
UK May 2012: Vauxhall Corsa leads, Fiat 500 in Top 10 again
Vauxhall Corsa * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * While most European countries are slowly but surely falling back into recession, UK car sales have a euphoric month of May, up 8% year-on-year to 162,288 registrations with private sales up 14%. This is the…
UK April 2012: Fiat 500 in Top 10 for the first time in over 2 years
Fiat 500 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In spite of the current economic climate in Europe, car sales in the UK are up 3% year-on-year to 142,322 registrations and up 1% year-to-date at 705,878 units. SMMT has revised its Full Year 2012…
UK First Quarter 2012: Now with Top 316 models Ranking!
Range Rover Evoque * See the Top 316 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Z * Now that you are familiar with the Top 10 best-selling models in the UK over the first Quarter of 2012, I am able to share with you an all-models ranking…
UK March 2012: Toyota Yaris up to best-ever 8th place
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * At 372,835 registrations, the English car market is up an encouraging 1.8% year-on-year in March, traditionally the year's strongest month, accounting for 18-20% of annual sales because of new registrations plates. After losing to its…
UK February 2012: Ford Focus finally taking off?
Ford Focus * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In the UK February is traditionally a very slow month as consumers await the March license plate change, and 2012 is no exception, with the market down 2% year-on-year to 61,868 registrations. For the very first…
UK Full Year 2011: All-vehicles Ranking now available!
Mini Countryman * See the Top 323 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another first on Best Selling Cars Blog, again thanks to our secret French admirer: I am now able to share with you an all-vehicles British models Ranking for the Full Year 2011! You can see…
UK LCV Full Year 2011: Ford Transit celebrates 47 years on top
Ford Transit * See the Top 55 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to our secret French admirer I can share with you for the first time on Best Selling Cars Blog the best-selling Light Commercial Vehicles in the UK! Going against the general car sales trend,…
UK January 2012: Ford Fiesta and Audi A3 at best in 2 years
Ford Fiesta. Photo by Roberto Blank. All rights reserved. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The British new car market is stable in January at 128,853 registrations. The Ford Fiesta leads the ranking for the 11th consecutive month and with 7,824 sales and…
UK Full Year 2011: Ford Fiesta #1, VW Golf at highest ranking ever
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * There is now a Full Year 2011 UK Top 323 models Ranking available! Click here to see. In 2011 the English car market is down 4% at 1,941,253 registrations, its 2nd time below the 2…
UK: 1965-2010 Detailed Historical Data now available!
The Ford Cortina was #1 in England for the first time in 1967 * 29 articles have been revised - click on the title for the direct links * Thanks to data shared by Florian I can now give you much more detail on the UK market since 1985, with…