The Fiat 500 made its third consecutive appearance on the list of the United Kingdom’s ten best-selling cars, but the 500 was a long way from the top. In June, America’s best-selling car sold 1.7 times for every single sale of America’s tenth-best-selling car. But in the UK, the best-selling Ford Fiesta sold 2.7 times for every Fiat 500, the UK’s tenth-best-selling car.
In other words, the Ford Fiesta is a hugely dominant car. It accounted for 4.9% of all new vehicle sales in the United Kingdom in June 2012. Through six months, the Fiesta’s year-to-date lead over the Vauxhall Corsa is now at 12,423 units.
BMW 3-Series sales jumped 29% to 5830 in June, good enough to make the 3 the UK’s fifth-best-selling car and easily the best-selling premium brand car.
GoodCarBadCar has also published June 2012 rankings for every automobile brand competing in the United Kingdom. For now, have a look through this list of the top 10 best-selling cars in the United Kingdom. The list of America’s 30 best-selling vehicles in June was published two days ago.
|
Rank
|
Best-Selling Car
|
June 2012
|
%
Change |
Year To Date
|
YTD % Change |
|
#1
|
Ford Fiesta
|
9063 | + 2.7% | 59,570 | + 15.3% |
|
#2
|
Vauxhall Corsa
|
8800 | + 12.7% | 47,147 | + 22.2% |
|
#3
|
Ford Focus
|
6937 | – 13.9% | 43,853 | + 0.6% |
|
#4
|
Volkswagen Golf
|
6311 | + 14.7% | 34,572 | + 4.4% |
|
#5
|
BMW 3-Series
|
5830 | + 28.6% | 23,035 | + 5.3% |
|
#6
|
Vauxhall Astra
|
5472 | – 4.4% | 30,483 | + 7.3% |
|
#7
|
Mini
|
4807 | + 0.6% | 18,619 | |
|
#8
|
Nissan Qashqai
|
4775 | + 21.9% | 23,435 | + 17.2% |
|
#9
|
Volkswagen Polo
|
3378 | n/a | 22,349 | – 2.4% |
|
#10
|
Fiat 500
|
3324 | n/a | 17,437 | n/a |
Source: Manufacturers, MTI & SMMT
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
Mini refers to non-Countryman sales
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