August 2012 UK Auto Sales By Brand

Peugeot’s New 208

Ford owned 13.6% of the UK’s distinctly small August automobile market, enough to make the Blue Oval the best-selling brand in the United Kingdom. With 8094 sales, Ford trailed the Volkswagen Group by 5050 sales. One-third of the Fords sold were Fiestas and Foci, the UK’s first and third-best-selling cars in August.

Hyundai outsold Kia by 25 units. Peugeot outlasted its Citroen partner by 548 sales. Audi remains the premium brand leader, now 3842 sales ahead of BMW through eight months.

Just under 60,000 new vehicles were registered in the UK in August 2012, a very slight increase over August 2011. The UK’s three best-selling brands did their best to bring the overall industry down. Audi, Peugeot, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Kia were the biggest brands to have posted year-over-year gains.

Rank	Automaker	August 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Ford	8094	– 5.4%	176,999	+ 3.3%
#2	Vauxhall	6878	– 1.5%	140,809	– 6.5%
#3	Volkswagen	6056	– 2.9%	115,296	+ 1.0%
#4	Audi	4008	+ 6.2%	79,107	+ 7.3%
#5	BMW	3449	– 10.9%	75,265	+ 3.8%
#6	Peugeot	3421	+ 8.6%	63,045	+ 3.4%
#7	Citroen	2873	– 1.1%	45,547	+ 4.9%
#8	Nissan	2830	+ 6.8%	65,120	+ 11.1%
#9	Mercedes-Benz	2378	+ 10.8%	56,783	+ 14.0%
#10	Hyundai	2245	+ 11.4%	42,639	+ 13.6%
#11	Kia	2220	+ 24.9%	41,291	+ 23.2%
#12	Toyota	1983	– 9.9%	53,022	+ 17.6%
#13	Skoda	1728	– 0.8%	34,042	+ 16.0%
#14	Fiat	1555	+ 10.9%	30,752	+ 13.2%
#15	Honda	1412	+ 43.4%	32,542	+ 8.9%
#16	Mini	1189	– 15.0%	28,717	+ 0.9%
#17	Seat	1130	+ 10.6%	22,704	+ 2.0%
#18	Renault	1086	– 34.5%	23,208	– 44.9%
#19	Suzuki	948	+ 50.5%	15,114	+ 21.9%
#20	Mazda	902	– 3.0%	17,761	– 11.0%
#21	Volvo	612	– 5.8%	19,925	– 3.6%
#22	Land Rover	591	+ 55.1%	30,102	+ 34.1%
#23	Chevrolet	353	– 27.8%	10,010	+ 18.8%
#24	Alfa Romeo	234	– 29.9%	4888	– 35.0%
#25	Lexus	197	+ 48.1%	5526	+ 21.2%
#26	Porsche	194	– 1.5%	4835	+ 32.4%
#27	Jaguar	178	– 5.3%	8177	+ 1.7%
#28	smart	139	– 7.3%	3154	– 3.3%
#29	Mitsubishi	118	– 38.2%	3986	– 41.3%
#30	Chrysler	109	+ 39.7%	2137	+ 381%
#31	Jeep	51	+ 27.5%	1359	+ 10.8%
#32	Subaru	32	– 5.9%	1396	– 12.8%
#33	Bentley	28	– 22.2%	809	+ 13.0%
#34	Aston Martin	26	– 42.2%	575	– 19.0%
#35	Ssangyong	20	+ 1900%	524	+ 4664%
#36	Abarth	15	– 60.5%	691	– 15.5%
T37	Infiniti	13	0.0%	342	+ 69.3%
T37	Maserati	13	0.0%	199	– 26.3%
T39	Perodua	11	– 64.5%	283	– 25.1%
T39	Proton	11	– 50.0%	185	– 44.4%
#41	Saab	7	– 92.4%	207	– 94.5%
#42	MG	6	– 71.4%	559	+ 204%
#43	Lotus	4	– 55.6%	103	– 62.1%
—	—–	—–	—–	—–	—–
	Volkswagen Group	13,144	+ 1.0%	256,793	+ 5.3%
	Ford Motor Company	8094	– 5.4%	176,999	+ 3.3%
	General Motors	7231	– 3.2%	150,819	– 5.2%
	PSA (Peugeot & Citroen)	6294	+ 4.0%	108,592	+ 4.0%
	RNA (Renault, Nissan & Infiniti)	3929	– 9.1%	88,670	– 12.1%
	Hyundai-Kia	4465	+ 17.7%	83,930	+ 18.1%
	BMW-Mini	4638	– 12.0%	103,982	+ 3.0%
	Daimler AG	2517	+ 9.6%	59,937	+ 13.0%
	Toyota UK	2180	– 6.6%	58,548	+ 17.9%
	Fiat Group & Chrysler-Jeep	1977	+ 3.8%	40,026	+ 6.9%
	Jaguar-Land Rover	769	+ 35.1%	38,279	+ 25.5%
	Honda	1412	+ 43.4%	32,542	+ 8.9%
—	—–	—–	—–	—–	—–
—	Total	59,433	+ 0.1%	1,260,997	+ 3.3%