Car Sales By Brand UK : 2014

The darling of Britain. Over 131,000 sold in 2014

While European car sales flounder, the UK continues to defy expectation and do well. Is it because the British are less cautious about economic uncertainty or is the UK economy presently more dynamic? I'm picking it's a bit of both.

Ford has been the best selling brand in the UK since 1977. That is a long run. The present margin over the 2nd placed Vauxhall indicates that it should continue for 2015 at least. Ford have been losing share in Europe but still values its success in the UK.

GM Vauxhall has been second since 1989, but just cannot catch Ford. VW has been third since 2005, so change at the top doesn't come too often in the UK. Repetitious design hasn't put off UK buyers going to Audi, who are now 4th, ahead of BMW. Nissan deservedly is up to 6th and it would appropriate for them to move up the list from here.

Dacia has only been in the UK two years and already gaining a following. Further down, MG cars assembled in the UK are steadily wining over the public. Keeping the momentum will be the challenge. Isn't it time Rolls Royce sales were included with the data?

10	11	12	13	14	Make	2014	%	+/-
1	1	1	1	1	Ford	326,643	13.2%	5%
2	2	2	2	2	Vauxhall	269,177	10.9%	4%
3	3	3	3	3	VW	214,828	8.7%	11%
6	5	5	4	4	Audi	158,987	6.4%	12%
4	4	4	5	5	BMW	148,878	6.0%	10%
8	6	6	6	6	Nissan	138,338	5.6%	17%
10	8	8	7	7	Mercedes	124,419	5.0%	14%
5	7	7	8	8	Peugeot	103,566	4.2%	-2%
9	9	9	9	9	Toyota	94,012	3.8%	6%
11	10	11	10	10	Citroen	83,397	3.4%	6%
13	12	10	11	11	Hyundai	81,986	3.3%	7%
14	13	12	12	12	Kia	77,525	3.1%	8%
18	16	14	13	13	Škoda	75,488	3.0%	14%
15	17	16	14	14	Fiat	68,804	2.8%	12%
7	11	18	18	15	Renault	66,334	2.7%	44%
20	18	17	16	16	Land Rover	56,200	2.3%	3%
17	15	15	17	17	MINI	53,661	2.2%	3%
12	14	13	15	18	Honda	53,544	2.2%	-4%
21	19	19	19	19	Seat	53,512	2.2%	18%
19	20	20	21	20	Volvo	41,066	1.7%	26%
16	21	21	22	21	Mazda	37,784	1.5%	21%
22	22	22	20	22	Suzuki	37,395	1.5%	13%
-	-	-	23	23	Dacia	23,862	1.0%	39%
23	23	23	24	24	Jaguar	18,401	0.7%	14%
25	26	28	26	25	Mitsubishi	15,805	0.6%	75%
29	27	25	27	26	Lexus	11,572	0.5%	28%
28	28	26	28	27	Porsche	9,160	0.4%	11%
31	31	29	31	28	Chrysler	5,891	0.2%	24%
26	25	27	29	29	Alfa Romeo	5,523	0.2%	-3%
27	29	30	30	30	smart	4,342	0.2%	-18%
32	32	31	32	31	Subaru	2,793	0.1%	23%
24	24	24	25	32	Chevrolet	2,774	0.1%	-76%
42	40	35	36	33	MG	2,326	0.1%	362%
43	44	34	35	34	Ssangyong	1,542	0.1%	133%
34	33	32	33	35	Bentley	1,472	0.1%	20%
38	38	40	38	36	Maserati	1,194		274%
33	34	33	34	37	Aston Martin	864		-7%
44	39	37	37	38	Infiniti	746		93%
37	41	45	39	39	Lotus	235		-8%
					Others	2,389	0.1%
					Total	2,476,435		9%

Data source: SMMT.