In April 2020, the British new car market collapsed by 97.3%. Tesla and the Model 3 were the top-selling car brand and model in the UK. New passenger vehicle registrations in the UK contracted by 97.3% in April 2020 to only 4,321 cars — the lowest number of cars sold in the UK in a … Read more
In 2019, the total number of vehicles registered for use on the road in the UK increased to just over 40 million. The Ford Fiesta is the most popular car in Britain. At the start of 2020, a record 40.4 million cars, vans, trucks, and buses were registered for use in Britain. Britain’s motorparc included … Read more
Volkswagen was the best-selling car brand in Britain during the first quarter of 2020. The Ford Fiesta remained the top-selling car model. January – March 2020: new passenger vehicle registrations in the UK were down nearly a third in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis. Volkswagen outsold Ford for the first time to become the … Read more
In 2019, manufacturing of cars in Britain contracted by 14% to the lowest number in a decade. Commercial vehicle and engine production was also down. In full-year 2019, car manufacturing in the UK was lower for the third consecutive year to the lowest production numbers since 2010 with further reductions forecasted for 2020. More than … Read more
DriveElectric predicts that nearly 100,000 electric cars will be sold in the UK in 2020. The forecast is for a 260% increase in battery electric passenger vehicle registrations in Britain. At least 98,500 new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will be registered in the UK in 2020, according to DriveElectric. If the forecast is correct, new … Read more
In 2019, the Ford Fiesta was again the best-selling car model in Britain followed by the Volkswagen Golf and the Ford Focus. The Ford Fiesta was again Britain’s favorite car in 2019 with the VW Golf in second place for the second consecutive year. The Ford Focus regained third place at the expense of the … Read more
In 2019, Ford and Volkswagen remained the best-selling car brands in Britain but Mercedes-Benz and BMW moved ahead of Vauxhall. In full-year 2019, Ford was the top-selling car marque in the UK but continued to lose market share. Volkswagen was again the second-largest car brand in Britain. Mercedes-Benz and BMW moved ahead of Vauxhall that … Read more
In 2019, new passenger vehicle registrations in the UK contracted by 2.4% to 2,311,140 cars – the third consecutive year of lower sales in Britain. In full-year 2019, new passenger car registrations in Britain fell by 2.4% to 2,311,140 vehicles – the lowest total car market in the UK since 2013. Private demand for new … Read more
Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Ford are the most trusted car brands in Britain of the top 20 best-selling car marques in the UK. Mercedes-Benz is the UK’s most trusted car brand, according to the 2020 CarGurus Car Buyer Trust Index report, a study commissioned by online automotive marketplace CarGurus. While British men had the most trust … Read more
January to September 2019: Ford, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz were the best-selling car brands in the UK with the Fiesta, Corsa and Golf the top-selling models. During the first three quarters of 2019, Ford and Volkswagen were again the top-selling car marques in Britain. Mercedes-Benz moved ahead of Vauxhall. Despite weaker sales, the Ford Fiesta maintained … Read more