The new generation has had a massive impact on Vauxhall Corsa sales at home. As we have already seen for France, the second lockdown imposed in the UK across the month hampers the market -27.4% to just 113.781 units, the slowest November since 2008 (100.333). Again like France, the drop isn't…
The Mercedes A-Class signs its first ever victory in the UK. Picture carmagazine.co.uk According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), new car sales in the UK edge down -1.6% year-on-year in October to 140.945 units, the lowest October result since 2011 (134.944) and the 9th year-on-year decline out of…
The Ford Puma now features in the YTD Top 10 of all UK nations bar England. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can now share with you the UK detail by nation for September. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation and all sales are already included in…
The Vauxhall Corsa has topped the UK charts four times in the past year. New car sales in the UK remain in negative during the all-important September plate change month at -4.4% year-on-year to 328.041 following already weak scores in 2018 and 2019, making 2020 the weakest result for the…
The Kia Niro breaks into the Top 10 of two UK nations in August. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can now share with you the UK detail by nation for August. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation and all sales are already included in our UK…
The Ford Puma is up to a world-best 4th place in the UK in August. After lockdown pent-up demand was released in July (+11.3%), the UK new car market swings back into negative territory in August at -5.8% year-on-year to 87.226 units, yet still managing the second biggest August volume…
The Ford Puma also breaks into the Top 5 of two nations. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can now share with you the UK detail by nation for July. Now that car showrooms are re-opened across the entire country, pent-up demand during the pandemic means all UK nations are in…
The Vauxhall Corsa signs a 4th UK win in the past 11 months. Thanks to pent-up demand accumulated over lockdown months and generous offers by most manufacturers, UK new car sales engineer a strong rally back in July with a sturdy 11.3% year-on-year gain to 174.887 units. Indeed according to…
The Peugeot 2008 ranks #18 in May in the UK vs. #82 so far in 2020. A full Top 160 UK models ranking is now available for the January-May 2020 period as well as a Top 100 models for May, allowing us a much more detail look at this market.…
The Ford Puma ranks #9 in Wales, its first Top 10 finish in any UK nation. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can now share with you the UK detail by nation for June. Logically as its car showrooms could reopen as early as June 1, England (-32.9%) fares the best…
Thanks to the new ZS EV, MG sales gain 22.7% in 2020. New car sales in the UK collapse -48.5% or 616.000 units to just 653.502 over the First Half of 2020. This is the lowest H1 volume in almost 50 years: since 1971 (623.483), at a time when the Austin…
First ever UK podium finish for the Toyota Yaris. Even though car showrooms were allowed to re-open in England on June 1, according to the National Franchised Dealers Association one in five remained shut throughout the entire month. As for Wales (June 22) and Scotland (June 29), the reopening date was…
Helped by the new Sportback variant, the Audi Q3 breaks into the UK Top 30 in 2020. A full Top 130 UK models ranking is now available for the January-April 2020 period, allowing us a much more detail look at this market. The Range Rover Evoque (#12) finds itself on…
The Vauxhall Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in Scotland and Wales. It's another catastrophic month for UK nations in May, with overall UK sales down -89% year-on-year. The detail by nation is now available thanks to our partnership with SMMT, and shows England (-88.4%) at 18.244 sales and Wales (-88.7%) at…
The Volvo XC40 scores its very first UK Top 10 finish at #6. 20/07 update: Now with Top 160 YTD models and Top 100 May models. As we anticipated last month, May was the month the UK became the country most affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Europe, with 281.270…