Economic figures on the automobile / United Kingdom

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New car registrations by brand

New car registrations by brand

brand	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Jan. 2018
Abarth								0	100	1,381	1,425	1,291	1,292	1,352	1,642	2,743	3,966	4,441	+56 / +25.1%
Alfa Romeo	9,845	16,867	11,713	10,307	8,072	6,396	5,249	7,355	5,950	9,067	8,834	11,563	7,253	5,687	5,523	5,069	4,881	4,997	−7 / −2.5%
Aston Martin				483	636	1,796	2,292	2,190	1,565	1,183	1,080	1,024	932	926	864	949	906	1,471	−89 / −47.1%
Audi	43,168	54,037	65,656	70,824	77,039	82,496	85.494	100,864	100,845	91.172	99,828	113,797	123,622	142.040	158.987	166,709	177,304	174,982	+130 / +1.1%
Bentley	437	378	322	270	1.993	2,096	1,902	2,100	1,542	761	993	1,037	1,267	1,231	1,472	1,379	1,948	1,753	−25 / −15.3%
BMW	67,676	81,720	85,567	93,822	102,200	111,666	115,616	121,575	113.132	98,683	109,418	116,642	127,530	135,583	148,878	167.391	182,593	175.101	+511 / +6.0%
Cadillac	61	104	5	0			294	344	171	177	24	0
Chevrolet	227	269	17th	3	33	15,422	14,381	18,356	18,372	18,660	13,678	12,524	13,476	11,676	2,774	12	4th	70	+1 / -
Chrysler , Jeep	16,427	18,834	18,536
Chrysler				10.138	9,312	9,170	11,556	9.131	5,647	2,692	1,392	1,182	3,333	2,515	1,982	137
Citroën 1	84,491	128,703	130.415	117,602	105,596	99,576	95,575	97,750	81,237	72,450	73,317	68,464	73,656	78,358	83,397	80.012	62.991	51,455	+238 / + 7.3%
Corvette							12	51	13	36	2	0
Dacia													0	17,146	23,862	26,228	26,499	25,149	+127 / +6.4%
Daewoo	34,692	19,148	14,569	12,801	17,560	2,715	0	0
Daihatsu	4,483	4,310	4,092	4,475	4.141	4,275	4,024	5,035	4,841	2,306	170	3	0
Daimler								37	33	18th	2	0
Dodge							2.162	3,273	3,911	2,672	789	0
DS 1																8,614	15,898	9,082	-369 / -56.0%
Fiat	93,877	97,898	82,915	74,823	72,825	35,828	58,831	59,409	55,325	60,337	53.093	41,612	49.907	60.198	67,162	64,257	60,581	44,475	−1,507 / −46.8%
ford	374,342	404.334	400,808	378,942	367.158	347,551	344,408	348,982	322,514	316.369	280.364	265,894	281.917	310,865	326,643	335.267	318,316	287,396	−3,124 / −13.7%
Honda	68,718	63,459	77,942	81,858	91.241	98,344	97,728	106.018	83,805	74,819	63,652	50,577	54.208	55,660	53,544	53,417	59.106	53.901	+272 / +6.8%
lobster							0	61	174	46	4th	0
Hyundai	26,248	27,080	29,183	32,238	37,611	36,640	35,589	29,765	28,036	56,726	61,752	62,900	74,285	76,918	81,986	88.117	92,419	93,403	+42 / +0.7%
Infiniti									0	45	232	382	530	386	746	1,195	2,891	3,515	-88 / -48.4%
Isuzu	1,770	1,181	1,463	878	510	229	0	0
Jaguar , Daimler	15.003	22,119	29,739	29,240	32,535	26,328	23,165
jaguar								18,712	20,346	18,234	16,417	13,787	14,109	16,210	18,401	23,954	34,822	35,544	−520 / −19.3%
jeep				8,146	6,918	5,492	6,733	6,148	4,062	2,502	2,078	2.146	2,306	2,229	3,909	10,794	14,090	6,380	−493 / −67.7%
Kia	11,523	12,183	12,351	21,177	33,419	39,749	35,814	29,372	31,324	50,637	56,114	53,615	66,629	72,090	77,525	78,489	89,364	93,222	−79 / −1.0%
Land Rover	33,316	38,895	40,350	41,056	41,401	43,769	42,793	46,552	32,567	29,185	37,272	37,637	48,626	54,699	56,200	66,574	79,534	82,653	+233 / +4.3%
Lexus	8,934	11,335	9,452	9,527	10,047	10,548	14,691	15,119	10.122	7,266	6,202	8,269	8,404	9,014	11,572	13,269	13,915	12,670	+87 / +10.9%
lotus	1,613	1,184	1,305	964	879	934	820	712	647	485	577	329	137	256	235	375	339	279	−13 / −52.0%
Maserati											456	388	309	319	1,194	1,434	1,435	1,701	−55 / −33.3%
Mazda	20,041	14,259	27,776	37,854	47,739	45,706	49,631	50,947	49,858	47,934	45,449	31,219	26,183	31,228	37,784	45.504	46,609	39.092	+34 / +1.2%
Mercedes Benz	63,754	76,458	80,859	93,625	81,963	82,247	81,076	82,321	74,883	72,281	74,977	81,873	91,855	109,456	124,419	145.254	169,828	180,970	−1,157 / −8.9%
MG (Rover)				36,988	31,989	14,229	2,099	128	3	0
MG								1	133	374	282	360	782	504	2,326	3.152	4,192	4,441	+270 / +131.7%
Mia														5	5
Mini	0	11,628	35,545	40,510	43,660	44,770	38,018	47,661	40,736	39,866	43,894	50,138	51,324	51,933	53,661	63,581	68,984	68.166	+591 / + 25.9%
Mitsubishi	15,967	17,887	17,374	18,074	22,573	24,972	19,713	19,047	15,552	11,074	12,209	9,843	6,549	9,044	15,805	22,693	18,237	16.092	+226 / + 17.0%
Nissan	84,947	93.144	100,751	105,798	90.223	86,727	69,157	66,426	66,336	77,924	89,681	96,269	105,835	117,967	138,338	153.937	152.525	151.156	−3,461 / −30.4%
Opel										193
Perodua	1,142	1,111	914	879	760	644	603	767	624	650	761	543	416	206	29
Peugeot	189,145	206.116	208.920	184,940	167.822	144,332	144.132	146.094	118,701	102,574	109,324	94,989	99,486	105,435	103,566	104,249	98,529	82,226	-676 / -11.4%
Porsche	4,059	5,031	5,624	7,919	8,622	10,542	9,522	8,533	5,918	5,280	6,784	6,382	7,998	8,260	9,160	12,167	13.097	14.051	+307 / +44.7%
proton	3,299	3,577	2,752	1,861	1,754	1,652	2,701	2,468	1,518	960	767	446	208	20th	11	0
Renault	161,142	181,651	194,685	189,427	189,342	174,743	138.094	126,816	89,570	63.174	95,608	68,449	40,760	46.173	66,334	75,618	85.102	69.110	−273 / −6.8%
Rolls Royce	76	60	29
Rover , MG	103,663	97.202	99.108
rover				58,860	44,779	14,862	2,706	72	2	0
Saab	16,374	15,521	13,877	14,584	20,294	27,465	26,962	23,642	16,074	7,486	5,898	4.138	232	3	3	0
Seat	19,972	26,624	28,810	34,293	33,228	28,431	32,839	34,790	29,397	29,987	32,935	36,089	38,798	45,312	53,512	47,654	47,456	56,130	+349 / +9.1%
Škoda	29,255	36,053	37,687	36,548	35,029	37,803	38,743	39.907	37,100	37,253	41,240	45,061	53,602	66,081	75,488	74,692	80,372	79,758	+42 / +0.8%
Smart		4,303	7,589	9,744	11,844	10.137	7,196	5,252	7,526	8,363	7,651	5,044	5,616	5,314	4,342	8,455	12,020	10,323	−150 / −20.0%
SsangYong	8th	0	0	147	928	1,281	2.017	1,323	629	787	242	194	875	662	1,542	3,344	4,444	3,590	−111 / −37.3%
Subaru	9,728	9,767	8,173	9,675	8,823	8,926	7,299	6,051	4,668	3,730	3,897	2,634	2.023	2,271	2,793	3,455	3,612	2,679	−23 / −12.9%
Suzuki	24,685	29,684	31,188	32,877	33,656	32,090	30,510	32,861	26,095	28,539	21,484	20,295	24,893	33,088	37,395	34,437	38.167	40,343	−457 / −12.2%
Tata			81	58	162	188	41	5	1	0
Think		0	35	2
Toyota	83,621	98,154	104,498	117,531	121,081	122,534	117,819	118,493	105.717	102,612	87,396	73,589	84,563	88,648	94.012	98,709	96,746	101,985	+539 / + 7.3%
Vauxhall	296,519	310.153	318,633	326,433	325.012	317.353	301,679	331,321	298,912	237.840	247.265	234.710	232.255	259,444	269.177	269,766	250.955	195.137	−1,218 / −8.8%
Volkswagen	155,657	172.848	178,924	178,953	181,897	185,519	189,959	197.020	179.189	161.137	174,655	179,290	183,098	194.085	214,828	223,784	207.028	208,462	−388 / −3.0%
Volvo	36,943	40.014	40,679	39,062	40.005	38,376	30,553	30,058	33,358	34,857	37,435	32,657	31,790	32,666	41,066	43,432	46,696	46.139	−525 / −18.8%
Other (British)	2,073	1,628	1,285	1,379	1,351	1.310	805	843	995	902	1,049	1,115	926	759	774	701	843	1,267	−10
Other (imports)	2,726	1,858	1,435	1,455	1,607	1,858	1,861	2,249	2,019	1.313	798	863	814	815	1,567	2,534	3,542	5,860	−186
All in all	2,221,647	2,458,769	2,563,631	2,579,050	2,567,269	2,439,717	2,344,864	2,404,007	2,131,795	1,994,999	2,030,846	1,941,253	2,044,609	2,264,737	2,476,435	2,633,503	2,692,786	2,540,617	−10,949 / −6.3%
source

¹The DS brand was included in Citroën until April 2015 .

Market shares 2009 (new registrations)
brand			proportion of
ford			15.9%
Vauxhall			11.9%
Volkswagen			8.1%
Toyota			5.1%
Peugeot			5.1%
BMW			4.9%
Audi			4.6%
Nissan			3.9%
Honda			3.8%
Citroën			3.6%
Mercedes Benz			3.6%
Renault			3.2%

Market shares 2010 (new registrations)
brand			proportion of
ford			13.8%
Vauxhall			12.2%
Volkswagen			8.6%
BMW			5.4%
Peugeot			5.4%
Audi			4.9%
Renault			4.7%
Nissan			4.4%
Toyota			4.3%
Mercedes Benz			3.7%
Citroën			3.6%
Honda			3.1%

Market shares 2011 (new registrations)
brand			proportion of
ford			13.7%
Vauxhall			12.1%
Volkswagen			9.2%
BMW			6.0%
Audi			5.9%
Nissan			5.0%
Peugeot			4.9%
Mercedes Benz			4.2%
Toyota			3.8%
Citroën			3.5%
Renault			3.5%
Hyundai			3.2%

Market shares 2012 (new registrations)
brand			proportion of
ford			13.8%
Vauxhall			11.4%
Volkswagen			9.0%
BMW			6.2%
Audi			6.0%
Nissan			5.2%
Peugeot			4.9%
Mercedes Benz			4.5%
Toyota			4.1%
Hyundai			3.6%
Citroën			3.6%
Kia			3.3%

Market shares 2013 (new registrations)
brand			proportion of
ford			13.7%
Vauxhall			11.5%
Volkswagen			8.6%
Audi			6.3%
BMW			6.0%
Nissan			5.2%
Mercedes Benz			4.8%
Peugeot			4.7%
Toyota			3.9%
Citroën			3.5%
Hyundai			3.4%
Kia			3.2%

Market shares 2014 (new registrations)
brand			proportion of
ford			13.2%
Vauxhall			10.9%
Volkswagen			8.7%
Audi			6.4%
BMW			6.0%
Nissan			5.6%
Mercedes Benz			5.0%
Peugeot			4.2%
Toyota			3.8%
Citroën			3.4%
Hyundai			3.3%
Kia			3.1%

Market shares 2015 (new registrations)
brand			proportion of
ford			12.7%
Vauxhall			10.2%
Volkswagen			8.5%
BMW			6.4%
Audi			6.3%
Nissan			5.8%
Mercedes Benz			5.5%
Peugeot			4.0%
Toyota			3.7%
Hyundai			3.3%
Citroën			3.0%
Kia			3.0%

Passenger car model series with the most new registrations

No. 1 from 1965 to 2000:

• BMC ADO16 : 1965-66, 1968-71
• Ford Cortina : 1967, 1972-1981
• Ford Escort : 1982-89, 1992-95
• Ford Fiesta : 1990-91, 1996-98
• Ford Focus : 1999-2000

New registrations 2001 model series number 1 Ford Focus 137.074 2 Vauxhall Astra 98,999 3 Ford Fiesta 98.221 4th Peugeot 206 97,887 5 Vauxhall Corsa 93,792 6th Ford Mondeo 86,559 7th Renault Clio 79,843 8th Renault Mégane 73,577 9 VW Golf 67,099 10 Citroën Xsara 65,681 Others 1,560,037 total 2,458,769

New registrations in 2002 model series number 1 Ford Focus 151.209 2 Vauxhall Corsa 105.199 3 Vauxhall Astra 102.107 4th Peugeot 206 96,938 5 Ford Fiesta 93,591 6th Renault Clio 86,337 7th VW Golf 72,362 8th Ford Mondeo 72.016 9 Renault Mégane 69,530 10 Ford Ka 62,863 Others 1,651,479 total 2,563,631

New registrations in 2003 model series number 1 Ford Focus 131,684 2 Vauxhall Corsa 108,387 3 Vauxhall Astra 96,929 4th Ford Fiesta 95,887 5 Renault Clio 83,972 6th Peugeot 206 (without SW) 82,667 7th Renault Mégane 71,660 8th VW Golf 67,226 9 BMW 3 Series 65,489 10 Ford Mondeo 60,046 Others 1,715,103 total 2,579,050

New registrations 2004 model series number 1 Ford Focus 141.021 2 Vauxhall Corsa 101,625 3 Ford Fiesta 89,295 4th Peugeot 206 86,605 5 Renault Mégane 86,569 6th Vauxhall Astra 85,087 7th Renault Clio 72,412 8th VW Golf 69,784 9 Ford Mondeo 60,441 10 Peugeot 307 58,742 Others 1,715,688 total 2,567,269

New registrations 2005 model series number 1 Ford Focus 145.010 2 Vauxhall Astra 108,461 3 Vauxhall Corsa 89,463 4th Renault Mégane 87.093 5 Ford Fiesta 83,803 6th VW Golf 67,749 7th Peugeot 206 67,450 8th Ford Mondeo 57,589 9 Renault Clio 56,538 10 BMW 3 Series 44,844 Others 1,631,717 total 2,439,717

New registrations 2006 model series number 1 Ford Focus 137,694 2 Vauxhall Astra 105.296 3 Ford Fiesta 103,856 4th Vauxhall Corsa 73.923 5 Renault Mégane 62,069 6th VW Golf 62.011 7th Renault Clio 57.192 8th BMW 3 Series 50,248 9 Ford Mondeo 48.021 10 Vauxhall Zafira 47,527 Others 1,597,027 total 2,344,864

New registrations 2007 model series number 1 Ford Focus 126,928 2 Vauxhall Astra 113,894 3 Ford Fiesta 102,872 4th Vauxhall Corsa 94.120 5 VW Golf 68,843 6th Peugeot 207 67.185 7th BMW 3 Series 58,544 8th Renault Mégane 55,468 9 Renault Clio 53,907 10 Vauxhall Vectra 50,983 Others 1,611,263 total 2,404,007

New registrations in 2008 model series number 1 Ford Focus 101,593 2 Vauxhall Corsa 99,574 3 Ford Fiesta 94,989 4th Vauxhall Astra 90,641 5 VW Golf 65,029 6th Peugeot 207 53,462 7th BMW 3 Series 49,384 8th Ford Mondeo 44,150 9 Vauxhall Zafira 43,169 10 Vauxhall Vectra 42,555 Others 1,447,249 total 2,131,795

New registrations in 2009 model series number 1 Ford Fiesta 117,296 2 Ford Focus 93,517 3 Vauxhall Corsa 84,478 4th Vauxhall Astra 67,729 5 VW Golf 57,187 6th Peugeot 207 48,037 7th Mini 39,866 8th BMW 3 Series 39,029 9 Vauxhall Insignia 36,040 10 Ford Mondeo 34,418 Others 1,377,402 total 1,994,999

New registrations 2010 model series number 1 Ford Fiesta 103.013 2 Vauxhall Astra 80,646 3 Ford Focus 77,804 4th Vauxhall Corsa 77,398 5 VW Golf 58,116 6th VW Polo 45,517 7th Peugeot 207 42,185 8th BMW 3 Series 42,020 9 Mini 41,883 10 Nissan Qashqai 39,048 Others 1,423,216 total 2,030,846

New registrations 2011 model series number 1 Ford Fiesta 96.112 2 Ford Focus 81,832 3 Vauxhall Corsa 77,751 4th VW Golf 63,368 5 Vauxhall Astra 62,575 6th Vauxhall Insignia 46,324 7th VW Polo 45.992 8th BMW 3 Series 42,471 9 Nissan Qashqai 39,406 10 Mini 35,845 Others 1,349,577 total 1,941,253

New registrations 2012 model series number 1 Ford Fiesta 109,265 2 Vauxhall Corsa 89,434 3 Ford Focus 83.115 4th Vauxhall Astra 63.023 5 VW Golf 62,021 6th Nissan Qashqai 45,675 7th BMW 3 Series 44,521 8th VW Polo 41,901 9 Mercedes-Benz C-Class 37,261 10 BMW 1 Series 34,488 Others 1,433,905 total 2,044,609

New registrations 2013 model series number 1 Ford Fiesta 121,929 2 Ford Focus 87,350 3 Vauxhall Corsa 84,275 4th Vauxhall Astra 68,070 5 VW Golf 64,951 6th Nissan Qashqai 50.211 7th BMW 3 Series 43,494 8th VW Polo 42,609 9 BMW 1 Series 41,883 10 Peugeot 208 38,616 Others 1,621,349 total 2,264,737

New registrations 2014 model series number 1 Ford Fiesta 131,254 2 Ford Focus 85.140 3 Vauxhall Corsa 81,783 4th VW Golf 73,880 5 Vauxhall Astra 59,689 6th Nissan Qashqai 49.909 7th VW Polo 48.004 8th Audi A3 45,581 9 Fiat 500 44.005 10 Nissan Juke 39,263 Others 1,817,927 total 2,476,435

New registrations in 2015 model series number 1 Ford Fiesta 133,434 2 Vauxhall Corsa 92,077 3 Ford Focus 83,816 4th VW Golf 73,409 5 Nissan Qashqai 60,814 6th VW Polo 54,900 7th Vauxhall Astra 52,703 8th Audi A3 47,653 9 Mini 47,076 10 Vauxhall Mocha 45,399 Others 1,942,222 total 2,633,503

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} New car sales - seven record months, one record year. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 7, 2002, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} New car market scores a record breaking 2002. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 7, 2003, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Consumer confidence drives record year. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 7, 2004, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} New car market in 2004 if just short of record total. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 7, 2005, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Record December after a tough year for new car sales. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 6, 2006, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} UK new car registrations for 2006 meet SMMT forecast. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 5, 2007, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Small cars and diesels fuel new car maket in 2007. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 7, 2008, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} December market falls, but not as far as expected. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 7, 2009, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b c} 2009 ends year with strong growth, December up 38.9%. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 7, 2010, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
10. ^ ^{A b c} New car registration figures: Full year 2010. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 7, 2011, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b c} New car market betters forecast but was down 4.4% in 2011 to 1.94 million. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 6, 2012, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b c} 2012 new car market tops two million units, a four-year high. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 7, 2013, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
13. ↑ ^{a b c} 2013 new car market records best performance in five years. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 7, 2014, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
14. ↑ ^{a b c} UK new car registrations reach 10-year high in 2014. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 7, 2015, accessed January 9, 2015 . 
15. ↑ ^{a b c} Record year for new car market as registrations hit 2.6 million in 2015. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, January 7, 2016, accessed February 29, 2016 .