New Car Sales up 15%

Number 1 – The Ford Fiesta, with the help of a facelift, regains the top spot.

Simply breathtaking. That’s what the continuous growth of the UK new car market has been called, the tough economic times we live in have driven customers to buy new cars, low interest rates thus affordable credit, long warranties, a host of excellent new models and the ability for the household to budget monthly costs and avoid the fright of sudden costly repairs has led to 14 consecutive months of year-on-year gain.

Sales in April 2013 rose at 14.8% to 163,347 new car registrations. Even more impressive, this best April score since 2008 is lifted by private sales, up 32% year-on-year. The year-to-date total stands at 768,555 units, up 9% over 2012. The Ford Fiesta holds onto its newly reacquired pole position but sees its market share slip down to 4.9% at 8,083 units. The big movers are the Fiat 500, which after being on sale since 2007 hits its top sales spot of number 8.

Pos	Model	April 2013	% Share	March 2013	2013 Year to Date	% Share	Pos	2012
1	Ford Fiesta	8,083	4.9%	1	42,392	5.5%	1	1
2	Vauxhall Corsa	6,084	3.7%	2	30,645	4.0%	3	2
3	Ford Focus	5,944	3.6%	3	31,025	4.0%	2	3
4	VW Golf	5,283	3.2%	4	21,009	2.7%	5	5
5	Vauxhall Astra	4,244	2.6%	5	21,446	2.8%	4	4
6	Nissan Qashqai	3,761	2.3%	6	18,362	2.4%	6	6
7	VW Polo	3,630	2.2%	7	15,383	2.0%	7	8
8	Fiat 500	3,037	1.9%	n/a	12,654	1.6%	10	11
9	Peugeot 208	2,975	1.8%	9	14,083	1.8%	8	33
10	Audi A3	2,935	1.8%	n/a	9,972	1.3%	16	12
	Nissan Juke	2,778	1.7%	n/a	12,788	1.7%	9	16

Audi A3 makes a rare appearance in the top ten best sellers

The new Audi A3 has exceeded sales expectations and even outsold the Nissan Juke in April 2013, there is no more glowing a recommendation than a car selling well, the A3 sales has heled Audi achieve a 21% sales increase year on year. Ford remain in top spot but tough competetion from Vauxhall (up 17% on 2012) have closed the gap of the Ford dominance in the sales charts.

Below is a full list of car sales, Dacia are unquestionably the great success but do spare a thought for poor old MG.

Pos	Brand	Apr	/12	Mar	2013	/12	Pos	2012
1	Ford	22,178	8%	1	106,525	3%	1	1
2	Vauxhall	17,645	7%	2	86,872	17%	2	2
3	Volkswagen	16,096	21%	3	65,356	3%	3	3
4	Audi	10,823	20%	4	49,085	9%	4	5
5	BMW	8,866	-10%	5	40,188	1%	6	4
6	Nissan	8,083	27%	6	42,014	15%	5	6
7	Mercedes	7,631	14%	8	36,633	13%	8	8
8	Peugeot	7,203	18%	7	38,463	8%	7	7
9	Citroen	6,527	23%	10	28,714	15%	10	11
10	Toyota	6,500	5%	9	32,565	2%	9	9
11	Hyundai	5,772	9%	14	25,758	12%	11	10
12	Kia	5,628	10%	12	24,832	11%	12	12
13	Skoda	5,050	25%	16	20,554	15%	15	14
14	Fiat	4,394	20%	15	19,271	15%	16	16
15	Seat	3,983	33%	19	14,440	10%	18	19
16	Land Rover	3,483	32%	11	22,248	21%	13	17
17	Mini	3,350	30%	17	15,284	10%	17	15
18	Honda	3,042	-11%	13	21,186	17%	14	13
19	Renault	2,980	43%	20	12,786	-6%	19	18
20	Volvo	2,404	-8%	22	11,330	-1%	21	20
21	Dacia	2,016	new	26	3,994	new	25	–
22	Mazda	1,768	31%	21	10,843	-2%	22	21
23	Suzuki	1,681	63%	18	11,637	33%	20	22
24	Chevrolet	1,097	21%	25	4,124	-33%	24	24
25	Jaguar	1,080	34%	23	6,058	26%	23	23
26	Mitsubishi	888	104%	24	3,931	55%	26	28
27	Porsche	735	5%	28	2,395	-1%	28	26
28	Lexus	509	-8%	27	2,770	-15%	27	25
29	Alfa Romeo	445	-30%	30	1,931	-34%	29	27
30	Smart	402	6%	29	1,866	0%	30	29
31	Jeep	141	10%	33	647	-20%	33	31
32	Chrysler	137	-37%	32	862	-14%	31	30
33	Subaru	118	42%	31	787	-22%	32	32
34	Bentley	117	27%	35	379	-10%	35	34
35	Abarth	101	68%	34	479	14%	34	33
36	Aston Martin	98	51%	36	357	-3%	36	35
37	Infiniti	68	-34%	37	188	-24%	38	38
38	SsangYong	48	-30%	38	211	-30%	37	36
39	Perodua	24	-40%	39	122	-30%	39	39
40	Maserati	17	-35%	40	104	-17%	40	40
41	Lotus	16	100%	42	58	35%	42	43
42	MG	13	-19%	41	94	-80%	41	37
43	Proton	3	-89%	43	15	-88%	43	42
44	Saab	2	-91%	–	3	-98%	44	41
–	Other British	101	44%	–	287	-15%	–	–
–	Other Imports	94	1%	–	309	-13%	–	–

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