West Midlands England Car Sales By Brand : 2015

With 5.6 million people, it is the fifth largest of the nine regions and a slightly higher population density than average at 430 people per square kilometre (England average 407). It has the eighth highest (or second to lowest) income average of £25,000 (£27,500). WM has 10.6% of the population and 13.9% of car sales. Car sales were up 9.2% (6.3%), well above the average.

This is a powerful car manufacturing region, with Land Rover, Jaguar, SAIC MG and Aston Martin made here.

Winners: Nissan took 8.7% (National average 5.8%) and 3rd (6th). Peugeot 8.3% (4.0%) and 4th (8th). Citroën 7.5% (3.0%) and 5th (11th). Jaguar 1.9% (0.9%) and 17th (24th) DS rounded out the PSA's popularity in these parts with 0.9% (0.3%).

Losers: Ford secured 11.1% (12.7), VW only gained 6.2% (8.5%) and 6th (3rd) and Porsche 0.3% (0.5%). Jeep is just 0.2% (0.4%).

14	15	Make	2015	%	+/-
2	1	Ford	35,350	11.1	-1%	+20 or more
1	2	Vauxhall	35,100	11.1	-8%
3	3	Nissan	27,475	8.7	2%	0 to +19
5	4	Peugeot	26,368	8.3	15%
4	5	Citroën	23,966	7.5	3%	-1 to -19
6	6	Volkswagen	19,696	6.2	-10%
7	7	Audi	16,695	5.3	-10%	-20 or less
8	8	BMW	15,756	5.0	-11%
9	9	Mercedes	14,184	4.5	19%
12	10	Land Rover	9,810	3.1	21%
10	11	Toyota	9,145	2.9	-1%
11	12	Škoda	7,288	2.3	-14%
18	13	Renault	6,628	2.1	6%
14	14	Hyundai	6,556	2.1	-10%
13	15	Volvo	6,323	2.0	-15%
16	16	Honda	6,271	2.0	-3%
22	17	Jaguar	6,153	1.9	46%
15	18	Fiat	5,964	1.9	-16%
17	19	Kia	5,780	1.8	-8%
20	20	Mazda	5,687	1.8	16%
19	21	MINI	5,372	1.7	1%
21	22	Seat	4,361	1.4	-10%
24	23	Mitsubishi	3,250	1.0	20%
23	24	Suzuki	2,993	0.9	-22%
?	25	DS	2,770	0.9	n/a
25	26	Dacia	1,838	0.6	-1%
26	27	Lexus	1,122	0.4	-9%
27	28	Porsche	1,038	0.3	18%
30	29	Jeep	596	0.2	131%
29	30	smart	562	0.2	70%
		Others	3,466
		Total	317,563

Data source: DTI.

Jaguar is over twice as popular in this region compared to the national average