UK - Automotive Sales volume, 2023

Flash report, May 2023

Jun 6, 2023

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

UK passenger car sales increase 16.7% in May
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on June 5, UK passenger car sales increased 16.7% to 145,204 units in May 2023.
Year-to-date sales increased 16.8% with 772,454 cars registered in the first five months of 2023.
May sales for Audi increased 30.4% to 11,808 units (8.1% market share), VW sales increased 11.3% to 11,687 units (8.0% share) while Ford sales decreased 1.2% to 10,970 units (7.6% share).
Kia sales increased 5.2% to 8,976 units (6.2% share), and Vauxhall sales increased 12.5% to 8,879 units (6.1% share).
The best-selling cars in May 2023 were Ford Puma (4,184 units), Nissan Qashqai (3,140 units), Vauxhall Mokka (3,066 units), Vauxhall Corsa (3,028 units) and Audi A3 (3,018 units).
Compared to last May, gasoline-engine car sales increased 5.3% to 59,766 units (41.2% share),  diesel-engine car sales decreased 24.4% to 5,758 units (4.0% share), EV increased 58.7% to 24,513 units (16.9% share), PHEV increased 23.0% to 9,025 units (6.2% share), HEV increased 22.2% to 17,792 units (12.3% share), gasoline MHEV increased 36.8% to 23,034 units (15.9% share), diesel MHEV decreased 8.7% to 5,316 units (3.7% share).
Mike Hawes, CEO of SMMT, said, “After the difficult, Covid-constrained supply issues of the last few years, it’s good to see the new car market maintain its upward trend and the fact that growth is, increasingly, green growth is hugely encouraging.” SMMT said also that it While billions of industry investment is delivering choice and growth, however, the speed of the shift needs to accelerate. From January we expect to see the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate in force, which will set a minimum quota for new battery electric vehicle registrations for every brand.
In May, private car sales decreased 0.5% to 65,932 units (45.4% share), fleet sales increased 36.9% to 76,207 units (52.5% share), and businesses sales increased 22.5% to 3,065 units (2.1% share).
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 15.3% to 25,359 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons decreased 24.5% to 386 units while sales of taxis decreased 14.6% to 111 units in May.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		May 2023	May 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-May 2023	Jan.-May 2022	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		145,204	124,394	16.7%	772,454	661,121	16.8%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	25,359	22,000	15.3%	135,296	117,941	14.7%
	Trucks (Under6t)	386	511	-24.5%	1,931	2,102	-8.1%
	Taxi	111	130	-14.6%	808	681	18.6%
	Bus and coach	N/A	N/A	-%	N/A	N/A	-%

Source: SMMT



Registrations of new vehicles by make

Passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	May	Share	May	Share		Jan.-May	Share	Jan.-May	Share
Audi	11,808	8.1%	9,057	7.3%	30.4%	55,885	7.2%	46,116	7.0%	21.2%
VW	11,687	8.0%	10,502	8.4%	11.3%	64,436	8.3%	44,234	6.7%	45.7%
Ford	10,970	7.6%	11,106	8.9%	-1.2%	57,684	7.5%	50,904	7.7%	13.3%
Kia	8,976	6.2%	8,530	6.9%	5.2%	49,166	6.4%	48,237	7.3%	1.9%
Vauxhall	8,879	6.1%	7,894	6.3%	12.5%	39,578	5.1%	37,834	5.7%	4.6%
Toyota	8,325	5.7%	7,170	5.8%	16.1%	46,604	6.0%	41,085	6.2%	13.4%
BMW	8,025	5.5%	8,646	7.0%	-7.2%	40,675	5.3%	44,050	6.7%	-7.7%
Hyundai	7,260	5.0%	6,955	5.6%	4.4%	37,916	4.9%	33,212	5.0%	14.2%
Nissan	6,484	4.5%	4,162	3.3%	55.8%	37,341	4.8%	25,973	3.9%	43.8%
MG	6,304	4.3%	3,143	2.5%	100.6%	32,017	4.1%	19,695	3.0%	62.6%
Mercedes-Benz	5,816	4.0%	7,712	6.2%	-24.6%	34,617	4.5%	39,148	5.9%	-11.6%
Skoda	5,720	3.9%	3,758	3.0%	52.2%	28,000	3.6%	18,138	2.7%	54.4%
Peugeot	5,171	3.6%	5,056	4.1%	2.3%	25,702	3.3%	26,580	4.0%	-3.3%
Volvo Cars	4,835	3.3%	2,738	2.2%	76.6%	20,461	2.6%	16,903	2.6%	21.0%
Tesla	3,439	2.4%	25	0.0%	13656.0%	18,607	2.4%	15,690	2.4%	18.6%
Land Rover	3,391	2.3%	3,635	2.9%	-6.7%	23,224	3.0%	18,759	2.8%	23.8%
Mini	3,099	2.1%	3,365	2.7%	-7.9%	18,704	2.4%	18,461	2.8%	1.3%
Dacia	2,540	1.7%	2,237	1.8%	13.5%	13,050	1.7%	9,739	1.5%	34.0%
Renault	2,385	1.6%	1,688	1.4%	41.3%	13,121	1.7%	12,635	1.9%	3.8%
Mazda	2,277	1.6%	1,235	1.0%	84.4%	13,219	1.7%	10,203	1.5%	29.6%
Citroen	2,205	1.5%	2,727	2.2%	-19.1%	13,996	1.8%	12,705	1.9%	10.2%
SEAT	1,973	1.4%	1,892	1.5%	4.3%	13,618	1.8%	10,635	1.6%	28.0%
Porsche	1,920	1.3%	1,454	1.2%	32.0%	9,850	1.3%	6,808	1.0%	44.7%
Cupra	1,908	1.3%	973	0.8%	96.1%	9,106	1.2%	3,828	0.6%	137.9%
Suzuki	1,878	1.3%	1,432	1.2%	31.1%	10,172	1.3%	8,193	1.2%	24.2%
Honda	1,505	1.0%	1,831	1.5%	-17.8%	12,098	1.6%	11,656	1.8%	3.8%
Lexus	1,459	1.0%	631	0.5%	131.2%	4,904	0.6%	4,286	0.6%	14.4%
Jaguar	1,341	0.9%	1,102	0.9%	21.7%	5,311	0.7%	5,532	0.8%	-4.0%
Polestar	1,034	0.7%	428	0.3%	141.6%	5,739	0.7%	2,275	0.3%	152.3%
Fiat	950	0.7%	1,456	1.2%	-34.8%	8,190	1.1%	9,282	1.4%	-11.8%
DS	199	0.1%	293	0.2%	-32.1%	1,252	0.2%	1,121	0.2%	11.7%
INEOS Automotive	182	0.1%	-	-%	-%	276	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Subaru	134	0.1%	60	0.0%	123.3%	796	0.1%	445	0.1%	78.9%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	125	0.1%	97	0.1%	28.9%	692	0.1%	665	0.1%	4.1%
Alfa Romeo	111	0.1%	129	0.1%	-14.0%	597	0.1%	625	0.1%	-4.5%
Bentley	109	0.1%	187	0.2%	-41.7%	663	0.1%	752	0.1%	-11.8%
Genesis	104	0.1%	39	0.0%	166.7%	564	0.1%	188	0.0%	200.0%
Jeep	98	0.1%	239	0.2%	-59.0%	1,235	0.2%	1,012	0.2%	22.0%
Maserati	75	0.1%	59	0.0%	27.1%	459	0.1%	315	0.0%	45.7%
Abarth	35	0.0%	311	0.3%	-88.7%	180	0.0%	719	0.1%	-75.0%
Alpine	35	0.0%	17	0.0%	105.9%	142	0.0%	118	0.0%	20.3%
ORA	33	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	258	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
BYD	21	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	84	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
smart	16	0.0%	137	0.1%	-88.3%	129	0.0%	698	0.1%	-81.5%
Maxus	3	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	7	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Other	223	0.2%	153	0.1%	45.8%	1,437	0.2%	970	0.1%	48.1%
Other Imports	137	0.1%	133	0.1%	3.0%	692	0.1%	697	0.1%	-0.7%
Total	145,204	100.0%	124,394	100.0%	16.7%	772,454	100.0%	661,121	100.0%	16.8%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	May	Share	May	Share		Jan.-May	Share	Jan.-May	Share
Ford	8,371	33.0%	8,624	39.2%	-2.9%	43,054	31.8%	45,595	38.7%	-5.6%
Renault	2,468	9.7%	1,144	5.2%	115.7%	10,890	8.0%	3,311	2.8%	228.9%
Citroen	2,354	9.3%	1,625	7.4%	44.9%	12,293	9.1%	10,988	9.3%	11.9%
VW	2,321	9.2%	1,561	7.1%	48.7%	12,956	9.6%	9,259	7.9%	39.9%
Vauxhall	1,764	7.0%	2,250	10.2%	-21.6%	12,144	9.0%	12,700	10.8%	-4.4%
Mercedes-Benz	1,686	6.6%	1,593	7.2%	5.8%	8,502	6.3%	8,440	7.2%	0.7%
Peugeot	1,522	6.0%	1,238	5.6%	22.9%	9,992	7.4%	9,767	8.3%	2.3%
Toyota	1,339	5.3%	1,387	6.3%	-3.5%	7,372	5.4%	6,194	5.3%	19.0%
Fiat	519	2.0%	513	2.3%	1.2%	2,959	2.2%	2,210	1.9%	33.9%
Isuzu	470	1.9%	525	2.4%	-10.5%	2,033	1.5%	1,658	1.4%	22.6%
Maxus	427	1.7%	330	1.5%	29.4%	1,401	1.0%	1,610	1.4%	-13.0%
Land Rover	409	1.6%	38	0.2%	976.3%	2,364	1.7%	795	0.7%	197.4%
Iveco	351	1.4%	377	1.7%	-6.9%	1,857	1.4%	1,555	1.3%	19.4%
Nissan	297	1.2%	217	1.0%	36.9%	2,528	1.9%	1,156	1.0%	118.7%
Renault Trucks	276	1.1%	158	0.7%	74.7%	1,476	1.1%	774	0.7%	90.7%
MAN	242	1.0%	207	0.9%	16.9%	1,431	1.1%	714	0.6%	100.4%
Isuzu Trucks	217	0.9%	93	0.4%	133.3%	812	0.6%	592	0.5%	37.2%
INEOS Automotive	147	0.6%	0	0.0%	-%	199	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	91	0.4%	57	0.3%	59.6%	559	0.4%	327	0.3%	70.9%
Suzuki	42	0.2%	3	0.0%	1300.0%	202	0.1%	71	0.1%	184.5%
Mitsubishi Fuso	20	0.1%	15	0.1%	33.3%	131	0.1%	93	0.1%	40.9%
Dacia	14	0.1%	13	0.1%	7.7%	93	0.1%	28	0.0%	232.1%
LEVC	12	0.0%	32	0.1%	-62.5%	48	0.0%	104	0.1%	-53.8%
Total	25,359	100.0%	22,000	100.0%	15.3%	135,296	100.0%	117,941	100.0%	14.7%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	May	Share	May	Share		Jan.-May	Share	Jan.-May	Share
Ford	140	36.3%	184	36.0%	-23.9%	476	24.7%	603	28.7%	-21.1%
Mercedes-Benz	109	28.2%	151	29.5%	-27.8%	664	34.4%	505	24.0%	31.5%
Fiat	65	16.8%	86	16.8%	-24.4%	393	20.4%	391	18.6%	0.5%
Maxus	25	6.5%	16	3.1%	56.3%	92	4.8%	28	1.3%	228.6%
Iveco	18	4.7%	19	3.7%	-5.3%	87	4.5%	91	4.3%	-4.4%
Peugeot	15	3.9%	32	6.3%	-53.1%	134	6.9%	299	14.2%	-55.2%
Citroen	7	1.8%	8	1.6%	-12.5%	29	1.5%	75	3.6%	-61.3%
VW	5	1.3%	0	0.0%	-%	12	0.6%	30	1.4%	-60.0%
Renault Trucks	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	-%	5	0.3%	18	0.9%	-72.2%
Isuzu Trucks	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	-%	4	0.2%	12	0.6%	-66.7%
Vauxhall	0	0.0%	5	1.0%	-100.0%	30	1.6%	10	0.5%	200.0%
Renault	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	-100.0%	5	0.3%	6	0.3%	-16.7%
MAN	0	0.0%	3	0.6%	-100.0%	0	0.0%	19	0.9%	-100.0%
Other Imports	0	0.0%	5	1.0%	-100.0%	0	0.0%	15	0.7%	-100.0%
Total	386	100.0%	511	100.0%	-24.5%	1,931	100.0%	2,102	100.0%	-8.1%

Source: The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd. (SMMT)

Flash report, April 2023

May 8, 2023

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

UK passenger car sales increase 11.6% in April
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on May 4, UK passenger car sales increased 11.6% to 132,990 units in April 2023.
Year-to-date sales increased 16.9% with 627,250 cars registered in the first four months of 2023. As supply chain pressures have begun to ease, the overall market is the best start to a year since the pandemic. This has led to an upward revision of the quarterly market outlook, the first positive revision since 2021, with 1.83 million new car registrations expected in 2023, up from 1.79 million anticipated in January. That puts expected market growth this year at 13.5%, which would be the best percentage gain since 1983.
April sales for VW increased 60.7% to 11,758 units (8.8% market share), Audi sales increased 15.4% to 11,379 units (8.6% share) while Ford sales increased 2.3% to 10,291 units (7.7% share).
Kia sales increased 4.6% to 7,935 units (6.0% share) while Vauxhall sales increased 29.8% to 7,845 units (5.9% share).
The best-selling cars in April 2023 were Ford Puma (3,570 units), Vauxhall Corsa (3,203 units), Kia Sportage (3,073 units), Hyundai Tucson (2,911 units) and Audi A3 (2,548 units).
Compared to last April, gasoline-engine car sales increased 4.1% to 56,885 units (42.8% share), EV increased 59.1% to 20,522 units (15.4% share), gasoline MHEV increased 9.7% to 20,390 units (15.3% share), HEV increased 7.7% to 15,026 units (11.3% share), PHEV increased 33.3% to 8,595 units (6.5% share), diesel-engine car sales decreased 13.4% to 5,825 units (4.4% share), and diesel MHEV decreased 2.9% to 5,747 units (4.3% share).
In April, private car sales decreased 5.5% to 61,342 units (46.1% share), fleet sales increased 33.1% to 68,537 units (51.5% share) and businesses sales increased 13.3% to 3,111 units (2.3% share).
SMMT is less optimistic about growth in demand for BEVs, downgrading their expected 2023 market share from 19.7% to 18.4%, with high energy costs and insufficient charging infrastructure anticipated to soften demand. The latest outlook for 2024, meanwhile, suggests that 22.6% of new car registrations will be BEVs, a downward revision from the 23.3% forecast in January. With a zero emission vehicle mandate due to come into effect next year, greater and faster investment in infrastructure, and more incentives to encourage purchase are essential to drive consumer confidence and accelerate uptake.
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 4.9% to 22,665 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons decreased 31.4% to 300 units while sales of taxis increased 77.5% to 197 units in April.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Apr. 2023	Apr. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Apr. 2023	Jan.-Apr. 2022	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		132,990	119,167	11.6%	627,250	536,727	16.9%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	22,665	21,597	4.9%	109,937	95,941	14.6%
	Trucks (Under6t)	300	437	-31.4%	1,545	1,591	-2.9%
	Taxi	197	111	77.5%	697	551	26.5%
	Bus and coach	N/A	N/A	-%	N/A	N/A	-%

Source: SMMT



Registrations of new vehicles by make

Passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share		Jan.-Apr.	Share	Jan.-Apr.	Share
VW	11,758	8.8%	7,315	6.1%	60.7%	52,749	8.4%	33,732	6.3%	56.4%
Audi	11,379	8.6%	9,860	8.3%	15.4%	44,077	7.0%	37,059	6.9%	18.9%
Ford	10,291	7.7%	10,060	8.4%	2.3%	46,714	7.4%	39,798	7.4%	17.4%
Kia	7,935	6.0%	7,588	6.4%	4.6%	40,190	6.4%	39,707	7.4%	1.2%
Vauxhall	7,845	5.9%	6,042	5.1%	29.8%	30,699	4.9%	29,940	5.6%	2.5%
BMW	6,804	5.1%	7,491	6.3%	-9.2%	32,650	5.2%	35,404	6.6%	-7.8%
Hyundai	6,569	4.9%	6,518	5.5%	0.8%	30,656	4.9%	26,257	4.9%	16.8%
Toyota	6,531	4.9%	6,098	5.1%	7.1%	38,279	6.1%	33,915	6.3%	12.9%
Peugeot	5,525	4.2%	4,989	4.2%	10.7%	20,531	3.3%	21,524	4.0%	-4.6%
Skoda	5,272	4.0%	3,828	3.2%	37.7%	22,280	3.6%	14,380	2.7%	54.9%
Mercedes-Benz	5,118	3.8%	6,543	5.5%	-21.8%	28,801	4.6%	31,436	5.9%	-8.4%
MG	5,034	3.8%	2,714	2.3%	85.5%	25,713	4.1%	16,552	3.1%	55.3%
Nissan	4,907	3.7%	5,770	4.8%	-15.0%	30,857	4.9%	21,811	4.1%	41.5%
Land Rover	4,030	3.0%	4,523	3.8%	-10.9%	19,833	3.2%	15,124	2.8%	31.1%
Volvo Cars	3,711	2.8%	3,006	2.5%	23.5%	15,626	2.5%	14,165	2.6%	10.3%
Mini	3,558	2.7%	3,997	3.4%	-11.0%	15,605	2.5%	15,096	2.8%	3.4%
Dacia	2,933	2.2%	2,155	1.8%	36.1%	10,510	1.7%	7,502	1.4%	40.1%
Renault	2,335	1.8%	2,345	2.0%	-0.4%	10,736	1.7%	10,947	2.0%	-1.9%
Honda	2,319	1.7%	2,860	2.4%	-18.9%	10,593	1.7%	9,825	1.8%	7.8%
Mazda	2,237	1.7%	2,254	1.9%	-0.8%	10,942	1.7%	8,968	1.7%	22.0%
Citroen	2,236	1.7%	2,451	2.1%	-8.8%	11,791	1.9%	9,978	1.9%	18.2%
Cupra	1,931	1.5%	960	0.8%	101.1%	7,198	1.1%	2,855	0.5%	152.1%
Porsche	1,876	1.4%	1,074	0.9%	74.7%	7,930	1.3%	5,354	1.0%	48.1%
SEAT	1,867	1.4%	1,916	1.6%	-2.6%	11,645	1.9%	8,743	1.6%	33.2%
Tesla	1,813	1.4%	118	0.1%	1436.4%	15,168	2.4%	15,665	2.9%	-3.2%
Suzuki	1,393	1.0%	1,383	1.2%	0.7%	8,294	1.3%	6,761	1.3%	22.7%
Fiat	1,297	1.0%	1,782	1.5%	-27.2%	7,240	1.2%	7,826	1.5%	-7.5%
Polestar	1,183	0.9%	409	0.3%	189.2%	4,705	0.8%	1,847	0.3%	154.7%
Lexus	886	0.7%	514	0.4%	72.4%	3,445	0.5%	3,655	0.7%	-5.7%
Jaguar	692	0.5%	1,119	0.9%	-38.2%	3,970	0.6%	4,430	0.8%	-10.4%
DS	257	0.2%	124	0.1%	107.3%	1,053	0.2%	828	0.2%	27.2%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	149	0.1%	173	0.1%	-13.9%	567	0.1%	568	0.1%	-0.2%
Bentley	141	0.1%	127	0.1%	11.0%	554	0.1%	565	0.1%	-1.9%
Alfa Romeo	129	0.1%	101	0.1%	27.7%	486	0.1%	496	0.1%	-2.0%
Jeep	115	0.1%	180	0.2%	-36.1%	1,137	0.2%	773	0.1%	47.1%
Genesis	99	0.1%	59	0.0%	67.8%	460	0.1%	149	0.0%	208.7%
INEOS Automotive	94	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	94	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Subaru	81	0.1%	72	0.1%	12.5%	662	0.1%	385	0.1%	71.9%
Maserati	67	0.1%	62	0.1%	8.1%	384	0.1%	256	0.0%	50.0%
Abarth	57	0.0%	127	0.1%	-55.1%	145	0.0%	408	0.1%	-64.5%
smart	32	0.0%	116	0.1%	-72.4%	113	0.0%	561	0.1%	-79.9%
BYD	29	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	63	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Alpine	20	0.0%	23	0.0%	-13.0%	107	0.0%	101	0.0%	5.9%
ORA	11	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	225	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Maxus	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	4	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Other	312	0.2%	178	0.1%	75.3%	1,214	0.2%	817	0.2%	48.6%
Other Imports	131	0.1%	143	0.1%	-8.4%	555	0.1%	564	0.1%	-1.6%
Total	132,990	100.0%	119,167	100.0%	11.6%	627,250	100.0%	536,727	100.0%	16.9%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share		Jan.-Apr.	Share	Jan.-Apr.	Share
Ford	6,270	27.7%	8,507	39.4%	-26.3%	34,683	31.5%	36,971	38.5%	-6.2%
Vauxhall	2,652	11.7%	2,578	11.9%	2.9%	10,380	9.4%	10,450	10.9%	-0.7%
Peugeot	2,464	10.9%	1,327	6.1%	85.7%	8,470	7.7%	8,529	8.9%	-0.7%
Citroen	2,393	10.6%	2,158	10.0%	10.9%	9,939	9.0%	9,363	9.8%	6.2%
VW	1,871	8.3%	1,499	6.9%	24.8%	10,635	9.7%	7,698	8.0%	38.2%
Renault	1,563	6.9%	821	3.8%	90.4%	8,422	7.7%	2,167	2.3%	288.6%
Mercedes-Benz	1,387	6.1%	1,270	5.9%	9.2%	6,816	6.2%	6,847	7.1%	-0.5%
Toyota	1,160	5.1%	1,178	5.5%	-1.5%	6,033	5.5%	4,807	5.0%	25.5%
Fiat	522	2.3%	526	2.4%	-0.8%	2,440	2.2%	1,697	1.8%	43.8%
Land Rover	416	1.8%	93	0.4%	347.3%	1,955	1.8%	757	0.8%	158.3%
Iveco	324	1.4%	338	1.6%	-4.1%	1,506	1.4%	1,178	1.2%	27.8%
Nissan	317	1.4%	278	1.3%	14.0%	2,231	2.0%	939	1.0%	137.6%
Renault Trucks	295	1.3%	171	0.8%	72.5%	1,200	1.1%	616	0.6%	94.8%
Isuzu	291	1.3%	295	1.4%	-1.4%	1,563	1.4%	1,133	1.2%	38.0%
MAN	246	1.1%	114	0.5%	115.8%	1,189	1.1%	507	0.5%	134.5%
Isuzu Trucks	169	0.7%	106	0.5%	59.4%	595	0.5%	499	0.5%	19.2%
Maxus	164	0.7%	245	1.1%	-33.1%	974	0.9%	1,280	1.3%	-23.9%
INEOS Automotive	52	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%	52	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	45	0.2%	52	0.2%	-13.5%	468	0.4%	270	0.3%	73.3%
Suzuki	38	0.2%	6	0.0%	533.3%	160	0.1%	68	0.1%	135.3%
Mitsubishi Fuso	15	0.1%	11	0.1%	36.4%	111	0.1%	78	0.1%	42.3%
Dacia	11	0.0%	13	0.1%	-15.4%	79	0.1%	15	0.0%	426.7%
LEVC	0	0.0%	11	0.1%	-100.0%	36	0.0%	72	0.1%	-50.0%
Total	22,665	100.0%	21,597	100.0%	4.9%	109,937	100.0%	95,941	100.0%	14.6%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share		Jan.-Apr.	Share	Jan.-Apr.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	121	40.3%	66	15.1%	83.3%	555	35.9%	354	22.3%	56.8%
Fiat	63	21.0%	147	33.6%	-57.1%	328	21.2%	305	19.2%	7.5%
Ford	54	18.0%	132	30.2%	-59.1%	336	21.7%	419	26.3%	-19.8%
Peugeot	33	11.0%	40	9.2%	-17.5%	119	7.7%	267	16.8%	-55.4%
Iveco	11	3.7%	16	3.7%	-31.3%	69	4.5%	72	4.5%	-4.2%
Maxus	9	3.0%	12	2.7%	-25.0%	67	4.3%	12	0.8%	458.3%
Vauxhall	3	1.0%	2	0.5%	50.0%	30	1.9%	5	0.3%	500.0%
Renault Trucks	3	1.0%	4	0.9%	-25.0%	4	0.3%	18	1.1%	-77.8%
VW	2	0.7%	5	1.1%	-60.0%	7	0.5%	30	1.9%	-76.7%
Renault	1	0.3%	3	0.7%	-66.7%	5	0.3%	4	0.3%	25.0%
Citroen	0	0.0%	5	1.1%	-100.0%	22	1.4%	67	4.2%	-67.2%
Isuzu Trucks	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	3	0.2%	12	0.8%	-75.0%
MAN	0	0.0%	5	1.1%	-100.0%	0	0.0%	16	1.0%	-100.0%
Other Imports	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	0	0.0%	10	0.6%	-100.0%
Total	300	100.0%	437	100.0%	-31.4%	1,545	100.0%	1,591	100.0%	-2.9%

Source: The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd. (SMMT)

Flash report, March 2023

Apr 6, 2023

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

UK passenger car sales increase 18.2% in March
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on April 5, UK passenger car sales increased 18.2% to 287,825 units in March 2023 as supply chain challenges slowly continue to ease with eight consecutive months of growth.
Year-to-date sales increased 18.4% with 494,260 cars registered in the first three months of 2023.
March sales for VW increased 48.7% to 21,747 units (7.6% market share), Ford sales increased 14.5% to 20,415 units (7.1% share) while Kia sales increased 10.6% to 19,703 units (6.8% share).
Toyota sales increased 19.5% to 19,253 units (6.7% share) while Audi sales increased 24.3% to 19,039 units (6.6% share).
The best-selling cars in March 2023 were Tesla Model Y (8,123 units), Nissan Juke (7,532 units), Nissan Qashqai (6,755 units), Kia Sportage (5,888 units) and Hyundai Tucson (5,680 units).
Compared to last March, gasoline-engine car sales increased 16.5% to 119,278 units (41.4% share), EV increased 18.6% to 46,626 units (16.2% share), gasoline MHEV increased 30.7% to 42,768 units (14.9% share), HEV increased 34.3% to 37,252 units (12.9% share), PHEV increased 11.8% to 17,933 units (6.2% share), diesel MHEV increased 11.9% to 12,944 units (4.5% share), diesel-engine car sales decreased 19.9% to 11,024 units (3.8% share).
In March, private car sales increased 1.4% to 139,223 units (48.4% share), fleet sales increased 40.9% to 140,002 units (48.6% share), and businesses sales increased 26.0% to 9,600 units (3.0% share).
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 17.3% to 47,634 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons increased 6.1% to 648 units while sales of taxis increased 3.0% to 314 units in March.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Mar. 2023	Mar. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Mar. 2023	Jan.-Mar. 2022	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		287,825	243,479	18.2%	494,260	417,560	18.4%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	47,634	40,613	17.3%	87,272	74,344	17.4%
	Trucks (Under6t)	648	611	6.1%	1,245	1,154	7.9%
	Taxi	314	305	3.0%	500	440	13.6%
	Bus and coach	N/A	N/A	-%	N/A	N/A	-%

Source: SMMT



Registrations of new vehicles by make

Passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share		Jan.-Mar.	Share	Jan.-Mar.	Share
VW	21,747	7.6%	14,620	6.0%	48.7%	40,991	8.3%	26,417	6.3%	55.2%
Ford	20,415	7.1%	17,834	7.3%	14.5%	36,423	7.4%	29,738	7.1%	22.5%
Kia	19,703	6.8%	17,820	7.3%	10.6%	32,255	6.5%	32,119	7.7%	0.4%
Toyota	19,253	6.7%	16,112	6.6%	19.5%	31,748	6.4%	27,817	6.7%	14.1%
Audi	19,039	6.6%	15,322	6.3%	24.3%	32,698	6.6%	27,199	6.5%	20.2%
Nissan	16,994	5.9%	10,194	4.2%	66.7%	25,950	5.3%	16,041	3.8%	61.8%
Mercedes-Benz	16,443	5.7%	15,062	6.2%	9.2%	23,683	4.8%	24,893	6.0%	-4.9%
BMW	14,463	5.0%	14,950	6.1%	-3.3%	25,846	5.2%	27,913	6.7%	-7.4%
Hyundai	13,532	4.7%	10,999	4.5%	23.0%	24,087	4.9%	19,739	4.7%	22.0%
MG	12,232	4.2%	9,367	3.8%	30.6%	20,679	4.2%	13,838	3.3%	49.4%
Vauxhall	12,091	4.2%	12,869	5.3%	-6.0%	22,854	4.6%	23,898	5.7%	-4.4%
Land Rover	11,260	3.9%	6,872	2.8%	63.9%	15,803	3.2%	10,601	2.5%	49.1%
Tesla	10,493	3.6%	12,921	5.3%	-18.8%	13,355	2.7%	15,547	3.7%	-14.1%
Peugeot	8,715	3.0%	9,799	4.0%	-11.1%	15,006	3.0%	16,535	4.0%	-9.2%
Mini	7,503	2.6%	5,110	2.1%	46.8%	12,047	2.4%	11,099	2.7%	8.5%
Skoda	7,492	2.6%	5,447	2.2%	37.5%	17,008	3.4%	10,552	2.5%	61.2%
Volvo Cars	5,663	2.0%	6,322	2.6%	-10.4%	11,915	2.4%	11,159	2.7%	6.8%
Citroen	5,328	1.9%	4,151	1.7%	28.4%	9,555	1.9%	7,527	1.8%	26.9%
Mazda	4,986	1.7%	3,455	1.4%	44.3%	8,705	1.8%	6,714	1.6%	29.7%
SEAT	4,868	1.7%	3,778	1.6%	28.9%	9,778	2.0%	6,827	1.6%	43.2%
Honda	4,766	1.7%	2,802	1.2%	70.1%	8,274	1.7%	6,965	1.7%	18.8%
Suzuki	4,376	1.5%	3,638	1.5%	20.3%	6,901	1.4%	5,378	1.3%	28.3%
Dacia	4,078	1.4%	3,115	1.3%	30.9%	7,577	1.5%	5,347	1.3%	41.7%
Renault	3,773	1.3%	5,270	2.2%	-28.4%	8,401	1.7%	8,602	2.1%	-2.3%
Porsche	3,690	1.3%	2,590	1.1%	42.5%	6,054	1.2%	4,280	1.0%	41.4%
Fiat	3,369	1.2%	4,049	1.7%	-16.8%	5,943	1.2%	6,044	1.4%	-1.7%
Cupra	2,952	1.0%	1,015	0.4%	190.8%	5,267	1.1%	1,895	0.5%	177.9%
Jaguar	1,940	0.7%	2,301	0.9%	-15.7%	3,278	0.7%	3,311	0.8%	-1.0%
Polestar	1,620	0.6%	789	0.3%	105.3%	3,522	0.7%	1,438	0.3%	144.9%
Lexus	1,450	0.5%	1,983	0.8%	-26.9%	2,559	0.5%	3,141	0.8%	-18.5%
Jeep	462	0.2%	319	0.1%	44.8%	1,022	0.2%	593	0.1%	72.3%
Subaru	445	0.2%	193	0.1%	130.6%	581	0.1%	313	0.1%	85.6%
DS	337	0.1%	305	0.1%	10.5%	796	0.2%	704	0.2%	13.1%
Ssangyong	257	0.1%	238	0.1%	8.0%	418	0.1%	395	0.1%	5.8%
Bentley	250	0.1%	247	0.1%	1.2%	413	0.1%	438	0.1%	-5.7%
Alfa Romeo	223	0.1%	246	0.1%	-9.3%	357	0.1%	395	0.1%	-9.6%
Maserati	196	0.1%	105	0.0%	86.7%	317	0.1%	194	0.0%	63.4%
ORA	188	0.1%	-	-%	-%	214	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Genesis	176	0.1%	70	0.0%	151.4%	361	0.1%	90	0.0%	301.1%
Abarth	62	0.0%	207	0.1%	-70.0%	88	0.0%	281	0.1%	-68.7%
Alpine	49	0.0%	46	0.0%	6.5%	87	0.0%	78	0.0%	11.5%
smart	42	0.0%	296	0.1%	-85.8%	81	0.0%	445	0.1%	-81.8%
BYD	34	0.0%	-	-%	-%	34	0.0%	-	-%	-%
Maxus	3	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	3	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Other	590	0.2%	385	0.2%	53.2%	902	0.2%	639	0.2%	41.2%
Other Imports	277	0.1%	266	0.1%	4.1%	424	0.1%	421	0.1%	0.7%
Total	287,825	100.0%	243,479	100.0%	18.2%	494,260	100.0%	417,560	100.0%	18.4%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share		Jan.-Mar.	Share	Jan.-Mar.	Share
Ford	15,710	33.0%	17,035	41.9%	-7.8%	28,413	32.6%	28,464	38.3%	-0.2%
VW	4,821	10.1%	3,323	8.2%	45.1%	8,764	10.0%	6,199	8.3%	41.4%
Citroen	4,419	9.3%	3,321	8.2%	33.1%	7,546	8.6%	7,205	9.7%	4.7%
Vauxhall	3,800	8.0%	4,244	10.4%	-10.5%	7,728	8.9%	7,872	10.6%	-1.8%
Renault	3,321	7.0%	833	2.1%	298.7%	6,859	7.9%	1,346	1.8%	409.6%
Peugeot	3,258	6.8%	3,326	8.2%	-2.0%	6,006	6.9%	7,202	9.7%	-16.6%
Mercedes-Benz	2,823	5.9%	2,509	6.2%	12.5%	5,429	6.2%	5,577	7.5%	-2.7%
Toyota	2,730	5.7%	2,359	5.8%	15.7%	4,873	5.6%	3,629	4.9%	34.3%
Nissan	1,212	2.5%	512	1.3%	136.7%	1,914	2.2%	661	0.9%	189.6%
Land Rover	1,061	2.2%	350	0.9%	203.1%	1,539	1.8%	664	0.9%	131.8%
Fiat	1,040	2.2%	691	1.7%	50.5%	1,918	2.2%	1,171	1.6%	63.8%
Isuzu	787	1.7%	562	1.4%	40.0%	1,272	1.5%	838	1.1%	51.8%
MAN	552	1.2%	274	0.7%	101.5%	943	1.1%	393	0.5%	139.9%
Iveco	536	1.1%	411	1.0%	30.4%	1,182	1.4%	840	1.1%	40.7%
Maxus	457	1.0%	312	0.8%	46.5%	810	0.9%	1,035	1.4%	-21.7%
Renault Trucks	377	0.8%	179	0.4%	110.6%	905	1.0%	445	0.6%	103.4%
Ssangyong	307	0.6%	104	0.3%	195.2%	423	0.5%	218	0.3%	94.0%
Isuzu Trucks	238	0.5%	172	0.4%	38.4%	426	0.5%	393	0.5%	8.4%
Suzuki	105	0.2%	48	0.1%	118.8%	122	0.1%	62	0.1%	96.8%
Mitsubishi Fuso	56	0.1%	26	0.1%	115.4%	96	0.1%	67	0.1%	43.3%
Dacia	22	0.0%	2	0.0%	1000.0%	68	0.1%	2	0.0%	3300.0%
LEVC	2	0.0%	20	0.0%	-90.0%	36	0.0%	61	0.1%	-41.0%
Total	47,634	100.0%	40,613	100.0%	17.3%	87,272	100.0%	74,344	100.0%	17.4%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share		Jan.-Mar.	Share	Jan.-Mar.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	255	39.4%	131	21.4%	94.7%	434	34.9%	288	25.0%	50.7%
Ford	158	24.4%	225	36.8%	-29.8%	282	22.7%	287	24.9%	-1.7%
Fiat	120	18.5%	81	13.3%	48.1%	265	21.3%	158	13.7%	67.7%
Peugeot	39	6.0%	104	17.0%	-62.5%	86	6.9%	227	19.7%	-62.1%
Maxus	34	5.2%	0	0.0%	-%	58	4.7%	0	0.0%	-%
Iveco	18	2.8%	16	2.6%	12.5%	58	4.7%	56	4.9%	3.6%
Vauxhall	8	1.2%	3	0.5%	166.7%	27	2.2%	3	0.3%	800.0%
Citroen	8	1.2%	29	4.7%	-72.4%	22	1.8%	62	5.4%	-64.5%
VW	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	-25.0%	5	0.4%	25	2.2%	-80.0%
Renault	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	-%	4	0.3%	1	0.1%	300.0%
Isuzu Trucks	2	0.3%	4	0.7%	-50.0%	3	0.2%	12	1.0%	-75.0%
Renault Trucks	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	-66.7%	1	0.1%	14	1.2%	-92.9%
MAN	0	0.0%	9	1.5%	-100.0%	0	0.0%	11	1.0%	-100.0%
Other Imports	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	-100.0%	0	0.0%	10	0.9%	-100.0%
Total	648	100.0%	611	100.0%	6.1%	1,245	100.0%	1,154	100.0%	7.9%

Source: The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd. (SMMT)

Flash report, February 2023

Mar 7, 2023

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

UK passenger car sales increase 26.2% in February
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on March 6, UK passenger car sales increased 26.2% to 74,441 units in February 2023.
While February is typically low volume ahead of the March plate change, this year it marked the seventh month of consecutive growth as easing supply chain shortages steered the market closer to pre-pandemic levels, down just -6.5% on the same month in 2020.
Year-to-date sales increased 18.6% with 206,435 cars registered in the first two months of 2023.
February sales for Ford increased 54.0% to 6,852 units (9.2% market share), VW sales increased 107.6% to 6,817 units (9.2% share) while Vauxhall sales increased 23.4% to 5,513 units (7.4% share).
Audi sales increased 39.9% to 4,631 units (6.2% share) and Hyundai sales increased 38.6% to 4,318 units (5.8% share).
The best-selling cars in February 2022 were Vauxhall Corsa (2,818 units), Vauxhall Mokka (1,805 units), Ford Puma (1,590 units), Nissan Juke (1,561 units) and Hyundai Tucson (1,528 units).
Compared to last February, gasoline-engine car sales increased 34.9% to 32,311 units (43.4% share), gasoline MHEV increased 38.6% to 10,067 units (13.5% share), EV increased 18.2% to 12,310 units (16.5% share), HEV increased 40.0% to 9,633 units (12.9% share), PHEV increased 1.0% to 4,723 units (6.3% share), diesel-engine car sales decreased 14.6% to 3,348 units (4.5% share), diesel MHEV increased 8.9% to 2,049 units (2.8% share).
Nearly half a million (488,000) PHEVs and BEVs are expected to join Britain’s roads in 2023. For increasing electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints across the country, the UK Government announced an additional GBP 56 million Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) funding.
In February, private car sales increased 5.8% to 29,391 units (39.5% share), fleet sales increased 46.2% to 43,738 units (58.8% share), and businesses sales increased 0.7% to 1,312 units (1.8% share).
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 8.5% to 17,540 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons increased 37.5% to 341 units while sales of taxis decreased 41.7% to 42 units in February.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Feb. 2023	Jan.-Feb. 2022	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		74,441	58,994	26.2%	206,435	174,081	18.6%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	17,540	16,165	8.5%	39,638	33,731	17.5%
	Trucks (Under6t)	341	248	37.5%	597	543	9.9%
	Taxi	42	72	-41.7%	186	135	37.8%
	Bus and coach	N/A	N/A	-%	N/A	N/A	-%

Source: SMMT



Registrations of new vehicles by make

Passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share		Jan.-Feb.	Share	Jan.-Feb.	Share
Ford	6,852	9.2%	4,448	7.5%	54.0%	16,008	7.8%	11,904	6.8%	34.5%
VW	6,817	9.2%	3,283	5.6%	107.6%	19,244	9.3%	11,797	6.8%	63.1%
Vauxhall	5,513	7.4%	4,467	7.6%	23.4%	10,763	5.2%	11,029	6.3%	-2.4%
Audi	4,631	6.2%	3,310	5.6%	39.9%	13,659	6.6%	11,877	6.8%	15.0%
Hyundai	4,318	5.8%	3,116	5.3%	38.6%	10,555	5.1%	8,740	5.0%	20.8%
Skoda	3,983	5.4%	1,892	3.2%	110.5%	9,516	4.6%	5,105	2.9%	86.4%
Toyota	3,889	5.2%	3,675	6.2%	5.8%	12,495	6.1%	11,705	6.7%	6.7%
BMW	3,571	4.8%	4,583	7.8%	-22.1%	11,383	5.5%	12,963	7.4%	-12.2%
Kia	3,538	4.8%	3,795	6.4%	-6.8%	12,552	6.1%	14,299	8.2%	-12.2%
Nissan	3,285	4.4%	1,468	2.5%	123.8%	8,956	4.3%	5,847	3.4%	53.2%
Peugeot	2,599	3.5%	2,698	4.6%	-3.7%	6,291	3.0%	6,736	3.9%	-6.6%
Tesla	2,283	3.1%	2,581	4.4%	-11.5%	2,862	1.4%	2,626	1.5%	9.0%
Mercedes-Benz	2,210	3.0%	3,476	5.9%	-36.4%	7,240	3.5%	9,831	5.6%	-26.4%
Volvo Cars	1,938	2.6%	1,513	2.6%	28.1%	6,252	3.0%	4,837	2.8%	29.3%
Citroen	1,830	2.5%	1,726	2.9%	6.0%	4,227	2.0%	3,376	1.9%	25.2%
Mini	1,810	2.4%	2,539	4.3%	-28.7%	4,544	2.2%	5,989	3.4%	-24.1%
SEAT	1,670	2.2%	882	1.5%	89.3%	4,910	2.4%	3,049	1.8%	61.0%
Renault	1,604	2.2%	951	1.6%	68.7%	4,628	2.2%	3,332	1.9%	38.9%
Dacia	1,589	2.1%	379	0.6%	319.3%	3,499	1.7%	2,232	1.3%	56.8%
Land Rover	1,358	1.8%	902	1.5%	50.6%	4,543	2.2%	3,729	2.1%	21.8%
Honda	1,183	1.6%	1,618	2.7%	-26.9%	3,508	1.7%	4,163	2.4%	-15.7%
Mazda	1,172	1.6%	1,205	2.0%	-2.7%	3,719	1.8%	3,259	1.9%	14.1%
Suzuki	1,035	1.4%	771	1.3%	34.2%	2,525	1.2%	1,740	1.0%	45.1%
MG	1,014	1.4%	911	1.5%	11.3%	8,447	4.1%	4,471	2.6%	88.9%
Polestar	987	1.3%	331	0.6%	198.2%	1,902	0.9%	649	0.4%	193.1%
Fiat	811	1.1%	667	1.1%	21.6%	2,574	1.2%	1,995	1.1%	29.0%
Cupra	809	1.1%	226	0.4%	258.0%	2,315	1.1%	880	0.5%	163.1%
Porsche	567	0.8%	377	0.6%	50.4%	2,364	1.1%	1,690	1.0%	39.9%
Lexus	351	0.5%	300	0.5%	17.0%	1,109	0.5%	1,158	0.7%	-4.2%
Jaguar	312	0.4%	351	0.6%	-11.1%	1,338	0.6%	1,010	0.6%	32.5%
Jeep	225	0.3%	78	0.1%	188.5%	560	0.3%	274	0.2%	104.4%
DS	205	0.3%	85	0.1%	141.2%	459	0.2%	399	0.2%	15.0%
Genesis	64	0.1%	5	0.0%	1,180.0%	185	0.1%	20	0.0%	825.0%
Alfa Romeo	61	0.1%	51	0.1%	19.6%	134	0.1%	149	0.1%	-10.1%
Ssangyong	56	0.1%	37	0.1%	51.4%	161	0.1%	157	0.1%	2.5%
Bentley	41	0.1%	57	0.1%	-28.1%	163	0.1%	191	0.1%	-14.7%
Subaru	37	0.0%	31	0.1%	19.4%	136	0.1%	120	0.1%	13.3%
Maserati	29	0.0%	22	0.0%	31.8%	121	0.1%	89	0.1%	36.0%
Abarth	15	0.0%	25	0.0%	-40.0%	26	0.0%	74	0.0%	-64.9%
ORA	13	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	26	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Alpine	12	0.0%	2	0.0%	500.0%	38	0.0%	32	0.0%	18.8%
smart	5	0.0%	54	0.1%	-90.7%	39	0.0%	149	0.1%	-73.8%
Other	98	0.1%	54	0.1%	81.5%	312	0.2%	254	0.1%	22.8%
Other Imports	51	0.1%	52	0.1%	-1.9%	147	0.1%	155	0.1%	-5.2%
Total	74,441	100.0%	58,994	100.0%	26.2%	206,435	100.0%	174,081	100.0%	18.6%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share		Jan.-Feb.	Share	Jan.-Feb.	Share
Ford	6,087	34.7%	5,188	32.1%	17.3%	12,703	32.0%	11,429	33.9%	11.1%
Vauxhall	1,951	11.1%	1,417	8.8%	37.7%	3,928	9.9%	3,628	10.8%	8.3%
Renault	1,667	9.5%	218	1.3%	664.7%	3,538	8.9%	513	1.5%	589.7%
Citroen	1,416	8.1%	2,463	15.2%	-42.5%	3,127	7.9%	3,884	11.5%	-19.5%
VW	1,352	7.7%	1,066	6.6%	26.8%	3,943	9.9%	2,876	8.5%	37.1%
Peugeot	1,186	6.8%	2,596	16.1%	-54.3%	2,748	6.9%	3,876	11.5%	-29.1%
Mercedes-Benz	1,071	6.1%	1,353	8.4%	-20.8%	2,606	6.6%	3,068	9.1%	-15.1%
Toyota	884	5.0%	489	3.0%	80.8%	2,143	5.4%	1,270	3.8%	68.7%
Iveco	350	2.0%	216	1.3%	62.0%	646	1.6%	429	1.3%	50.6%
Fiat	301	1.7%	172	1.1%	75.0%	878	2.2%	480	1.4%	82.9%
Renault Trucks	261	1.5%	150	0.9%	74.0%	528	1.3%	266	0.8%	98.5%
Nissan	234	1.3%	79	0.5%	196.2%	702	1.8%	149	0.4%	371.1%
Maxus	190	1.1%	338	2.1%	-43.8%	353	0.9%	723	2.1%	-51.2%
Isuzu	188	1.1%	129	0.8%	45.7%	485	1.2%	276	0.8%	75.7%
MAN	131	0.7%	58	0.4%	125.9%	391	1.0%	119	0.4%	228.6%
Land Rover	116	0.7%	59	0.4%	96.6%	478	1.2%	314	0.9%	52.2%
Isuzu Trucks	83	0.5%	105	0.6%	-21.0%	188	0.5%	221	0.7%	-14.9%
Ssangyong	26	0.1%	29	0.2%	-10.3%	116	0.3%	114	0.3%	1.8%
Dacia	20	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	46	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
Mitsubishi Fuso	18	0.1%	17	0.1%	5.9%	40	0.1%	41	0.1%	-2.4%
Suzuki	6	0.0%	9	0.1%	-33.3%	17	0.0%	14	0.0%	21.4%
LEVC	2	0.0%	14	0.1%	-85.7%	34	0.1%	41	0.1%	-17.1%
Total	17,540	100.0%	16,165	100.0%	8.5%	39,638	100.0%	33,731	100.0%	17.5%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share		Jan.-Feb.	Share	Jan.-Feb.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	119	34.9%	62	25.0%	91.9%	179	30.0%	157	28.9%	14.0%
Fiat	80	23.5%	40	16.1%	100.0%	145	24.3%	77	14.2%	88.3%
Ford	74	21.7%	41	16.5%	80.5%	124	20.8%	62	11.4%	100.0%
Peugeot	19	5.6%	41	16.5%	-53.7%	47	7.9%	123	22.7%	-61.8%
Iveco	16	4.7%	16	6.5%	0.0%	40	6.7%	40	7.4%	0.0%
Maxus	15	4.4%	0	0.0%	-%	24	4.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Citroen	12	3.5%	24	9.7%	-50.0%	14	2.3%	33	6.1%	-57.6%
Vauxhall	5	1.5%	0	0.0%	-%	19	3.2%	0	0.0%	-%
VW	1	0.3%	14	5.6%	-92.9%	2	0.3%	21	3.9%	-90.5%
Renault	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	100.0%
Isuzu Trucks	0	0.0%	4	1.6%	-100.0%	1	0.2%	8	1.5%	-87.5%
Renault Trucks	0	0.0%	4	1.6%	-100.0%	0	0.0%	11	2.0%	-100.0%
MAN	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	-100.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	-100.0%
Other Imports	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	-100.0%	0	0.0%	8	1.5%	-100.0%
Total	341	100.0%	248	100.0%	37.5%	597	100.0%	543	100.0%	9.9%

Source: The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd. (SMMT)

Flash report, January 2023

Feb 8, 2023

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

UK passenger car sales increase 14.7% in January
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on February 6, UK passenger car sales increased 14.7% to 131,994 units in January 2023.
January sales for VW increased 46.0% to 12,427 units (9.4% market share), Ford sales increased 22.8% to 9,156 units (6.9% share) while Audi sales increased 5.4% to 9,028 units (6.8% share).
Kia sales decreased 14.2% to 9,014 units (6.8% share) and Toyota sales increased 7.2% to 8,606 units (6.5% share).
The best-selling cars in January 2022 were MG HS (3,481 units), VW T-Roc (3,256 units), Nissan Qashqai (3,121 units), Kia Niro (2,625 units) and Vauxhall Corsa (2,425 units).
Compared to last January, gasoline-engine car sales increased 14.6% to 58,973 units (44.7% share), diesel-engine car sales decreased 12.1% to 5,280 units (4.0% share), EV increased 19.8% to 17,294 units (13.1% share), gasoline MHEV car sales increased 15.7% to 17,243 units (13.1% share), PHEV increased 0.7% to 9,109 units (6.9% share), HEV increased 40.6% to 18,976 units (14.4% share), and diesel MHEV car sales decreased 10.7% to 5,119 units (3.9% share).
In January, private car sales decreased 4.3% to 59,639 units (45.2% share), fleet sales increased 36.8% to 69,540 units (52.7% share), and businesses sales increased 45.6% to 2,815 units (2.1% share).
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 25.8% to 22,098 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons decreased 13.2% to 256 units while sales of taxis increased 128.6% to 144 units in January.
The strong start to the year is mirrored in the latest market outlook, which anticipates 1.79 million new car registrations in 2023, an 11.1% increase on the past year but still well below 2019 levels. This also represents a -0.8% reduction on October’s outlook, against a weak economic backdrop. However, a further 9.3% increase is expected next year, with 1.96 million new cars expected to join the road in 2024.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Jan. 2023	Jan. 2022	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		131,994	115,087	14.7%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	22,098	17,566	25.8%
	Trucks (Under6t )	256	295	-13.2%
	Taxi	144	63	128.6%
	Bus and coach	N/A	N/A	-%

Source: SMMT


Registrations of new vehicles by make

Passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share
VW	12,427	9.4%	8,514	7.4%	46.0%
Ford	9,156	6.9%	7,456	6.5%	22.8%
Audi	9,028	6.8%	8,567	7.4%	5.4%
Kia	9,014	6.8%	10,504	9.1%	-14.2%
Toyota	8,606	6.5%	8,030	7.0%	7.2%
BMW	7,812	5.9%	8,380	7.3%	-6.8%
MG	7,433	5.6%	3,560	3.1%	108.8%
Hyundai	6,237	4.7%	5,624	4.9%	10.9%
Nissan	5,671	4.3%	4,379	3.8%	29.5%
Skoda	5,533	4.2%	3,213	2.8%	72.2%
Vauxhall	5,250	4.0%	6,562	5.7%	-20.0%
Mercedes-Benz	5,030	3.8%	6,355	5.5%	-20.8%
Volvo Cars	4,314	3.3%	3,324	2.9%	29.8%
Peugeot	3,692	2.8%	4,038	3.5%	-8.6%
SEAT	3,240	2.5%	2,167	1.9%	49.5%
Land Rover	3,185	2.4%	2,827	2.5%	12.7%
Renault	3,024	2.3%	2,381	2.1%	27.0%
Mini	2,734	2.1%	3,450	3.0%	-20.8%
Mazda	2,547	1.9%	2,054	1.8%	24.0%
Citroen	2,397	1.8%	1,650	1.4%	45.3%
Honda	2,325	1.8%	2,545	2.2%	-8.6%
Dacia	1,910	1.4%	1,853	1.6%	3.1%
Porsche	1,797	1.4%	1,313	1.1%	36.9%
Fiat	1,763	1.3%	1,328	1.2%	32.8%
Cupra	1,506	1.1%	654	0.6%	130.3%
Suzuki	1,490	1.1%	969	0.8%	53.8%
Jaguar	1,026	0.8%	659	0.6%	55.7%
Polestar	915	0.7%	318	0.3%	187.7%
Lexus	758	0.6%	858	0.7%	-11.7%
Tesla	579	0.4%	45	0.0%	1186.7%
Jeep	335	0.3%	196	0.2%	70.9%
DS	254	0.2%	314	0.3%	-19.1%
Bentley	122	0.1%	134	0.1%	-9.0%
Genesis	121	0.1%	15	0.0%	706.7%
Ssangyong	105	0.1%	120	0.1%	-12.5%
Subaru	99	0.1%	89	0.1%	11.2%
Maserati	92	0.1%	67	0.1%	37.3%
Alfa Romeo	73	0.1%	98	0.1%	-25.5%
smart	34	0.0%	95	0.1%	-64.2%
Alpine	26	0.0%	30	0.0%	-13.3%
ORA	13	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Abarth	11	0.0%	49	0.0%	-77.6%
Other	214	0.2%	200	0.2%	7.0%
Other Imports	96	0.1%	103	0.1%	-6.8%
Total	131,994	100.0%	115,087	100.0%	14.7%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share
Ford	6,616	29.9%	6,241	35.5%	6.0%
VW	2,591	11.7%	1,810	10.3%	43.1%
Vauxhall	1,977	8.9%	2,211	12.6%	-10.6%
Renault	1,871	8.5%	295	1.7%	534.2%
Citroen	1,711	7.7%	1,421	8.1%	20.4%
Peugeot	1,562	7.1%	1,280	7.3%	22.0%
Mercedes-Benz	1,535	6.9%	1,715	9.8%	-10.5%
Toyota	1,259	5.7%	781	4.4%	61.2%
Fiat	577	2.6%	308	1.8%	87.3%
Nissan	468	2.1%	70	0.4%	568.6%
Land Rover	362	1.6%	255	1.5%	42.0%
Isuzu	297	1.3%	147	0.8%	102.0%
Iveco	296	1.3%	213	1.2%	39.0%
Renault Trucks	267	1.2%	116	0.7%	130.2%
MAN	260	1.2%	61	0.3%	326.2%
Maxus	163	0.7%	385	2.2%	-57.7%
Isuzu Trucks	105	0.5%	116	0.7%	-9.5%
Ssangyong	90	0.4%	85	0.5%	5.9%
LEVC	32	0.1%	27	0.2%	18.5%
Dacia	26	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
Mitsubishi Fuso	22	0.1%	24	0.1%	-8.3%
Suzuki	11	0.0%	5	0.0%	120.0%
Total	22,098	100.0%	17,566	100.0%	25.8%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share
Fiat	65	25.4%	37	12.5%	75.7%
Mercedes-Benz	60	23.4%	95	32.2%	-36.8%
Ford	50	19.5%	21	7.1%	138.1%
Peugeot	28	10.9%	82	27.8%	-65.9%
Iveco	24	9.4%	24	8.1%	0.0%
Vauxhall	14	5.5%	0	0.0%	-%
Maxus	9	3.5%	0	0.0%	-%
Citroen	2	0.8%	9	3.1%	-77.8%
Renault	2	0.8%	1	0.3%	100.0%
VW	1	0.4%	7	2.4%	-85.7%
Isuzu Trucks	1	0.4%	4	1.4%	-75.0%
Renault Trucks	0	0.0%	7	2.4%	-100.0%
MAN	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	-100.0%
Other Imports	0	0.0%	7	2.4%	-100.0%
Total	256	100.0%	295	100.0%	-13.2%

Source: The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd. (SMMT)