Car Sales UK By Model: 2012

In December the Astra (5,112) did enough to edge the Golf (2,556) out of 4th, giving the US brands all top four spots. BMW did well to get two on the list, with the 1 Series (3,196) having a very good month in coming 5th. What can you say about the Qashqai? Clearly Nissan got the design spot on as it sells well all over Europe and just keeps getting stronger.

I only have the top 10 presently, but will update when more come to hand. Nothing too shocking here, with the usual suspects at the top. 2011 is on the left and 2012 the right. Mauve is US makes, yellow German, brown Japanese and green UK, although there is a case for that to be yellow instead.

Ford Fiesta	96,112	Ford Fiesta	109,265
Ford Focus	81,832	Vauxhall Corsa	89,434
Vauxhall Corsa	77,751	Ford Focus	83,115
VW Golf	63,368	Vauxhall Astra	63,023
Vauxhall Astra	62,575	VW Golf	62,021
Vauxhall Insignia	46,324	Nissan Qashqai	45,675
VW Polo	45,992	BMW 3 Series	44,521
BMW 3 Series	42,471	VW Polo	41,901
Nissan Qashqai	39,406	Mercedes C	37,261
BMW MINI	35,845	BMW 1 Series	34,488

Data Source: Thanks to www.smmt.co.uk
Pictures: Thanks to www.netcarshow.com