The Ford Puma confirms it is the favourite vehicle of UK customers.
The UK new car market soar 28.3% year-on-year in July to 143,921 units, recording the best July volume since 2020. The year-to-date tally is now up 19.6% to 1,093,641 sales, however this is still -23.3% below the first seven months of pre-pandemic 2019 (1,426,443). A worrying sign, private sales only edge up 0.3% in July to 60,045 and 41.7% share vs. 53.4% in July 2022, and in fact it’s fleet sales that pull the market up at a whopping +61.9% to 80,961, sending its market share from 44.6% a year ago to 56.3%. Business sales improve 28.7% to 2,915. Year-to-date, private sales are weak also at +1.5% to 495,370 and 45.3% share vs. 53.4% over the first seven months of 2022, whereas fleet sales surge 41.3% to 571,685 and 52.3% share vs. 44.2%. Business sales are up 21.9% to 26,586.
In terms of fuel type or propulsion, diesel falls -8.4% for the month to 5,687 and 4% share vs. 5.5% a year ago, petrol is up 13.4% to 58,150 and 40.4% share vs. 45.7%, MHEV are up 31.1% to 29,051 and 20.2% share vs. 19.7%, HEV are up 18.9% to 16,321 and 11.3% share vs. 12.2%, PHEV up 79.1% to 11,702 and 8.1% share vs. 5.8% but the best performance is delivered by BEV up 87.9% to 23,010 and 16% share vs. 10.9% a year ago in July 2022. So far this year, diesel sinks -17.4% to 43,143 and 3.9% share vs. 5.7% last year, petrol is up 13.2% to 455,727 and 41.7% share vs. 44%, MHEV are up 23.7% to 208,945 and 19.1% share vs. 18.5%, HEV are up 29.1% to 135,991 and 12.4% vs. 11.5%, PHEV up 27.8% to 73,857 and 6.8% share vs. 6.3% and BEV up 38% to 175,978 and 16.1% share vs. 13.9%.
Source: SMMT
In the brands ranking, Volkswagen (+28.3%) exactly matches the market growth to 9.1% share, easily topping the charts. Ford (+55.3%) rallies back up in 2nd place, just above Audi (+24.3%). Kia (+37.4%) climbs two spots on June to #4 ahead of BMW (+10.4%) and Toyota (-3.1%). Vauxhall (+89.3%) for once is the biggest improver in the Top 10 but drops two ranks on last month to #7. Skoda (+55.6%) and Nissan (+30.6%) also beat the market in the remainder of the Top 10. Below, MG (+97.3%) continues to gear up at #11, with Volvo (+67.5%), Tesla (+104600%!), Mazda (+80.7%), Polestar (+573.6%) and Lexus (+158.9%) also impressive.
Model-wise, the Ford Puma (+151.6%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to post a clear win for the month at 2.9% share. The difference of share between the #1 and #2 is larger than between the #2 ad the #10: the #2 model, the Kia Sportage (+46.6%) is at 2.1% share while the #10, the Tesla Model Y is at 1.6%. The Nissan Qashqai (+20.6%), #1 a year ago, can’t keep up with the market growth at #3, distancing the Vauxhall Mokka at #4 and the Hyundai Tucson (+15%) at #5, making the Top 5 entirely composed of SUVs. The Vauxhall Corsa (+19.9%) falls to #6 while the Ford Kuga (+90.1%), Audi A3 and Toyota Aygo X (+21.4%) return to the Top 10.
Previous month: UK June 2023: Ford Puma and Tesla Model Y top market up 25.8%
One year ago: UK July 2022: Dacia smashes share record, Qashqai #1, Tucson, T-Roc, Audi A1 and Aygo X hit ranking records
Full July 2023 Top 45 brands and Top 10 models below.
UK July 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Jul-23 | % | /22 | Jun | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 13,064 | 9.1% | 28.3% | 1 | 92,685 | 8.5% | 40.3% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ford | 11,248 | 7.8% | 55.3% | 2 | 83,676 | 7.7% | 23.0% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Audi | 11,081 | 7.7% | 24.3% | 3 | 79,201 | 7.2% | 26.3% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Kia | 9,624 | 6.7% | 37.4% | 6 | 68,384 | 6.3% | 6.1% | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | BMW | 8,668 | 6.0% | 10.4% | 4 | 60,943 | 5.6% | -0.7% | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Toyota | 8,546 | 5.9% | -3.1% | 7 | 64,591 | 5.9% | 9.3% | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Vauxhall | 7,452 | 5.2% | 89.3% | 5 | 56,957 | 5.2% | 10.1% | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Hyundai | 6,479 | 4.5% | -0.1% | 8 | 52,830 | 4.8% | 11.5% | 8 | 9 |
| 9 | Skoda | 6,469 | 4.5% | 55.6% | 13 | 40,828 | 3.7% | 51.4% | 12 | 14 |
| 10 | Nissan | 6,087 | 4.2% | 30.6% | 10 | 51,396 | 4.7% | 42.9% | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | MG | 6,070 | 4.2% | 97.3% | 11 | 45,694 | 4.2% | 62.3% | 11 | 13 |
| 12 | Mercedes | 5,989 | 4.2% | -4.1% | 9 | 48,769 | 4.5% | -6.3% | 10 | 8 |
| 13 | Land Rover | 4,470 | 3.1% | -7.6% | 15 | 32,327 | 3.0% | 16.5% | 14 | 16 |
| 14 | Volvo | 4,025 | 2.8% | 67.5% | 16 | 28,902 | 2.6% | 33.9% | 16 | 17 |
| 15 | Peugeot | 3,547 | 2.5% | 41.7% | 14 | 33,928 | 3.1% | -1.7% | 13 | 12 |
| 16 | Mini | 3,247 | 2.3% | 3.1% | 17 | 26,133 | 2.4% | 2.9% | 17 | 15 |
| 17 | Tesla | 3,141 | 2.2% | 104600.0% | 12 | 29,281 | 2.7% | 37.5% | 15 | 11 |
| 18 | Renault | 2,723 | 1.9% | 30.4% | 18 | 19,998 | 1.8% | 18.1% | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | Seat | 2,654 | 1.8% | 44.4% | 21 | 18,630 | 1.7% | 27.4% | 19 | 23 |
| 20 | Suzuki | 2,196 | 1.5% | 62.4% | 25 | 14,412 | 1.3% | 27.5% | 24 | 26 |
| 21 | Mazda | 2,136 | 1.5% | 80.7% | 19 | 18,242 | 1.7% | 42.5% | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | Cupra | 1,947 | 1.4% | 5.9% | 24 | 13,329 | 1.2% | 93.3% | 26 | 27 |
| 23 | Honda | 1,925 | 1.3% | 14.7% | 23 | 16,309 | 1.5% | 11.9% | 23 | 22 |
| 24 | Porsche | 1,901 | 1.3% | 27.2% | 20 | 14,231 | 1.3% | 44.2% | 25 | 25 |
| 25 | Citroen | 1,630 | 1.1% | 57.6% | 27 | 17,216 | 1.6% | 6.6% | 21 | 19 |
| 26 | Dacia | 1,572 | 1.1% | -54.0% | 22 | 16,976 | 1.6% | 9.3% | 22 | 20 |
| 27 | Polestar | 1,300 | 0.9% | 573.6% | 30 | 8,164 | 0.7% | 170.2% | 28 | 30 |
| 28 | Lexus | 1,217 | 0.8% | 158.9% | 26 | 7,932 | 0.7% | 48.7% | 29 | 29 |
| 29 | Jaguar | 1,046 | 0.7% | -16.3% | 28 | 7,823 | 0.7% | -1.5% | 30 | 28 |
| 30 | Fiat | 776 | 0.5% | -44.2% | 29 | 10,157 | 0.9% | -20.5% | 27 | 24 |
| 31 | Jeep | 205 | 0.1% | 6.2% | 31 | 1,803 | 0.2% | 15.9% | 31 | 32 |
| 32 | Alfa Romeo | 166 | 0.1% | -5.1% | 39 | 870 | 0.1% | -9.3% | 36 | 34 |
| 33 | DS | 145 | 0.1% | -47.3% | 33 | 1,672 | 0.2% | -4.2% | 32 | 31 |
| 34 | Subaru | 99 | 0.1% | 32.0% | 32 | 1,194 | 0.1% | 98.0% | 33 | 37 |
| 35 | SsangYong | 96 | 0.1% | 3.2% | 35 | 955 | 0.1% | 10.1% | 34 | 36 |
| 36 | Ineos | 93 | 0.1% | new | 36 | 521 | 0.0% | new | 39 | – |
| 37 | Bentley | 92 | 0.1% | -24.0% | 37 | 871 | 0.1% | -14.4% | 35 | 33 |
| 38 | BYD | 81 | 0.1% | new | 44 | 180 | 0.0% | new | 44 | – |
| 39 | Ora | 77 | 0.1% | new | 42 | 373 | 0.0% | new | 40 | 42 |
| 40 | Abarth | 75 | 0.1% | 837.5% | 38 | 369 | 0.0% | -62.9% | 41 | 35 |
| 41 | Maserati | 68 | 0.0% | 23.6% | 40 | 612 | 0.1% | 29.9% | 38 | 40 |
| 42 | Genesis | 40 | 0.0% | -35.5% | 34 | 851 | 0.1% | 135.7% | 37 | 39 |
| 43 | Smart | 28 | 0.0% | -61.6% | 41 | 206 | 0.0% | -77.0% | 42 | 38 |
| 44 | Alpine | 28 | 0.0% | 7.7% | 43 | 201 | 0.0% | 2.0% | 43 | 41 |
| 45 | Maxus | 0 | 0.0% | new | 45 | 8 | 0.0% | new | 45 | – |
| – | Other British | 226 | 0.2% | 21.5% | – | 1,924 | 0.2% | 44.4% | – | – |
| – | Other Imports | 172 | 0.1% | 49.6% | – | 1,087 | 0.1% | 10.6% | – | – |
UK July 2023 – models:
| Pos | Model | Jul-23 | % | /22 | Jun | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Ford Puma | 4,124 | 2.9% | 151.6% | 2 | 26,889 | 2.5% | 34.4% | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Kia Sportage | 3,060 | 2.1% | 46.6% | 9 | 21,117 | 1.9% | 16.0% | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Nissan Qashqai | 3,032 | 2.1% | 20.6% | 6 | 23,015 | 2.1% | 20.5% | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Vauxhall Mokka | 3,002 | 2.1% | n/a | 10 | 17,998 | 1.6% | n/a | 9 | n/a |
| 5 | Hyundai Tucson | 2,608 | 1.8% | 15.0% | 4 | 21,286 | 1.9% | 24.0% | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Vauxhall Corsa | 2,543 | 1.8% | 19.9% | 3 | 23,751 | 2.2% | -2.4% | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Ford Kuga | 2,530 | 1.8% | 90.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 9 |
| 8 | Audi A3 | 2,467 | 1.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 9 | Toyota Aygo X | 2,353 | 1.6% | 21.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 10 | Tesla Model Y | 2,284 | 1.6% | n/a | 1 | 21,835 | 2.0% | 81.8% | 4 | 3 |
| n/a | Mini | 2,154 | 1.5% | -10.6% | 7 | 18,046 | 1.7% | -4.8% | 8 | 5 |
| n/a | Ford Fiesta | 2,121 | 1.5% | n/a | n/a | 17,480 | 1.6% | n/a | 10 | 10 |
| n/a | Nissan Juke | 2,118 | 1.5% | n/a | 5 | 20,498 | 1.9% | n/a | 7 | n/a |
Source: SMMT
