The VW Golf is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in March. On March 23, the UK debuted a strict stay-at-home order scheduled to last at least 3 weeks. On March 25 both the heir to the British throne Prince Charles and the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested positive to the…
The Ford Puma has landed inside the UK Top 30. Granted, it's January figures but BSCB can now share with you a Top 120 models ranking for the UK, a traditionally very secretive market outside its Top 10 models, in an endeavour to cover UK sales charts a lot more…
The Vauxhall Grandland X is the best-selling SUV in the UK in February. UK new car sales slip down -2.9% year-on-year in February to 79.594 units, the lowest score for the month since 2015 and marking an 11th year-on-year drop in the past 13 months. The year-to-date tally is now…
Range Rover Evoque sales are up 33.7% to break into the Top 20. The UK Full Year 2019 article has now been updated with very rare data covering the Top 215 models. The VW Tiguan turns out to have missed its very first annual Top 10 finish for just 150…
Vauxhall Corsa sales surge 41.2% year-on-year in January on the new gen. 15/03 update: Now with the Top 120 models. January new car sales in the UK are down -7.3% to 149.279 units, the weakest tally for the month in 7 years, adding up to a 10th month of year-on-year…
The Ford Focus returns to the UK podium in 2019. Discover 55 years of UK Historical Data here. 04/03 update: Now with the Top 215 models. 09/01 update: Now with the Top 23 All LCV brands and Top 10 LCV models. The UK market endures a third straight year of…
The Ford Cortina sold 193,784 units in 1979, a all-time annual volume record. Click on the title for the Top 25 best-selling nameplates and Top 30 foreign nameplates. We can share with you an updated ranking exclusive to BSCB: the best-selling nameplates in the country, ranked by their volume record year and…
The Vauxhall Corsa is #1 in the UK for the 2nd time in the past 3 months. The H1 2019 article has now been updated with the Top 180 models. The UK new car market endures an 8th year-on-year drop in the past 9 months in November at -1.3% to…
First UK Top 10 finish for the Range Rover Evoque. Sinking consumer confidence amidst continuing Brexit uncertainty means UK new car sales resume their downward race in October at -6.7% year-on-year to 143.251 units, the lowest October result since 2011, leading to a year-to-date volume down -2.9% to 2.005.522. Indeed…
The new generation Vauxhall Corsa (pictured) hasn't landed just yet in the UK, but it's already had an impact through clear-out sales of the outgoing model. Whereas all other major European market spectacularly recuperate from dismal post-WLTP year-ago figures, the UK remains plagued by consumer confidence stifled by Brexit uncertainty,…
The Tesla Model 3 lands directly at #3 in the UK. Picture auto express.co.uk The UK new car market is down for the 6th consecutive month in August but limits its fall to just -1.6% to 92.573 units, the 2nd largest August tally in the past 17 years (see below), leading…
Citroen sales soar 29.3% year-on-year in the UK in July. UK new car sales endure a 5th straight year-on-year decline in July at -4.1% to 157.198 units, the weakest July result since 2012. The year-to-date tally is now down -3.5% to 1.426.443. Private sales resist best at -2% to 66.351…
Mercedes A-Class sales are up 39.5% year-on-year in the UK. 15/12/2019 update: Now with the Top 180 models. Continuing Brexit uncertainty crippling business and consumer morale as well as the auto industry itself as a round of manufacturers have announced they would leave the UK in the case of a…
The Toyota Yaris is up to a record 7th place in the UK in June. It's a 4th consecutive month of decline for UK new car sales at -4.9% year-on-year in June to 223.421 units, the lowest score for the month since 2014. Private sales match the market at -4.8%…
The Mercedes A-Class has ranked inside the UK Top 5 for the past 9 months in a row. New car sales in the UK fall year-on-year for the 8th time in the past 9 months amidst economic and political uncertainty with May deliveries down -4.6% to 183.724 units, the lowest…