UK Top 20 Models : 1990-94

The Escort was proving consistently popular in the UK

Throughout this five years, Euro US models held all five top places. Ford however lost 4.6% in total market share in the five years. For the first time, two European models were in the Top 10, thanks to Peugeot and Renault. The former were assembling cars in the UK and switched in 1993 from the 405 to the 306. Apart from two models, Rover increasingly had little depth below that. It was still 3rd biggest brand but for how much longer?

Peugeot had now established itself at 4th best selling brand and Renault 5th, with Nissan 6th. Citroën was up to 7th and VW had fallen back to VW 8th. While BMW had a model on the list, it was still behind Fiat and Toyota in total sales.

	Model	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990
1	Ford Escort	144,089	122,002	121,140	110,302	141,985
2	Ford Mondeo	127,144	88,660	77,253	93,650	128,705
3	Ford Fiesta	123,723	110,449	106,695	117,181	151,475
4	Vauxhall Cavalier	100,115	104,101	108,818	109,505	138,357
5	Vauxhall Astra	98,098	108,204	86,858	71,437	101,087
6	Rover 200	80,313	77,745	77,214	68,122	62,487
7	Vauxhall Corsa	78,739	51,608	42,779	44,751	54,786
8	Rover Metro	58,865	57,068	56,713	60,361	81,064
9	Renault Clio	49,337	45,269	34,701
10	Peugeot 306/309	48,802			21,940	31,209

11	Peugeot 106	44,440	35,918	20,935
12	VW Golf	44,004	36,404	32,554	33,862	47,729
13	Nissan Micra	43,448	38,117	31,002	33,571	48,189
14	Peugeot 405	41,647	52,184	48,482	41,296	39,856
15	BMW 3 Series	32,483	29,065	28,196	25,682
16	Citroën Xantia/BX	30,527				30,923
17	Rover 400	29,566	33,146	23,400	25,364
18	Citroën ZX	26,688	33,283	28,028
19	Citroën AX	25,087	24,578
20	Volvo 400	24,536	26,218	25,198	23,110	25,679
	Renault 19		26,492
	Ford Orion		23,972	33,249	40,193	51,404
	Peugeot 205			34,045	46,615	50,205
	Ford Granada				24,615	33,685
	VW Polo				24,107
	Rover Montego				23,057	43,758
	Austin/MG Maestro					29,657
	Nissan Sunny					27,893
	Top 10	909,225	817,290	760,653	763,220	961,555
	% of Total	47.6	46.0	47.7	47.9	47.9
	Total	1,910,933	1,778,426	1,593,601	1,592,326	2,008,934

Data source : SMMT.

Other years in the series:
65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, 95-99, 00-04, 05-09, 10-14.