The Midlands were very much the heart of the UK car industry of years gone by. Jaguar and Land Rover are still there but the region isn't what it used to be for car production.
WM has Vauxhall as top but with a slight reduction. Nissan had a nice leap with a strong 24% rise. Both Citroen and Peugeot do much better than elsewhere in the UK.
| West Midlands | |||||||||
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Make | 2014 | Share | + / - | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Vauxhall | 34,858 | 12.0% | -4% | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ford | 32,581 | 11.2% | 8% | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | Nissan | 24,720 | 8.5% | 24% | |
| 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | Citroën | 21,255 | 7.3% | 6% | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Peugeot | 20,936 | 7.2% | 2% | |
| Total | 290,888 | 5% | |||||||
EM is very much a German brand region with Mercedes surprisingly popular. Perennial leader GM Vauxhall had a poor year and MB cemented its lead over Audi.
| East Midlands | |||||||||
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Make | 2014 | Share | + / - | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Vauxhall | 28,773 | 14.5% | -17% | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Ford | 24,143 | 12.2% | 7% | |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Volkswagen | 20,933 | 10.6% | 4% | |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | Mercedes | 11,338 | 5.7% | 10% | |
| 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | Audi | 10,012 | 5.0% | -2% | |
| Total | 198,352 | 5% | |||||||
The East had amazing growth in total sales and for BMW. I wonder why that happened? Was there a boundary realignment? One thing that hasn't changed is Ford being the top seller by far, albeit with a reduced majority.
| East | |||||||||
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Make | 2014 | Share | + / - | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ford | 49,106 | 20.3% | 9% | |
| 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | BMW | 23,476 | 9.7% | 112% | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Vauxhall | 19,244 | 7.9% | 14% | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Volkswagen | 16,546 | 6.8% | 22% | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Audi | 14,263 | 5.9% | 23% | |
| Total | 242,134 | 23% | |||||||
Data source: DFT.
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