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The rankings of the ten most frequently registered cars in the United Kingdom were quite a bit different in December 2012 than in the prior month.
The usual best seller, Ford’s Fiesta, was not the best-selling car for the second consecutive month, and in fact, dropped all the way to third spot as registrations dipped 8% compared to December of last year.
This enabled not only the Ford Focus, but Vauxhall’s Astra, to overtake the Fiesta in December. Ford reported a 30% increase in Focus registrations. Year-to-date, the growth achieved by the Focus, Astra, and Volkswagen Golf was well below the industry’s 5% improvement. Indeed, Golf sales dipped 2%.
GoodCarBadCar.net has also posted the 2012 year end best-selling cars list for the United Kingdom. Many of these cars remain, but the most British among them does not.
|
Rank
|
Best-Selling Car
|
December 2012
|
%
Change |
Year To Date
|
YTD % Change |
|
#1
|
Ford Focus
|
5265 | + 30.1% | 83,115 | + 1.6% |
|
#2
|
Vauxhall Astra
|
5112 | + 5.3% | 63,023 | + 0.7% |
|
#3
|
Ford Fiesta
|
4977 | – 8.0% | 109,265 | + 13.7% |
|
#4
|
Vauxhall Corsa
|
4510 | – 14.2% | 89,434 | + 15.0% |
|
#5
|
BMW 1-Series
|
3196 | n/a | 34,488 | n/a |
|
#6
|
BMW 3-Series
|
3181 | n/a | 44,521 | + 4.8% |
|
#7
|
Mini
|
3143 | + 16.1% | n/a | n/a |
|
#8
|
Nissan Qashqai
|
2840 | + 10.1% | 45,675 | + 15.9% |
|
#9
|
Volkswagen Golf
|
2556 | – 36.6% | 62,021 | – 2.1% |
|
#10
|
Volkswagen Polo
|
2500 | – 8.8% | 41,901 | – 8.9% |
Source: Manufacturers & SMMT
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
* Mini refers to all non-Countryman Minis
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