UK Sales By Brand : 2013

I do like to be beside the seaside...often seen on UK roads too

The UK had a rollicking good year for car sales. No one saw a 10.8% increase coming in depressed European region. With blue showing increase but market share loss, and green increase in both, the larger brands had a very good year. Further down, smaller makes dropped sales, as evidenced by the yellow colouring.

Audi slipped past BMW with Mercedes a distant third. The new Qashqai coming early 2014 should give Nissan a chance to have a crack at moving up the chart. Land Rover is doing well at home and if you add commercial sales, 60,000 units isn't shabby. Dacia burst onto the scene with success, showing that budget brands have a place in mature markets.

11	12	13		Sales	Share	+/-
1	1	1	Ford	310,865	13.7%	10%
2	2	2	Vauxhall	259,444	11.5%	12%
3	3	3	VW	194,085	8.6%	6%
5	5	4	Audi	142,040	6.3%	15%
4	4	5	BMW	135,583	6.0%	6%
6	6	6	Nissan	117,967	5.2%	11%
8	8	7	Mercedes	109,456	4.8%	19%
7	7	8	Peugeot	105,435	4.7%	6%
9	9	9	Toyota	88,648	3.9%	5%
10	11	10	Citroen	78,358	3.5%	6%
12	10	11	Hyundai	76,918	3.4%	4%
13	12	12	Kia	72,090	3.2%	8%
16	14	13	Skoda	66,081	2.9%	23%
17	16	14	Fiat	61,550	2.7%	20%
14	13	15	Honda	55,660	2.5%	3%
18	17	16	Land Rover	54,699	2.4%	12%
15	15	17	MINI	51,933	2.3%	1%
11	18	18	Renault	46,173	2.0%	13%
19	19	19	Seat	45,312	2.0%	17%
22	22	20	Suzuki	33,088	1.5%	33%
20	20	21	Volvo	32,666	1.4%	3%
21	21	22	Mazda	31,228	1.4%	19%
-	-	23	Dacia	17,146	0.8%
23	23	24	Jaguar	16,210	0.7%	15%
24	24	25	Chevrolet	11,676		-13%
26	28	26	Mitsubishi	9,044		38%
27	25	27	Lexus	9,014		7%
28	26	28	Porsche	8,260		3%
25	27	29	Alfa Romeo	5,687		-22%
29	30	30	smart	5,314		-5%
31	29	31	Chrysler	4,744		-16%
32	31	32	Subaru	2,271		12%
33	32	33	Bentley	1,231		-3%
34	33	34	Aston Mart	926		-1%
44	34	35	Ssangyong	662		-24%
40	35	36	SAIC MG	504		-36%
39	37	37	Infiniti	386		-27%
38	40	38	Maserati	319		3%
41	45	39	Lotus	256		87%
35	38	40	Perodua	206		-50%
			Others	1,602
			Total	2,264,737		11%

Data source: Thanks to the SMMT

2014 Nissan Qashqai. In its segment, the one to buy.