Cars
The ten best-selling cars in the United Kingdom in July 2012 were, for the most part, the same cars which end every month as the UK's best-selling cars. The exceptions? Audi's A3 and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.
Through the first seven months of 2012, the best-selling premium brand car in the United Kingdom is still the BMW 3-Series, 4735 sales ahead of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, July's seventh-ranked car. The 3-Series didn't crack the top ten in July.
Overall, the best-selling car in the UK was the Ford Fiesta. As Fiesta sales shot up 13% (in a market which rose 9%), Focus sales dropped 24%. That was the second worst decline among cars in the top 10. Year-to-date, the Fiesta is 14,147 sales ahead of its closest rival, the similarly-sized and similarly-priced Vauxhall Corsa. Corsa sales are up 21% this year.
America's 20 best-selling cars in July also featured the Focus - America's tenth-best-selling car - but none of the other cars on this list appeared on that U.S. list. Brands competing for UK customers have already been ranked by total July volume. Below, take a look at the UK's ten most popular auto nameplates.
Source: Manufacturers, MTI & SMMT
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
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Cars
July 2012 Top 10 Best-Selling Cars In The United Kingdom
Through the first seven months of 2012, the best-selling premium brand car in the United Kingdom is still the BMW 3-Series, 4735 sales ahead of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, July's seventh-ranked car. The 3-Series didn't crack the top ten in July.
Overall, the best-selling car in the UK was the Ford Fiesta. As Fiesta sales shot up 13% (in a market which rose 9%), Focus sales dropped 24%. That was the second worst decline among cars in the top 10. Year-to-date, the Fiesta is 14,147 sales ahead of its closest rival, the similarly-sized and similarly-priced Vauxhall Corsa. Corsa sales are up 21% this year.
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Rank | Best-Selling Car | July 2012 | % Change | Year To Date | YTD % Change |
#1 | Ford Fiesta | 7533 | + 12.5% | 67,103 | + 15.0% |
#2 | Vauxhall Corsa | 5809 | + 13.4% | 52,956 | + 21.1% |
#3 | Vauxhall Astra | 5211 | + 27.6% | 35,694 | - 3.4% |
#4 | Ford Focus | 4742 | - 23.9% | 48,595 | - 3.0% |
#5 | Volkswagen Golf | 4367 | + 2.2% | 38,939 | + 4.1% |
#6 | Nissan Qashqai | 3721 | + 9.7% | 27,156 | + 16.1% |
#7 | Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 3163 | n/a | 20,780 | n/a |
#8 | Volkswagen Polo | 2863 | - 22.3% | 25,212 | - 5.2% |
#9 | Audi A3 | 2711 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
#10 | Vauxhall Insignia | 2591 | - 35.8% | 20,481 | - 31.7% |
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
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