A nice car but not for Germany |
Looking at the chart below, pale blue shows which mainstream models are more popular in the UK and yellow Germany. Lada doesn't make it to the UK and MG to Germany so they miss out. Both Honda and Nissan are over twice as popular in the UK, despite it being the smaller market. The PSA twins are also more accepted in the UK, while Renault is in Germany. It is unsurprising that Ford and GM Opel/Vauxhall are preferred in Britain while Germanic VW and VW owned Škoda and SEAT are clearly more desired on home soil. Dacia was only introduced into the UK during 2013 so not as established there.
Brand | Ger | UK | Diff | |
Honda | 22,498 | 53,544 | 0.42 | |
Nissan | 62,536 | 138,338 | 0.45 | |
Peugeot | 54,096 | 103,566 | 0.52 | |
Citroën | 52,003 | 83,397 | 0.62 | |
Ford | 209,131 | 326,643 | 0.64 | |
Kia | 53,546 | 77,525 | 0.69 | |
Ssangyong | 1,082 | 1,542 | 0.70 | |
Suzuki | 27,835 | 37,395 | 0.74 | |
Toyota | 70,267 | 94,012 | 0.75 | |
Opel/Vaux | 219,084 | 269,177 | 0.81 | |
Fiat | 68,103 | 68,804 | 0.99 | |
Hyundai | 99,820 | 81,986 | 1.22 | |
Mazda | 52,491 | 37,784 | 1.39 | |
Mitsubishi | 24,131 | 15,805 | 1.53 | |
Renault | 105,322 | 66,334 | 1.59 | |
Seat | 93,129 | 53,512 | 1.74 | |
Chrysler | 10,519 | 5,891 | 1.79 | |
Chevrolet | 5,516 | 2,774 | 1.99 | |
Dacia | 48,907 | 23,862 | 2.05 | |
Subaru | 6,218 | 2,793 | 2.23 | |
Škoda | 173,583 | 75,488 | 2.30 | |
VW | 656,494 | 214,828 | 3.06 | |
smart | 22,408 | 4,342 | 5.16 |
Nein, we want the Golf |
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