UK - Automotive Sales volume, 2023

Flash report, December 2023

Jan 9, 2024

*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 17.9% in 2023
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on January 6, UK passenger car sales increased 9.8% to 141,092 units in December 2023. Year-to-date sales increased 17.9% with 1,903,054 cars registered in 2023.
2023 sales for VW increased 22.9% to 162,087 units (8.5% market share), Ford sales increased 13.6% to 144,072 units (7.6% share) while Audi sales increased 24.8% to 137,485 units (7.2% share). BMW sales increased 2.9% to 111,734 units (5.9% share), and Toyota sales increased 7.5% to 109,864 units (5.8% share).
The best-selling cars in 2023 were Ford Puma (49,591 units), Nissan Qashqai (43,321 units), Vauxhall Corsa (40,816 units), Kia Sportage (36,135 units) and Tesla Model Y (35,899 units).
Compared to last 2023, gasoline-engine car sales increased 13.5% to 774,484 units (40.7% share), EV increased 17.8% to 314,687 units (16.5% share), HEV increased 27.1% to 238,942 units (12.6% share), PHEV increased 39.3% to 141,311 units (7.4 share), diesel-engine car sales decreased 13.8% to 71,501 units (3.8% share).
In 2023, private car sales decreased 0.1% to 817,673 units (43.0% share), fleet sales increased 38.7% to 1,041,350 units (54.7% share), and businesses sales decreased 1.5% to 44,031 units (2.3% share).
Overall, BEVs accounted for one in six new cars registered in 2023, with the majority taken by business and fleet buyers who benefit from compelling tax incentives. In contrast, one in 11 private buyers chose a BEV. Since the end of the Plug-in Car Grant in June 2022, the UK is the only major European market with no consumer BEV purchase incentives – but it is now also the only market with mandated minimum targets for new ZEV registrations.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Dec. 2023	Dec. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Dec. 2023	Jan.-Dec. 2022	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		141,092	128,462	9.8%	1,903,054	1,614,063	17.9%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	29,701	21,825	36.1%	341,455	282,139	21.0%
	Trucks (Under6t)	335	419	-20.0%	5,800	4,787	21.2%
	Taxi	93	93	0.0%	1,906	1,697	12.3%
	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
	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share		Jan.-Dec.	Share	Jan.-Dec.	Share
VW	12,263	8.7%	13,118	10.2%	-6.5%	162,087	8.5%	131,850	8.2%	22.9%
Ford	8,829	6.3%	7,676	6.0%	15.0%	144,072	7.6%	126,826	7.9%	13.6%
Audi	9,614	6.8%	8,941	7.0%	7.5%	137,485	7.2%	110,144	6.8%	24.8%
BMW	10,342	7.3%	9,523	7.4%	8.6%	111,734	5.9%	108,624	6.7%	2.9%
Toyota	7,675	5.4%	6,835	5.3%	12.3%	109,864	5.8%	102,181	6.3%	7.5%
Kia	3,585	2.5%	3,450	2.7%	3.9%	107,765	5.7%	100,191	6.2%	7.6%
Vauxhall	5,994	4.2%	3,335	2.6%	79.7%	100,417	5.3%	83,691	5.2%	20.0%
Nissan	7,712	5.5%	7,878	6.1%	-2.1%	89,460	4.7%	76,711	4.8%	16.6%
Mercedes-Benz	7,293	5.2%	4,346	3.4%	67.8%	87,782	4.6%	80,910	5.0%	8.5%
Hyundai	5,234	3.7%	4,740	3.7%	10.4%	87,112	4.6%	80,419	5.0%	8.3%
MG	6,765	4.8%	2,927	2.3%	131.1%	81,289	4.3%	51,050	3.2%	59.2%
Skoda	5,297	3.8%	4,175	3.2%	26.9%	70,024	3.7%	48,848	3.0%	43.4%
Peugeot	3,093	2.2%	1,428	1.1%	116.6%	62,401	3.3%	52,264	3.2%	19.4%
Land Rover	4,519	3.2%	2,592	2.0%	74.3%	53,388	2.8%	43,180	2.7%	23.6%
Volvo Cars	4,227	3.0%	3,742	2.9%	13.0%	50,184	2.6%	36,506	2.3%	37.5%
Tesla	5,517	3.9%	16,368	12.7%	-66.3%	49,571	2.6%	54,622	3.4%	-9.2%
Mini	5,279	3.7%	5,008	3.9%	5.4%	47,594	2.5%	45,854	2.8%	3.8%
Renault	3,164	2.2%	4,666	3.6%	-32.2%	42,545	2.2%	32,285	2.0%	31.8%
SEAT	3,436	2.4%	1,966	1.5%	74.8%	32,177	1.7%	22,140	1.4%	45.3%
Citroen	2,242	1.6%	973	0.8%	130.4%	30,931	1.6%	28,487	1.8%	8.6%
Mazda	1,760	1.2%	2,168	1.7%	-18.8%	30,495	1.6%	25,209	1.6%	21.0%
Dacia	3,198	2.3%	939	0.7%	240.6%	28,651	1.5%	27,221	1.7%	5.3%
Suzuki	1,648	1.2%	912	0.7%	80.7%	26,574	1.4%	17,378	1.1%	52.9%
Cupra	2,275	1.6%	1,121	0.9%	102.9%	25,658	1.3%	14,383	0.9%	78.4%
Honda	1,341	1.0%	528	0.4%	154.0%	25,274	1.3%	24,084	1.5%	4.9%
Porsche	2,244	1.6%	3,055	2.4%	-26.5%	24,241	1.3%	18,267	1.1%	32.7%
Fiat	643	0.5%	976	0.8%	-34.1%	16,598	0.9%	19,698	1.2%	-15.7%
Lexus	1,613	1.1%	1,641	1.3%	-1.7%	15,963	0.8%	10,675	0.7%	49.5%
Jaguar	1,068	0.8%	909	0.7%	17.5%	14,235	0.7%	12,165	0.8%	17.0%
Polestar	1,102	0.8%	1,104	0.9%	-0.2%	12,543	0.7%	7,345	0.5%	70.8%
Jeep	201	0.1%	293	0.2%	-31.4%	3,089	0.2%	2,525	0.2%	22.3%
Subaru	318	0.2%	149	0.1%	113.4%	2,409	0.1%	1,391	0.1%	73.2%
DS	77	0.1%	103	0.1%	-25.2%	2,403	0.1%	3,674	0.2%	-34.6%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	124	0.1%	80	0.1%	55.0%	1,660	0.1%	1,536	0.1%	8.1%
Alfa Romeo	129	0.1%	88	0.1%	46.6%	1,546	0.1%	1,576	0.1%	-1.9%
Genesis	72	0.1%	163	0.1%	-55.8%	1,362	0.1%	1,000	0.1%	36.2%
Bentley	47	0.0%	96	0.1%	-51.0%	1,312	0.1%	1,629	0.1%	-19.5%
BYD	263	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%	1,158	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
ORA	57	0.0%	21	0.0%	171.4%	911	0.0%	68	0.0%	1239.7%
Maserati	34	0.0%	71	0.1%	-52.1%	892	0.0%	720	0.0%	23.9%
Abarth	67	0.0%	31	0.0%	116.1%	886	0.0%	1,544	0.1%	-42.6%
INEOS Automotive	36	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	877	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
smart	129	0.1%	71	0.1%	81.7%	785	0.0%	1,256	0.1%	-37.5%
Alpine	16	0.0%	20	0.0%	-20.0%	297	0.0%	288	0.0%	3.1%
Fisker	160	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	160	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Chevrolet	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	102	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Maxus	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	13	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Other	299	0.2%	177	0.1%	68.9%	3,359	0.2%	2,167	0.1%	55.0%
Other Imports	91	0.1%	59	0.0%	54.2%	1,719	0.1%	1,481	0.1%	16.1%
Total	141,092	100.0%	128,462	100.0%	9.8%	1,903,054	100.0%	1,614,063	100.0%	17.9%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share		Jan.-Dec.	Share	Jan.-Dec.	Share
Ford	8,178	27.5%	7,442	34.1%	9.9%	103,026	30.2%	105,913	37.5%	-2.7%
VW	2,975	10.0%	3,295	15.1%	-9.7%	34,707	10.2%	28,276	10.0%	22.7%
Vauxhall	3,369	11.3%	1,702	7.8%	97.9%	34,587	10.1%	27,709	9.8%	24.8%
Renault	3,001	10.1%	1,623	7.4%	84.9%	27,772	8.1%	14,194	5.0%	95.7%
Citroen	1,399	4.7%	923	4.2%	51.6%	27,268	8.0%	19,714	7.0%	38.3%
Peugeot	1,991	6.7%	1,014	4.6%	96.4%	25,516	7.5%	20,810	7.4%	22.6%
Mercedes-Benz	1,562	5.3%	2,324	10.6%	-32.8%	20,807	6.1%	21,365	7.6%	-2.6%
Toyota	1,883	6.3%	1,060	4.9%	77.6%	19,315	5.7%	12,469	4.4%	54.9%
Nissan	694	2.3%	165	0.8%	320.6%	7,171	2.1%	3,531	1.3%	103.1%
Isuzu	1,038	3.5%	410	1.9%	153.2%	6,315	1.8%	4,350	1.5%	45.2%
Maxus	1,282	4.3%	206	0.9%	522.3%	6,151	1.8%	4,084	1.4%	50.6%
Fiat	404	1.4%	330	1.5%	22.4%	5,979	1.8%	5,025	1.8%	19.0%
Land Rover	559	1.9%	310	1.4%	80.3%	5,515	1.6%	2,628	0.9%	109.9%
Iveco	458	1.5%	304	1.4%	50.7%	4,763	1.4%	3,923	1.4%	21.4%
Renault Trucks	258	0.9%	216	1.0%	19.4%	3,421	1.0%	2,256	0.8%	51.6%
MAN	134	0.5%	204	0.9%	-34.3%	2,953	0.9%	2,239	0.8%	31.9%
Isuzu Trucks	130	0.4%	135	0.6%	-3.7%	2,082	0.6%	1,547	0.5%	34.6%
Suzuki	153	0.5%	69	0.3%	121.7%	1,354	0.4%	466	0.2%	190.6%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	87	0.3%	53	0.2%	64.2%	1,348	0.4%	996	0.4%	35.3%
INEOS Automotive	108	0.4%	0	0.0%	-%	842	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%
Mitsubishi Fuso	13	0.0%	27	0.1%	-51.9%	266	0.1%	253	0.1%	5.1%
Dacia	25	0.1%	9	0.0%	177.8%	222	0.1%	94	0.0%	136.2%
LEVC	0	0.0%	4	0.0%	-100.0%	73	0.0%	297	0.1%	-75.4%
LDV	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	2	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Total	29,701	100.0%	21,825	100.0%	36.1%	341,455	100.0%	282,139	100.0%	21.0%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share		Jan.-Dec.	Share	Jan.-Dec.	Share
Ford	51	15.2%	56	13.4%	-8.9%	1,790	30.9%	1,358	28.4%	31.8%
Mercedes-Benz	115	34.3%	239	57.0%	-51.9%	1,558	26.9%	1,026	21.4%	51.9%
Fiat	58	17.3%	74	17.7%	-21.6%	919	15.8%	843	17.6%	9.0%
Peugeot	42	12.5%	8	1.9%	425.0%	550	9.5%	651	13.6%	-15.5%
Maxus	9	2.7%	10	2.4%	-10.0%	377	6.5%	308	6.4%	22.4%
Iveco	41	12.2%	20	4.8%	105.0%	296	5.1%	300	6.3%	-1.3%
Citroen	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	-%	114	2.0%	99	2.1%	15.2%
MAN	6	1.8%	1	0.2%	500.0%	67	1.2%	29	0.6%	131.0%
VW	3	0.9%	3	0.7%	0.0%	53	0.9%	68	1.4%	-22.1%
Vauxhall	4	1.2%	2	0.5%	100.0%	45	0.8%	28	0.6%	60.7%
Isuzu Trucks	1	0.3%	1	0.2%	0.0%	12	0.2%	18	0.4%	-33.3%
Renault Trucks	2	0.6%	1	0.2%	100.0%	9	0.2%	26	0.5%	-65.4%
Renault	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	-50.0%	9	0.2%	11	0.2%	-18.2%
Other Imports	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	-100.0%	1	0.0%	22	0.5%	-95.5%
Total	335	100.0%	419	100.0%	-20.0%	5,800	100.0%	4,787	100.0%	21.2%

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

Flash report, November 2023

Dec 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 9.5% in November
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on December 5, UK passenger car sales increased 9.5% to 156,525 units in November 2023.
Year-to-date sales increased 18.6% with 1,761,962 cars registered in the first eleven months of 2023.
November sales for VW decreased 2.4% to 13,433 units (8.6% market share), BMW sales increased 16.9% to 11,989 units (7.7% share) while Ford sales increased 2.4% to 11,349 units (7.3% share). Audi sales increased 2.2% to 11,205 units (7.2% share), and Vauxhall sales increased 39.5% to 9,204 units (5.9% share).
The best-selling cars in November 2023 were Ford Puma (4,298 units), Vauxhall Corsa (4,185 units), Nissan Qashqai (4,116 units), Mini (3,528 units) and Ford Kuga (3,202 units).
Compared to last November, gasoline-engine car sales increased 7.4% to 61,875 units (39.5% share), EV decreased 17.1% to 24,359 units (15.6% share), gasoline MHEV increased 30.5% to 23,400 units (14.9% share), HEV increased 27.8% to 20,525 units (13.1% share), PHEV increased 55.8% to 15,871 units (10.1% share), diesel MHEV decreased 5.0% to 5,832 units (3.7% share), and diesel-engine car sales decreased 16.8% to 4,663 units (3.0% share).
New regulation is coming into force in January mandating that 22% of each manufacturer’s new vehicle registrations must be zero emission. Also, the tougher new UK-EU Rules of Origin will begin on 1 January 2024. SMMT said that carmakers and governments on both sides of the Channel have called for a common sense approach to retain the current EV battery rules for a further three years, which will support consumer choice and affordability.
In November, private car sales decreased 5.9% to 60,506 units (38.7% share), fleet sales increased 25.4% to 93,049 units (59.4% share), and businesses sales decreased 32.7% to 2,970 units (1.9% share).
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 12.7% to 27,433 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons increased 36.6% to 489 units while sales of taxis increased 49.3% to 206 units in November.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Nov. 2023	Nov. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Nov. 2023	Jan.-Nov. 2022	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		156,525	142,889	9.5%	1,761,962	1,485,601	18.6%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	27,433	24,352	12.7%	311,754	260,314	19.8%
	Trucks (Under6t)	489	358	36.6%	5,465	4,368	25.1%
	Taxi	206	138	49.3%	1,813	1,604	13.0%
	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
	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share		Jan.-Nov.	Share	Jan.-Nov.	Share
VW	13,433	8.6%	13,757	9.6%	-2.4%	149,824	8.5%	118,732	8.0%	26.2%
BMW	11,989	7.7%	10,257	7.2%	16.9%	101,392	5.8%	99,101	6.7%	2.3%
Ford	11,349	7.3%	11,078	7.8%	2.4%	135,243	7.7%	119,150	8.0%	13.5%
Audi	11,205	7.2%	10,965	7.7%	2.2%	127,871	7.3%	101,203	6.8%	26.4%
Vauxhall	9,204	5.9%	6,598	4.6%	39.5%	94,423	5.4%	80,356	5.4%	17.5%
Toyota	8,550	5.5%	8,067	5.6%	6.0%	102,189	5.8%	95,346	6.4%	7.2%
Mercedes-Benz	7,688	4.9%	5,193	3.6%	48.0%	80,489	4.6%	76,564	5.2%	5.1%
Kia	7,396	4.7%	7,595	5.3%	-2.6%	104,180	5.9%	96,741	6.5%	7.7%
Nissan	7,156	4.6%	9,208	6.4%	-22.3%	81,748	4.6%	68,833	4.6%	18.8%
MG	6,785	4.3%	5,062	3.5%	34.0%	74,524	4.2%	48,123	3.2%	54.9%
Hyundai	6,422	4.1%	5,922	4.1%	8.4%	81,878	4.6%	75,679	5.1%	8.2%
Peugeot	5,831	3.7%	2,387	1.7%	144.3%	59,308	3.4%	50,836	3.4%	16.7%
Skoda	5,814	3.7%	4,694	3.3%	23.9%	64,727	3.7%	44,673	3.0%	44.9%
Renault	4,914	3.1%	2,671	1.9%	84.0%	39,381	2.2%	27,619	1.9%	42.6%
Mini	4,768	3.0%	4,917	3.4%	-3.0%	42,315	2.4%	40,846	2.7%	3.6%
Land Rover	4,712	3.0%	3,468	2.4%	35.9%	48,869	2.8%	40,588	2.7%	20.4%
Volvo Cars	4,301	2.7%	3,740	2.6%	15.0%	45,957	2.6%	32,764	2.2%	40.3%
Citroen	2,504	1.6%	1,926	1.3%	30.0%	28,689	1.6%	27,514	1.9%	4.3%
Porsche	2,249	1.4%	2,057	1.4%	9.3%	21,997	1.2%	15,212	1.0%	44.6%
Cupra	2,185	1.4%	1,246	0.9%	75.4%	23,383	1.3%	13,262	0.9%	76.3%
Suzuki	2,170	1.4%	1,388	1.0%	56.3%	24,926	1.4%	16,466	1.1%	51.4%
Dacia	2,154	1.4%	3,229	2.3%	-33.3%	25,453	1.4%	26,282	1.8%	-3.2%
SEAT	2,062	1.3%	1,711	1.2%	20.5%	28,741	1.6%	20,174	1.4%	42.5%
Mazda	2,034	1.3%	2,214	1.5%	-8.1%	28,735	1.6%	23,041	1.6%	24.7%
Honda	1,786	1.1%	1,867	1.3%	-4.3%	23,933	1.4%	23,556	1.6%	1.6%
Tesla	1,648	1.1%	6,025	4.2%	-72.6%	44,054	2.5%	38,254	2.6%	15.2%
Jaguar	1,539	1.0%	736	0.5%	109.1%	13,167	0.7%	11,256	0.8%	17.0%
Lexus	1,219	0.8%	1,097	0.8%	11.1%	14,350	0.8%	9,034	0.6%	58.8%
Fiat	653	0.4%	822	0.6%	-20.6%	15,955	0.9%	18,722	1.3%	-14.8%
Polestar	579	0.4%	1,247	0.9%	-53.6%	11,441	0.6%	6,241	0.4%	83.3%
BYD	267	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%	895	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
Jeep	231	0.1%	96	0.1%	140.6%	2,888	0.2%	2,232	0.2%	29.4%
smart	185	0.1%	73	0.1%	153.4%	656	0.0%	1,185	0.1%	-44.6%
Subaru	181	0.1%	186	0.1%	-2.7%	2,091	0.1%	1,242	0.1%	68.4%
Alfa Romeo	167	0.1%	80	0.1%	108.8%	1,417	0.1%	1,488	0.1%	-4.8%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	119	0.1%	83	0.1%	43.4%	1,536	0.1%	1,456	0.1%	5.5%
DS	106	0.1%	437	0.3%	-75.7%	2,326	0.1%	3,571	0.2%	-34.9%
Genesis	102	0.1%	199	0.1%	-48.7%	1,290	0.1%	837	0.1%	54.1%
Chevrolet	102	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	102	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Bentley	97	0.1%	149	0.1%	-34.9%	1,265	0.1%	1,533	0.1%	-17.5%
ORA	94	0.1%	5	0.0%	1780.0%	854	0.0%	47	0.0%	1717.0%
Maserati	72	0.0%	31	0.0%	132.3%	858	0.0%	649	0.0%	32.2%
Abarth	53	0.0%	100	0.1%	-47.0%	819	0.0%	1,513	0.1%	-45.9%
INEOS Automotive	41	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	841	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Alpine	15	0.0%	30	0.0%	-50.0%	281	0.0%	268	0.0%	4.9%
Maxus	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	13	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Other	265	0.2%	173	0.1%	53.2%	3,060	0.2%	1,990	0.1%	53.8%
Other Imports	128	0.1%	103	0.1%	24.3%	1,628	0.1%	1,422	0.1%	14.5%
Total	156,525	100.0%	142,889	100.0%	9.5%	1,761,962	100.0%	1,485,601	100.0%	18.6%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share		Jan.-Nov.	Share	Jan.-Nov.	Share
Ford	7,924	28.9%	9,824	40.3%	-19.3%	94,848	30.4%	98,471	37.8%	-3.7%
VW	3,041	11.1%	2,915	12.0%	4.3%	31,732	10.2%	24,981	9.6%	27.0%
Vauxhall	2,786	10.2%	1,841	7.6%	51.3%	31,218	10.0%	26,007	10.0%	20.0%
Citroen	2,025	7.4%	889	3.7%	127.8%	25,869	8.3%	18,791	7.2%	37.7%
Mercedes-Benz	1,975	7.2%	2,130	8.7%	-7.3%	19,245	6.2%	19,041	7.3%	1.1%
Toyota	1,841	6.7%	1,034	4.2%	78.0%	17,432	5.6%	11,409	4.4%	52.8%
Peugeot	1,759	6.4%	929	3.8%	89.3%	23,525	7.5%	19,796	7.6%	18.8%
Renault	1,752	6.4%	1,687	6.9%	3.9%	24,771	7.9%	12,571	4.8%	97.0%
Maxus	874	3.2%	423	1.7%	106.6%	4,869	1.6%	3,878	1.5%	25.6%
Isuzu	677	2.5%	506	2.1%	33.8%	5,277	1.7%	3,940	1.5%	33.9%
Nissan	616	2.2%	285	1.2%	116.1%	6,477	2.1%	3,366	1.3%	92.4%
Iveco	490	1.8%	372	1.5%	31.7%	4,305	1.4%	3,619	1.4%	19.0%
Fiat	348	1.3%	251	1.0%	38.6%	5,575	1.8%	4,695	1.8%	18.7%
Land Rover	307	1.1%	373	1.5%	-17.7%	4,956	1.6%	2,318	0.9%	113.8%
Renault Trucks	280	1.0%	286	1.2%	-2.1%	3,163	1.0%	2,040	0.8%	55.0%
Suzuki	217	0.8%	104	0.4%	108.7%	1,201	0.4%	397	0.2%	202.5%
Isuzu Trucks	195	0.7%	139	0.6%	40.3%	1,952	0.6%	1,412	0.5%	38.2%
MAN	160	0.6%	240	1.0%	-33.3%	2,819	0.9%	2,035	0.8%	38.5%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	70	0.3%	86	0.4%	-18.6%	1,261	0.4%	943	0.4%	33.7%
INEOS Automotive	54	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%	734	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%
Dacia	21	0.1%	8	0.0%	162.5%	197	0.1%	85	0.0%	131.8%
Mitsubishi Fuso	19	0.1%	26	0.1%	-26.9%	253	0.1%	226	0.1%	11.9%
LEVC	1	0.0%	4	0.0%	-75.0%	73	0.0%	293	0.1%	-75.1%
LDV	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	2	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Total	27,433	100.0%	24,352	100.0%	12.7%	311,754	100.0%	260,314	100.0%	19.8%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share		Jan.-Nov.	Share	Jan.-Nov.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	151	30.9%	59	16.5%	155.9%	1,443	26.4%	787	18.0%	83.4%
Ford	124	25.4%	50	14.0%	148.0%	1,739	31.8%	1,302	29.8%	33.6%
Peugeot	73	14.9%	29	8.1%	151.7%	508	9.3%	643	14.7%	-21.0%
Fiat	71	14.5%	66	18.4%	7.6%	861	15.8%	769	17.6%	12.0%
Iveco	23	4.7%	28	7.8%	-17.9%	255	4.7%	280	6.4%	-8.9%
Maxus	18	3.7%	116	32.4%	-84.5%	368	6.7%	298	6.8%	23.5%
Citroen	12	2.5%	1	0.3%	1100.0%	112	2.0%	99	2.3%	13.1%
Isuzu Trucks	7	1.4%	0	0.0%	-%	11	0.2%	17	0.4%	-35.3%
MAN	5	1.0%	2	0.6%	150.0%	61	1.1%	28	0.6%	117.9%
VW	5	1.0%	5	1.4%	0.0%	50	0.9%	65	1.5%	-23.1%
Vauxhall	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	-100.0%	41	0.8%	26	0.6%	57.7%
Renault	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	8	0.1%	9	0.2%	-11.1%
Renault Trucks	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	-100.0%	7	0.1%	25	0.6%	-72.0%
Other Imports	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	1	0.0%	20	0.5%	-95.0%
Total	489	100.0%	358	100.0%	36.6%	5,465	100.0%	4,368	100.0%	25.1%

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

Flash report, October 2023

Nov 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 14.3% in October
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on November 6, UK passenger car sales increased 14.3% to 153,529 units in October 2023
Year-to-date sales increased 19.6% with 1,605,437 cars registered in the first ten months of 2023.
October sales for VW increased 2.0% to 13,058 units (8.5% market share), Audi sales increased 23.6% to 12,598 units (8.2% share) while Ford sales decreased 8.8% to 12,119 units (7.9% share). BMW sales increased 21.6% to 11,188 units (7.3% share), Vauxhall sales increased 20.2% to 9,266 units (6.0% share).
The best-selling cars in October 2023 were Ford Puma (4,824 units), MINI (3,779 units), Vauxhall Corsa (3,464 units), VW Polo (3,426 units) and BMW 1 Series (3,424 units).
Compared to last October, gasoline-engine car sales increased 9.3% to 62,303 units (40.6% share), EV increased 20.1% to 23,943 units (15.6% share), gasoline MHEV increased 5.5% to 22,148 units (14.4% share), HEV increased 24.6% to 19,574 units (12.7% share), PHEV increased 60.5% to 14,285 units (9.3% share), diesel MHEV increased 10.0% to 6,015 units (3.9% share), and diesel-engine car sales decreased 17.1% to 5,261 units (3.4% share).
In October, private car sales increased 0.3% to 62,915 units (41.0% share), fleet sales increased 28.8% to 87,479 units (57.0% share), and businesses sales decreased 15.2% to 3,135 units (2.0% share).
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 17.7% to 26,342 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons increased 42.9% to 390 units while sales of taxis increased 40.8% to 221 units in October.
New market 2023 outlook revised upwards to 1.886 million units, a rise of 2.1% on July’s expectations, but BEV uptake expectations downgraded slightly, by down 1.7% to 324,000 units resulting in an expected market share at year end of 17.2%.
Looking ahead to next year, the overall market outlook for 2024 is marginally more positive than previously anticipated, up 1.0% to 1.970 million units (a 4.4% rise on the 2023 outlook).
Looking ahead to 2024, the overall market outlook for 2024 is marginally more positive than previously anticipated, up 1.0% to 1.970 million units (a 4.4% rise on the 2023 outlook).

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Oct. 2023	Oct. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Oct. 2023	Jan.-Oct. 2022	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		153,529	134,344	14.3%	1,605,437	1,342,712	19.6%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	26,342	22,386	17.7%	284,321	235,962	20.5%
	Trucks (Under6t)	390	273	42.9%	4,976	4,010	24.1%
	Taxi	221	157	40.8%	1,607	1,466	9.6%
	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
	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share		Jan.-Oct.	Share	Jan.-Oct.	Share
VW	13,058	8.5%	12,804	9.5%	2.0%	136,391	8.5%	104,975	7.8%	29.9%
Audi	12,598	8.2%	10,193	7.6%	23.6%	116,666	7.3%	90,238	6.7%	29.3%
Ford	12,119	7.9%	13,295	9.9%	-8.8%	123,894	7.7%	108,072	8.0%	14.6%
BMW	11,188	7.3%	9,199	6.8%	21.6%	89,403	5.6%	88,844	6.6%	0.6%
Vauxhall	9,266	6.0%	7,710	5.7%	20.2%	85,219	5.3%	73,758	5.5%	15.5%
Toyota	8,616	5.6%	8,341	6.2%	3.3%	93,639	5.8%	87,279	6.5%	7.3%
Peugeot	7,106	4.6%	5,642	4.2%	25.9%	53,477	3.3%	48,449	3.6%	10.4%
Kia	6,831	4.4%	6,041	4.5%	13.1%	96,784	6.0%	89,146	6.6%	8.6%
Hyundai	6,156	4.0%	5,663	4.2%	8.7%	75,456	4.7%	69,757	5.2%	8.2%
MG	6,079	4.0%	4,749	3.5%	28.0%	67,739	4.2%	43,061	3.2%	57.3%
Mercedes-Benz	5,900	3.8%	6,022	4.5%	-2.0%	72,801	4.5%	71,371	5.3%	2.0%
Skoda	5,670	3.7%	4,130	3.1%	37.3%	58,913	3.7%	39,979	3.0%	47.4%
Nissan	5,036	3.3%	6,817	5.1%	-26.1%	74,592	4.6%	59,625	4.4%	25.1%
Land Rover	4,582	3.0%	3,275	2.4%	39.9%	44,157	2.8%	37,120	2.8%	19.0%
Mini	4,512	2.9%	3,700	2.8%	21.9%	37,547	2.3%	35,929	2.7%	4.5%
Volvo Cars	4,489	2.9%	2,941	2.2%	52.6%	41,656	2.6%	29,024	2.2%	43.5%
Renault	4,347	2.8%	2,768	2.1%	57.0%	34,467	2.1%	24,948	1.9%	38.2%
Tesla	2,677	1.7%	11	0.0%	24236.4%	42,406	2.6%	32,229	2.4%	31.6%
Cupra	2,523	1.6%	1,543	1.1%	63.5%	21,198	1.3%	12,016	0.9%	76.4%
Citroen	2,463	1.6%	2,781	2.1%	-11.4%	26,185	1.6%	25,588	1.9%	2.3%
SEAT	2,339	1.5%	1,532	1.1%	52.7%	26,679	1.7%	18,463	1.4%	44.5%
Porsche	1,996	1.3%	1,207	0.9%	65.4%	19,748	1.2%	13,155	1.0%	50.1%
Suzuki	1,962	1.3%	1,001	0.7%	96.0%	22,756	1.4%	15,078	1.1%	50.9%
Dacia	1,843	1.2%	1,773	1.3%	3.9%	23,299	1.5%	23,053	1.7%	1.1%
Mazda	1,842	1.2%	2,179	1.6%	-15.5%	26,701	1.7%	20,827	1.6%	28.2%
Honda	1,777	1.2%	2,245	1.7%	-20.8%	22,147	1.4%	21,689	1.6%	2.1%
Jaguar	1,449	0.9%	375	0.3%	286.4%	11,628	0.7%	10,520	0.8%	10.5%
Lexus	1,157	0.8%	767	0.6%	50.8%	13,131	0.8%	7,937	0.6%	65.4%
Fiat	1,070	0.7%	2,504	1.9%	-57.3%	15,302	1.0%	17,900	1.3%	-14.5%
Polestar	744	0.5%	1,069	0.8%	-30.4%	10,862	0.7%	4,994	0.4%	117.5%
Jeep	261	0.2%	100	0.1%	161.0%	2,657	0.2%	2,136	0.2%	24.4%
DS	234	0.2%	539	0.4%	-56.6%	2,220	0.1%	3,134	0.2%	-29.2%
BYD	183	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	628	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	153	0.1%	166	0.1%	-7.8%	1,417	0.1%	1,373	0.1%	3.2%
Genesis	149	0.1%	72	0.1%	106.9%	1,188	0.1%	638	0.0%	86.2%
Alfa Romeo	121	0.1%	105	0.1%	15.2%	1,250	0.1%	1,408	0.1%	-11.2%
smart	117	0.1%	57	0.0%	105.3%	471	0.0%	1,112	0.1%	-57.6%
Bentley	106	0.1%	141	0.1%	-24.8%	1,168	0.1%	1,384	0.1%	-15.6%
ORA	92	0.1%	42	0.0%	119.0%	760	0.0%	42	0.0%	1709.5%
Subaru	89	0.1%	168	0.1%	-47.0%	1,910	0.1%	1,056	0.1%	80.9%
Abarth	79	0.1%	313	0.2%	-74.8%	766	0.0%	1,413	0.1%	-45.8%
Maserati	64	0.0%	42	0.0%	52.4%	786	0.0%	618	0.0%	27.2%
INEOS Automotive	62	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	800	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Alpine	16	0.0%	13	0.0%	23.1%	266	0.0%	238	0.0%	11.8%
Maxus	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	12	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Other	276	0.2%	181	0.1%	52.5%	2,795	0.2%	1,817	0.1%	53.8%
Other Imports	132	0.1%	128	0.1%	3.1%	1,500	0.1%	1,319	0.1%	13.7%
Total	153,529	100.0%	134,344	100.0%	14.3%	1,605,437	100.0%	1,342,712	100.0%	19.6%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share		Jan.-Oct.	Share	Jan.-Oct.	Share
Ford	7,441	28.2%	7,262	32.4%	2.5%	86,924	30.6%	88,647	37.6%	-1.9%
VW	3,501	13.3%	2,552	11.4%	37.2%	28,691	10.1%	22,066	9.4%	30.0%
Vauxhall	2,551	9.7%	1,966	8.8%	29.8%	28,432	10.0%	24,166	10.2%	17.7%
Mercedes-Benz	2,317	8.8%	1,812	8.1%	27.9%	17,270	6.1%	16,911	7.2%	2.1%
Renault	2,031	7.7%	1,593	7.1%	27.5%	23,019	8.1%	10,884	4.6%	111.5%
Citroen	1,757	6.7%	1,113	5.0%	57.9%	23,844	8.4%	17,902	7.6%	33.2%
Peugeot	1,599	6.1%	2,152	9.6%	-25.7%	21,766	7.7%	18,867	8.0%	15.4%
Toyota	1,478	5.6%	896	4.0%	65.0%	15,591	5.5%	10,375	4.4%	50.3%
Maxus	870	3.3%	464	2.1%	87.5%	3,995	1.4%	3,455	1.5%	15.6%
Isuzu	481	1.8%	418	1.9%	15.1%	4,600	1.6%	3,434	1.5%	34.0%
Land Rover	414	1.6%	328	1.5%	26.2%	4,649	1.6%	1,945	0.8%	139.0%
Iveco	405	1.5%	429	1.9%	-5.6%	3,815	1.3%	3,247	1.4%	17.5%
Nissan	397	1.5%	324	1.4%	22.5%	5,861	2.1%	3,081	1.3%	90.2%
Fiat	311	1.2%	388	1.7%	-19.8%	5,227	1.8%	4,444	1.9%	17.6%
Renault Trucks	243	0.9%	208	0.9%	16.8%	2,883	1.0%	1,754	0.7%	64.4%
MAN	174	0.7%	174	0.8%	0.0%	2,659	0.9%	1,795	0.8%	48.1%
Isuzu Trucks	139	0.5%	176	0.8%	-21.0%	1,757	0.6%	1,273	0.5%	38.0%
Suzuki	100	0.4%	13	0.1%	669.2%	984	0.3%	293	0.1%	235.8%
INEOS Automotive	79	0.3%	0	0.0%	-%	680	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	39	0.1%	84	0.4%	-53.6%	1,191	0.4%	857	0.4%	39.0%
Mitsubishi Fuso	12	0.0%	22	0.1%	-45.5%	234	0.1%	200	0.1%	17.0%
Dacia	2	0.0%	5	0.0%	-60.0%	176	0.1%	77	0.0%	128.6%
LDV	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
LEVC	0	0.0%	7	0.0%	-100.0%	72	0.0%	289	0.1%	-75.1%
Total	26,342	100.0%	22,386	100.0%	17.7%	284,321	100.0%	235,962	100.0%	20.5%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share		Jan.-Oct.	Share	Jan.-Oct.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	127	32.6%	45	16.5%	182.2%	1,292	26.0%	728	18.2%	77.5%
Fiat	91	23.3%	40	14.7%	127.5%	790	15.9%	703	17.5%	12.4%
Ford	73	18.7%	56	20.5%	30.4%	1,615	32.5%	1,252	31.2%	29.0%
Iveco	30	7.7%	22	8.1%	36.4%	232	4.7%	252	6.3%	-7.9%
Peugeot	18	4.6%	56	20.5%	-67.9%	435	8.7%	614	15.3%	-29.2%
MAN	17	4.4%	0	0.0%	-%	56	1.1%	26	0.6%	115.4%
Citroen	13	3.3%	1	0.4%	1200.0%	100	2.0%	98	2.4%	2.0%
VW	9	2.3%	5	1.8%	80.0%	45	0.9%	60	1.5%	-25.0%
Maxus	6	1.5%	37	13.6%	-83.8%	350	7.0%	182	4.5%	92.3%
Vauxhall	6	1.5%	2	0.7%	200.0%	41	0.8%	25	0.6%	64.0%
Renault	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	-100.0%	8	0.2%	9	0.2%	-11.1%
Renault Trucks	0	0.0%	6	2.2%	-100.0%	7	0.1%	24	0.6%	-70.8%
Isuzu Trucks	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	-100.0%	4	0.1%	17	0.4%	-76.5%
Other Imports	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	-100.0%	1	0.0%	20	0.5%	-95.0%
Total	390	100.0%	273	100.0%	42.9%	4,976	100.0%	4,010	100.0%	24.1%

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

Flash report, September 2023

Oct 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 21.0% in September
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on October 10, UK passenger car sales increased 21.0% to 272,610 units in September 2023. Year-to-date sales increased 20.2% with 1,451,908 cars registered in the first nine months of 2023.
The 14th consecutive month of growth was also the second busiest of the year after March, with the new number plate delivering its traditional market surge despite a challenging economic backdrop.
September sales for VW increased 17.5% to 22,313 units (8.2% market share), Ford sales decreased 0.4% to 20,650 units (7.6% share) while Audi sales increased 47.2% to 18,783 units (6.9% share). Kia sales increased 13.0% to 16,906 units (6.2% share), Toyota sales increased 6.8% to 16,333 units (6.0% share).
The best-selling cars in September 2023 were Nissan Qashqai (8,565 units), Ford Puma (8,087 units), Kia Sportage (5,739 units), Ford Kuga (4,638 units) and MG ZS (4,613 units).
Compared to last September, gasoline-engine car sales increased 15.0% to 105,463 units (38.7% share) and gasoline MHEV increased 31.8% to 46,383 units (17.0% share). EV increased 18.9% to 45,323 units (16.6% share). HEV increased 30.7% to 38,014 units (13.9% share) and PHEV increased 50.9% to 18,535 units (6.8% share). Diesel-engine car sales decreased 4.2% to 9,896 units (3.6% share), while diesel MHEV increased 4.8% to 8,996 units (3.3% share).
BEV volume increases were driven entirely by fleet purchases, which rose by 50.6% while private BEV registrations fell 14.3% with less than one in 10 private new car buyers opting for electric during the month.
In September, private car sales increased 5.8% to 122,944 units (45.1% share), fleet sales increased 40.8% to 143,256 units (52.5% share), and businesses sales decreased 12.0% to 6,410 units (2.4% share).
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 28.1% to 44,760 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons increased 64.0% to 797 units while sales of taxis decreased 5.5% to 258 units in September.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Sep. 2023	Sep. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Sep. 2023	Jan.-Sep. 2022	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		272,610	225,269	21.0%	1,451,908	1,208,368	20.2%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	44,760	34,950	28.1%	257,979	213,576	20.8%
	Trucks (Under6t)	797	486	64.0%	4,586	3,737	22.7%
	Taxi	258	273	-5.5%	1,386	1,309	5.9%
	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
	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share		Jan.-Sep.	Share	Jan.-Sep.	Share
VW	22,313	8.2%	18,996	8.4%	17.5%	123,333	8.5%	92,171	7.6%	33.8%
Ford	20,650	7.6%	20,735	9.2%	-0.4%	111,775	7.7%	94,777	7.8%	17.9%
Audi	18,783	6.9%	12,756	5.7%	47.2%	104,068	7.2%	80,045	6.6%	30.0%
Kia	16,906	6.2%	14,966	6.6%	13.0%	89,953	6.2%	83,105	6.9%	8.2%
Toyota	16,333	6.0%	15,298	6.8%	6.8%	85,023	5.9%	78,938	6.5%	7.7%
Nissan	15,794	5.8%	14,710	6.5%	7.4%	69,556	4.8%	52,808	4.4%	31.7%
Mercedes-Benz	14,486	5.3%	10,049	4.5%	44.2%	66,901	4.6%	65,349	5.4%	2.4%
Vauxhall	13,434	4.9%	9,673	4.3%	38.9%	75,953	5.2%	66,048	5.5%	15.0%
MG	12,616	4.6%	8,759	3.9%	44.0%	61,660	4.2%	38,312	3.2%	60.9%
BMW	12,522	4.6%	13,443	6.0%	-6.9%	78,215	5.4%	79,645	6.6%	-1.8%
Hyundai	12,388	4.5%	12,155	5.4%	1.9%	69,300	4.8%	64,094	5.3%	8.1%
Peugeot	9,331	3.4%	5,999	2.7%	55.5%	46,371	3.2%	42,807	3.5%	8.3%
Skoda	8,678	3.2%	6,333	2.8%	37.0%	53,243	3.7%	35,849	3.0%	48.5%
Renault	8,080	3.0%	4,457	2.0%	81.3%	30,120	2.1%	22,180	1.8%	35.8%
Volvo Cars	6,617	2.4%	3,743	1.7%	76.8%	37,167	2.6%	26,083	2.2%	42.5%
Tesla	6,427	2.4%	9,975	4.4%	-35.6%	39,729	2.7%	32,218	2.7%	23.3%
Land Rover	6,117	2.2%	4,775	2.1%	28.1%	39,575	2.7%	33,845	2.8%	16.9%
Mini	5,528	2.0%	5,261	2.3%	5.1%	33,035	2.3%	32,229	2.7%	2.5%
Mazda	5,507	2.0%	4,637	2.1%	18.8%	24,859	1.7%	18,648	1.5%	33.3%
Citroen	4,808	1.8%	4,271	1.9%	12.6%	23,722	1.6%	22,807	1.9%	4.0%
Suzuki	4,588	1.7%	2,071	0.9%	121.5%	20,794	1.4%	14,077	1.2%	47.7%
SEAT	4,066	1.5%	1,466	0.7%	177.4%	24,340	1.7%	16,931	1.4%	43.8%
Cupra	4,062	1.5%	2,722	1.2%	49.2%	18,675	1.3%	10,473	0.9%	78.3%
Dacia	3,399	1.2%	4,064	1.8%	-16.4%	21,456	1.5%	21,280	1.8%	0.8%
Lexus	3,351	1.2%	1,541	0.7%	117.5%	11,974	0.8%	7,170	0.6%	67.0%
Honda	3,200	1.2%	3,750	1.7%	-14.7%	20,370	1.4%	19,444	1.6%	4.8%
Fiat	3,116	1.1%	1,986	0.9%	56.9%	14,232	1.0%	15,396	1.3%	-7.6%
Porsche	2,457	0.9%	1,649	0.7%	49.0%	17,752	1.2%	11,948	1.0%	48.6%
Jaguar	2,008	0.7%	1,595	0.7%	25.9%	10,179	0.7%	10,145	0.8%	0.3%
Polestar	1,136	0.4%	786	0.3%	44.5%	10,118	0.7%	3,925	0.3%	157.8%
Subaru	552	0.2%	232	0.1%	137.9%	1,821	0.1%	888	0.1%	105.1%
Jeep	516	0.2%	280	0.1%	84.3%	2,396	0.2%	2,036	0.2%	17.7%
Abarth	288	0.1%	99	0.0%	190.9%	687	0.0%	1,100	0.1%	-37.5%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	274	0.1%	257	0.1%	6.6%	1,264	0.1%	1,207	0.1%	4.7%
DS	250	0.1%	551	0.2%	-54.6%	1,986	0.1%	2,595	0.2%	-23.5%
BYD	232	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	445	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
ORA	209	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	668	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Alfa Romeo	189	0.1%	285	0.1%	-33.7%	1,129	0.1%	1,303	0.1%	-13.4%
INEOS Automotive	155	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	738	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
Bentley	147	0.1%	183	0.1%	-19.7%	1,062	0.1%	1,243	0.1%	-14.6%
Genesis	119	0.0%	149	0.1%	-20.1%	1,039	0.1%	566	0.0%	83.6%
smart	106	0.0%	114	0.1%	-7.0%	354	0.0%	1,055	0.1%	-66.4%
Maserati	84	0.0%	91	0.0%	-7.7%	722	0.0%	576	0.0%	25.3%
Alpine	40	0.0%	26	0.0%	53.8%	250	0.0%	225	0.0%	11.1%
Maxus	4	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	12	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Other	517	0.2%	242	0.1%	113.6%	2,519	0.2%	1,636	0.1%	54.0%
Other Imports	227	0.1%	139	0.1%	63.3%	1,368	0.1%	1,191	0.1%	14.9%
Total	272,610	100.0%	225,269	100.0%	21.0%	1,451,908	100.0%	1,208,368	100.0%	20.2%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share		Jan.-Sep.	Share	Jan.-Sep.	Share
Ford	13,710	30.6%	13,356	38.2%	2.7%	79,483	30.8%	81,385	38.1%	-2.3%
VW	4,722	10.5%	3,777	10.8%	25.0%	25,190	9.8%	19,514	9.1%	29.1%
Vauxhall	4,586	10.2%	3,918	11.2%	17.0%	25,881	10.0%	22,200	10.4%	16.6%
Peugeot	3,958	8.8%	2,519	7.2%	57.1%	20,167	7.8%	16,715	7.8%	20.7%
Renault	3,268	7.3%	2,274	6.5%	43.7%	20,988	8.1%	9,291	4.4%	125.9%
Citroen	3,155	7.0%	1,946	5.6%	62.1%	22,087	8.6%	16,789	7.9%	31.6%
Toyota	2,979	6.7%	1,121	3.2%	165.7%	14,113	5.5%	9,479	4.4%	48.9%
Mercedes-Benz	2,144	4.8%	1,884	5.4%	13.8%	14,953	5.8%	15,099	7.1%	-1.0%
Nissan	1,404	3.1%	729	2.1%	92.6%	5,464	2.1%	2,757	1.3%	98.2%
Land Rover	741	1.7%	349	1.0%	112.3%	4,235	1.6%	1,617	0.8%	161.9%
Isuzu	727	1.6%	569	1.6%	27.8%	4,119	1.6%	3,016	1.4%	36.6%
Fiat	540	1.2%	455	1.3%	18.7%	4,916	1.9%	4,056	1.9%	21.2%
Maxus	521	1.2%	458	1.3%	13.8%	3,125	1.2%	2,991	1.4%	4.5%
Iveco	439	1.0%	438	1.3%	0.2%	3,410	1.3%	2,818	1.3%	21.0%
Suzuki	396	0.9%	109	0.3%	263.3%	884	0.3%	280	0.1%	215.7%
MAN	386	0.9%	310	0.9%	24.5%	2,485	1.0%	1,621	0.8%	53.3%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	333	0.7%	228	0.7%	46.1%	1,152	0.4%	773	0.4%	49.0%
Renault Trucks	328	0.7%	259	0.7%	26.6%	2,640	1.0%	1,546	0.7%	70.8%
Isuzu Trucks	212	0.5%	196	0.6%	8.2%	1,618	0.6%	1,097	0.5%	47.5%
INEOS Automotive	150	0.3%	0	0.0%	-%	601	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%
Mitsubishi Fuso	43	0.1%	44	0.1%	-2.3%	222	0.1%	178	0.1%	24.7%
Dacia	16	0.0%	9	0.0%	77.8%	174	0.1%	72	0.0%	141.7%
LEVC	2	0.0%	2	0.0%	0.0%	72	0.0%	282	0.1%	-74.5%
Total	44,760	100.0%	34,950	100.0%	28.1%	257,979	100.0%	213,576	100.0%	20.8%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share		Jan.-Sep.	Share	Jan.-Sep.	Share
Ford	332	41.7%	275	56.6%	20.7%	1,542	33.6%	1,196	32.0%	28.9%
Mercedes-Benz	124	15.6%	25	5.1%	396.0%	1,165	25.4%	683	18.3%	70.6%
Peugeot	114	14.3%	34	7.0%	235.3%	417	9.1%	558	14.9%	-25.3%
Fiat	92	11.5%	86	17.7%	7.0%	699	15.2%	663	17.7%	5.4%
Maxus	62	7.8%	4	0.8%	1450.0%	344	7.5%	145	3.9%	137.2%
Iveco	31	3.9%	39	8.0%	-20.5%	202	4.4%	230	6.2%	-12.2%
Citroen	30	3.8%	4	0.8%	650.0%	87	1.9%	97	2.6%	-10.3%
MAN	5	0.6%	1	0.2%	400.0%	39	0.9%	26	0.7%	50.0%
VW	5	0.6%	8	1.6%	-37.5%	36	0.8%	55	1.5%	-34.5%
Renault Trucks	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	7	0.2%	18	0.5%	-61.1%
Vauxhall	0	0.0%	6	1.2%	-100.0%	35	0.8%	23	0.6%	52.2%
Renault	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	8	0.2%	8	0.2%	0.0%
Isuzu Trucks	0	0.0%	3	0.6%	-100.0%	4	0.1%	16	0.4%	-75.0%
Other Imports	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	0.0%	1	0.0%	19	0.5%	-94.7%
Total	797	100.0%	486	100.0%	64.0%	4,586	100.0%	3,737	100.0%	22.7%

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

Flash report, August 2023

Sep 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 24.4% in August
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on September 5, UK passenger car sales increased 24.4% to 85,657 units in August 2023.
Year-to-date sales increased 20.0% with 1,179,298 cars registered in the first eight months of 2023.
While August is typically a quieter month with many buyers choosing to wait until the September numberplate change, an increase of 16,799 units means the sector is now entering a second year of growth. Despite this improved performance, the market still remains -7.5% below pre-pandemic levels.
August sales for VW increased 17.4% to 8,335 units (9.7% market share), Ford sales increased 23.8% to 7,449 units (8.7% share) while Audi sales increased 32.8% to 6,084 units (7.1% share). Vauxhall sales increased 19.9% to 5,562 units (6.5% share) and BMW sales decreased 1.7% to 4,750 units (5.5% share).
The best-selling cars in August 2023 were Ford Puma (2,336 units), Tesla Model Y (2,313 units), Vauxhall Corsa (1,941 units), Ford Kuga (1,779 units) and Vauxhall Mokka (1,763 units).
Compared to last August, gasoline-engine car sales increased 9.8% to 34,756 units (40.6% share), EV increased 72.3% to 17,243 units (20.1% share), HEV increased 6.8% to 8,551 units (10.0% share), PHEV increased 70% to 6,601 units (7.7% share), gasoline MHEV increased 55.3% to 12,932 units (15.1% share), diesel-engine car sales decreased 18.1% to 3,647 units (4.3% share), diesel MHEV decreased 23.7% to 1,927 units (2.2% share).
In August, private car sales decreased 8.1% to 32,071 units (37.4% share), fleet sales increased 58.4% to 51,951 units (60.7% share), and businesses sales increased 39.4% to 1,635 units (1.9% share).
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 5.0% to 16,303 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons increased 107.9% to 607 units while sales of taxis decreased 33.8% to 51 units in August.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Aug. 2023	Aug. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Aug. 2023	Jan.-Aug. 2022	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		85,657	68,858	24.4%	1,179,298	983,099	20.0%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	16,303	15,520	5.0%	213,219	178,626	19.4%
	Trucks (Under6t)	607	292	107.9%	3,789	3,251	16.5%
	Taxi	51	77	-33.8%	1,128	1,036	8.9%
	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
	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share		Jan.-Aug.	Share	Jan.-Aug.	Share
VW	8,335	9.7%	7,099	10.3%	17.4%	101,020	8.6%	73,175	7.4%	38.1%
Ford	7,449	8.7%	6,018	8.7%	23.8%	91,125	7.7%	74,042	7.5%	23.1%
Audi	6,084	7.1%	4,582	6.7%	32.8%	85,285	7.2%	67,289	6.8%	26.7%
Vauxhall	5,562	6.5%	4,638	6.7%	19.9%	62,519	5.3%	56,375	5.7%	10.9%
BMW	4,750	5.5%	4,830	7.0%	-1.7%	65,693	5.6%	66,202	6.7%	-0.8%
Kia	4,663	5.4%	3,678	5.3%	26.8%	73,047	6.2%	68,139	6.9%	7.2%
Toyota	4,099	4.8%	4,564	6.6%	-10.2%	68,690	5.8%	63,640	6.5%	7.9%
Hyundai	4,082	4.8%	4,543	6.6%	-10.1%	56,912	4.8%	51,939	5.3%	9.6%
Tesla	4,021	4.7%	946	1.4%	325.1%	33,302	2.8%	22,243	2.3%	49.7%
Skoda	3,737	4.4%	2,554	3.7%	46.3%	44,565	3.8%	29,516	3.0%	51.0%
Mercedes-Benz	3,646	4.3%	3,238	4.7%	12.6%	52,415	4.4%	55,300	5.6%	-5.2%
MG	3,350	3.9%	1,404	2.0%	138.6%	49,044	4.2%	29,553	3.0%	66.0%
Peugeot	3,112	3.6%	2,308	3.4%	34.8%	37,040	3.1%	36,808	3.7%	0.6%
Nissan	2,366	2.8%	2,140	3.1%	10.6%	53,762	4.6%	38,098	3.9%	41.1%
Renault	2,042	2.4%	790	1.1%	158.5%	22,040	1.9%	17,723	1.8%	24.4%
Suzuki	1,794	2.1%	700	1.0%	156.3%	16,206	1.4%	12,006	1.2%	35.0%
Citroen	1,698	2.0%	2,387	3.5%	-28.9%	18,914	1.6%	18,536	1.9%	2.0%
Volvo Cars	1,648	1.9%	753	1.1%	118.9%	30,550	2.6%	22,340	2.3%	36.8%
SEAT	1,644	1.9%	840	1.2%	95.7%	20,274	1.7%	15,465	1.6%	31.1%
Mini	1,374	1.6%	1,572	2.3%	-12.6%	27,507	2.3%	26,968	2.7%	2.0%
Cupra	1,284	1.5%	854	1.2%	50.4%	14,613	1.2%	7,751	0.8%	88.5%
Land Rover	1,131	1.3%	1,325	1.9%	-14.6%	33,458	2.8%	29,070	3.0%	15.1%
Mazda	1,110	1.3%	1,210	1.8%	-8.3%	19,352	1.6%	14,011	1.4%	38.1%
Dacia	1,081	1.3%	1,691	2.5%	-36.1%	18,057	1.5%	17,216	1.8%	4.9%
Porsche	1,064	1.2%	432	0.6%	146.3%	15,295	1.3%	10,299	1.0%	48.5%
Fiat	959	1.1%	627	0.9%	53.0%	11,116	0.9%	13,410	1.4%	-17.1%
Honda	861	1.0%	1,122	1.6%	-23.3%	17,170	1.5%	15,694	1.6%	9.4%
Polestar	818	1.0%	118	0.2%	593.2%	8,982	0.8%	3,139	0.3%	186.1%
Lexus	691	0.8%	293	0.4%	135.8%	8,623	0.7%	5,629	0.6%	53.2%
Jaguar	348	0.4%	610	0.9%	-43.0%	8,171	0.7%	8,550	0.9%	-4.4%
ORA	86	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	459	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Jeep	77	0.1%	200	0.3%	-61.5%	1,880	0.2%	1,756	0.2%	7.1%
Subaru	75	0.1%	53	0.1%	41.5%	1,269	0.1%	656	0.1%	93.4%
Alfa Romeo	70	0.1%	59	0.1%	18.6%	940	0.1%	1,018	0.1%	-7.7%
Genesis	69	0.1%	56	0.1%	23.2%	920	0.1%	417	0.0%	120.6%
DS	64	0.1%	298	0.4%	-78.5%	1,736	0.1%	2,044	0.2%	-15.1%
INEOS Automotive	62	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	583	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Bentley	44	0.1%	42	0.1%	4.8%	915	0.1%	1,060	0.1%	-13.7%
smart	42	0.0%	47	0.1%	-10.6%	248	0.0%	941	0.1%	-73.6%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	35	0.0%	83	0.1%	-57.8%	990	0.1%	950	0.1%	4.2%
BYD	33	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	213	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Abarth	30	0.0%	7	0.0%	328.6%	399	0.0%	1,001	0.1%	-60.1%
Maserati	26	0.0%	14	0.0%	85.7%	638	0.1%	485	0.0%	31.5%
Alpine	9	0.0%	2	0.0%	350.0%	210	0.0%	199	0.0%	5.5%
Maxus	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	8	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Other	78	0.1%	62	0.1%	25.8%	2,002	0.2%	1,394	0.1%	43.6%
Other Imports	54	0.1%	69	0.1%	-21.7%	1,141	0.1%	1,052	0.1%	8.5%
Total	85,657	100.0%	68,858	100.0%	24.4%	1,179,298	100.0%	983,099	100.0%	20.0%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share		Jan.-Aug.	Share	Jan.-Aug.	Share
Ford	4,328	26.5%	5,513	35.5%	-21.5%	65,773	30.8%	68,029	38.1%	-3.3%
Vauxhall	2,261	13.9%	1,862	12.0%	21.4%	21,295	10.0%	18,282	10.2%	16.5%
VW	1,574	9.7%	1,528	9.8%	3.0%	20,468	9.6%	15,737	8.8%	30.1%
Peugeot	1,143	7.0%	1,340	8.6%	-14.7%	16,209	7.6%	14,196	7.9%	14.2%
Citroen	1,135	7.0%	984	6.3%	15.3%	18,932	8.9%	14,843	8.3%	27.5%
Renault	1,112	6.8%	797	5.1%	39.5%	17,720	8.3%	7,017	3.9%	152.5%
Toyota	988	6.1%	394	2.5%	150.8%	11,134	5.2%	8,358	4.7%	33.2%
Mercedes-Benz	953	5.8%	1,204	7.8%	-20.8%	12,809	6.0%	13,215	7.4%	-3.1%
Nissan	457	2.8%	161	1.0%	183.9%	4,060	1.9%	2,028	1.1%	100.2%
Fiat	398	2.4%	353	2.3%	12.7%	4,376	2.1%	3,601	2.0%	21.5%
Maxus	377	2.3%	301	1.9%	25.2%	2,604	1.2%	2,533	1.4%	2.8%
Iveco	325	2.0%	238	1.5%	36.6%	2,971	1.4%	2,380	1.3%	24.8%
Isuzu	310	1.9%	238	1.5%	30.3%	3,392	1.6%	2,447	1.4%	38.6%
Renault Trucks	210	1.3%	171	1.1%	22.8%	2,312	1.1%	1,287	0.7%	79.6%
MAN	197	1.2%	123	0.8%	60.2%	2,099	1.0%	1,311	0.7%	60.1%
Isuzu Trucks	194	1.2%	73	0.5%	165.8%	1,406	0.7%	901	0.5%	56.0%
Land Rover	98	0.6%	78	0.5%	25.6%	3,494	1.6%	1,268	0.7%	175.6%
Suzuki	86	0.5%	10	0.1%	760.0%	488	0.2%	171	0.1%	185.4%
INEOS Automotive	67	0.4%	0	0.0%	-%	451	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	60	0.4%	55	0.4%	9.1%	819	0.4%	545	0.3%	50.3%
Dacia	17	0.1%	5	0.0%	240.0%	158	0.1%	63	0.0%	150.8%
Mitsubishi Fuso	13	0.1%	7	0.0%	85.7%	179	0.1%	134	0.1%	33.6%
LEVC	0	0.0%	85	0.5%	-100.0%	70	0.0%	280	0.2%	-75.0%
Total	16,303	100.0%	15,520	100.0%	5.0%	213,219	100.0%	178,626	100.0%	19.4%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share		Jan.-Aug.	Share	Jan.-Aug.	Share
Ford	201	33.1%	94	32.2%	113.8%	1,210	31.9%	921	28.3%	31.4%
Mercedes-Benz	100	16.5%	31	10.6%	222.6%	1,041	27.5%	658	20.2%	58.2%
Maxus	83	13.7%	2	0.7%	4050.0%	282	7.4%	141	4.3%	100.0%
Peugeot	77	12.7%	58	19.9%	32.8%	303	8.0%	524	16.1%	-42.2%
Fiat	58	9.6%	54	18.5%	7.4%	607	16.0%	577	17.7%	5.2%
Iveco	45	7.4%	37	12.7%	21.6%	171	4.5%	191	5.9%	-10.5%
MAN	33	5.4%	4	1.4%	725.0%	34	0.9%	25	0.8%	36.0%
Citroen	10	1.6%	9	3.1%	11.1%	57	1.5%	93	2.9%	-38.7%
Vauxhall	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	35	0.9%	17	0.5%	105.9%
VW	0	0.0%	2	0.7%	-100.0%	31	0.8%	47	1.4%	-34.0%
Renault	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	8	0.2%	8	0.2%	0.0%
Renault Trucks	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	6	0.2%	18	0.6%	-66.7%
Isuzu Trucks	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	4	0.1%	13	0.4%	-69.2%
Other Imports	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	-100.0%	0	0.0%	18	0.6%	-100.0%
Total	607	100.0%	292	100.0%	107.9%	3,789	100.0%	3,251	100.0%	16.5%

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

Flash report, July 2023

Aug 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 28.3% in July
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on August 4, UK passenger car sales increased 28.3% to 143,921 units in July 2023.
Year-to-date sales increased 19.6% with 1,093,641 cars registered in the first seven months of 2023.
Despite challenging economic conditions, as supply chain challenges ease, production increases and deliveries can be fulfilled. This was the best July performance since 2020 after the COVID-19 crisis. While this continuous growth, the overall market year to date remains behind pre-pandemic levels.
July sales for VW increased 28.3% to 13,064 units (9.1% market share), Ford sales increased 55.3% to 11,248 units (7.8% share) while Audi sales increased 24.3% to 11,081 units (7.7% share). Kia sales increased 37.4% to 9,624 units (6.7% share), BMW sales increased 10.4% to 8,668 units (6.0% share).
The best-selling cars in July 2023 were Ford Puma (4,124 units), Kia Sportage (3,060 units), Nissan Qashqai (3,032 units), Vauxhall Mokka (3,002 units) and Hyundai Tucson (2,608 units).
Compared to last July, gasoline-engine car sales increased 13.4% to 58,150 units (40.4% share), gasoline MHEV increased 56.8% to 23,590 units (16.4% share),
EV increased 87.9% to 23,010 units (16.0% share), HEV increased 18.9% to 16,321 units (11.3% share), PHEV increased 79.1% to 11,702 units (8.1% share), diesel-engine car sales decreased 8.4% to 5,687 units (4.0% share), diesel MHEV decreased 23.1% to 5,461 units (3.8% share).
In July, private car sales increased 0.3% to 60,045 units (41.7% share), fleet sales increased 61.9% to 80,961 units (56.3% share), and businesses sales increased 28.7% to 2,915 units (2.0% share).
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 44.2% to 26,990 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons increased 111.6% to 713 units while sales of taxis decreased 24.0% to 114 units in July.
Looking further ahead, the outlook for 2024 has been downgraded marginally by -0.7% to 1.951 million units, reflecting wider concerns about the cost of living. BEVs are expected to achieve an overall 22.6% market share next year reaching 440,000 units. With a further 155,000 PHEVs anticipated to be registered, commanding 7.9% of the market, EV and PHEV are likely to account for three in every 10 new cars registered in 2024.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Jul. 2023	Jul. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jul. 2023	Jan.-Jul. 2022	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		143,921	112,162	28.3%	1,093,641	914,241	19.6%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	26,990	18,722	44.2%	196,916	163,106	20.7%
	Trucks (Under6t)	713	337	111.6%	3,182	2,959	7.5%
	Taxi	114	150	-24.0%	1,077	959	12.3%
	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
	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share		Jan.-Jul.	Share	Jan.-Jul.	Share
VW	13,064	9.1%	10,182	9.1%	28.3%	92,685	8.5%	66,076	7.2%	40.3%
Ford	11,248	7.8%	7,241	6.5%	55.3%	83,676	7.7%	68,024	7.4%	23.0%
Audi	11,081	7.7%	8,915	7.9%	24.3%	79,201	7.2%	62,707	6.9%	26.3%
Kia	9,624	6.7%	7,006	6.2%	37.4%	68,384	6.3%	64,461	7.1%	6.1%
BMW	8,668	6.0%	7,855	7.0%	10.4%	60,943	5.6%	61,372	6.7%	-0.7%
Toyota	8,546	5.9%	8,820	7.9%	-3.1%	64,591	5.9%	59,076	6.5%	9.3%
Vauxhall	7,452	5.2%	3,937	3.5%	89.3%	56,957	5.2%	51,737	5.7%	10.1%
Hyundai	6,479	4.5%	6,488	5.8%	-0.1%	52,830	4.8%	47,396	5.2%	11.5%
Skoda	6,469	4.5%	4,157	3.7%	55.6%	40,828	3.7%	26,962	2.9%	51.4%
Nissan	6,087	4.2%	4,662	4.2%	30.6%	51,396	4.7%	35,958	3.9%	42.9%
MG	6,070	4.2%	3,076	2.7%	97.3%	45,694	4.2%	28,149	3.1%	62.3%
Mercedes-Benz	5,989	4.2%	6,244	5.6%	-4.1%	48,769	4.5%	52,062	5.7%	-6.3%
Land Rover	4,470	3.1%	4,840	4.3%	-7.6%	32,327	3.0%	27,745	3.0%	16.5%
Volvo Cars	4,025	2.8%	2,403	2.1%	67.5%	28,902	2.6%	21,587	2.4%	33.9%
Peugeot	3,547	2.5%	2,504	2.2%	41.7%	33,928	3.1%	34,500	3.8%	-1.7%
Mini	3,247	2.3%	3,150	2.8%	3.1%	26,133	2.4%	25,396	2.8%	2.9%
Tesla	3,141	2.2%	3	0.0%	104600.0%	29,281	2.7%	21,297	2.3%	37.5%
Renault	2,723	1.9%	2,088	1.9%	30.4%	19,998	1.8%	16,933	1.9%	18.1%
SEAT	2,654	1.8%	1,838	1.6%	44.4%	18,630	1.7%	14,625	1.6%	27.4%
Suzuki	2,196	1.5%	1,352	1.2%	62.4%	14,412	1.3%	11,306	1.2%	27.5%
Mazda	2,136	1.5%	1,182	1.1%	80.7%	18,242	1.7%	12,801	1.4%	42.5%
Cupra	1,947	1.4%	1,839	1.6%	5.9%	13,329	1.2%	6,897	0.8%	93.3%
Honda	1,925	1.3%	1,678	1.5%	14.7%	16,309	1.5%	14,572	1.6%	11.9%
Porsche	1,901	1.3%	1,495	1.3%	27.2%	14,231	1.3%	9,867	1.1%	44.2%
Citroen	1,630	1.1%	1,034	0.9%	57.6%	17,216	1.6%	16,149	1.8%	6.6%
Dacia	1,572	1.1%	3,414	3.0%	-54.0%	16,976	1.6%	15,525	1.7%	9.3%
Polestar	1,300	0.9%	193	0.2%	573.6%	8,164	0.7%	3,021	0.3%	170.2%
Lexus	1,217	0.8%	470	0.4%	158.9%	7,932	0.7%	5,336	0.6%	48.7%
Jaguar	1,046	0.7%	1,249	1.1%	-16.3%	7,823	0.7%	7,940	0.9%	-1.5%
Fiat	776	0.5%	1,390	1.2%	-44.2%	10,157	0.9%	12,783	1.4%	-20.5%
Jeep	205	0.1%	193	0.2%	6.2%	1,803	0.2%	1,556	0.2%	15.9%
Alfa Romeo	166	0.1%	175	0.2%	-5.1%	870	0.1%	959	0.1%	-9.3%
DS	145	0.1%	275	0.2%	-47.3%	1,672	0.2%	1,746	0.2%	-4.2%
Subaru	99	0.1%	75	0.1%	32.0%	1,194	0.1%	603	0.1%	98.0%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	96	0.1%	93	0.1%	3.2%	955	0.1%	867	0.1%	10.1%
INEOS Automotive	93	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	521	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Bentley	92	0.1%	121	0.1%	-24.0%	871	0.1%	1,018	0.1%	-14.4%
BYD	81	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	180	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
ORA	77	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	373	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Abarth	75	0.1%	8	0.0%	837.5%	369	0.0%	994	0.1%	-62.9%
Maserati	68	0.0%	55	0.0%	23.6%	612	0.1%	471	0.1%	29.9%
Genesis	40	0.0%	62	0.1%	-35.5%	851	0.1%	361	0.0%	135.7%
smart	28	0.0%	73	0.1%	-61.6%	206	0.0%	894	0.1%	-77.0%
Alpine	28	0.0%	26	0.0%	7.7%	201	0.0%	197	0.0%	2.0%
Maxus	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	8	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Other	226	0.2%	186	0.2%	21.5%	1,924	0.2%	1,332	0.1%	44.4%
Other Imports	172	0.1%	115	0.1%	49.6%	1,087	0.1%	983	0.1%	10.6%
Total	143,921	100.0%	112,162	100.0%	28.3%	1,093,641	100.0%	914,241	100.0%	19.6%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share		Jan.-Jul.	Share	Jan.-Jul.	Share
Ford	7,104	26.3%	6,632	35.4%	7.1%	61,445	31.2%	62,516	38.3%	-1.7%
Vauxhall	3,292	12.2%	780	4.2%	322.1%	19,034	9.7%	16,420	10.1%	15.9%
VW	3,117	11.5%	2,667	14.2%	16.9%	18,894	9.6%	14,209	8.7%	33.0%
Citroen	2,588	9.6%	1,094	5.8%	136.6%	17,797	9.0%	13,859	8.5%	28.4%
Renault	2,436	9.0%	1,482	7.9%	64.4%	16,608	8.4%	6,220	3.8%	167.0%
Peugeot	2,030	7.5%	1,198	6.4%	69.4%	15,066	7.7%	12,856	7.9%	17.2%
Mercedes-Benz	1,434	5.3%	1,557	8.3%	-7.9%	11,856	6.0%	12,011	7.4%	-1.3%
Toyota	1,221	4.5%	797	4.3%	53.2%	10,146	5.2%	7,964	4.9%	27.4%
Nissan	609	2.3%	392	2.1%	55.4%	3,603	1.8%	1,867	1.1%	93.0%
Isuzu	480	1.8%	215	1.1%	123.3%	3,082	1.6%	2,209	1.4%	39.5%
Fiat	476	1.8%	460	2.5%	3.5%	3,978	2.0%	3,248	2.0%	22.5%
Land Rover	423	1.6%	186	1.0%	127.4%	3,396	1.7%	1,190	0.7%	185.4%
Maxus	386	1.4%	277	1.5%	39.4%	2,227	1.1%	2,232	1.4%	-0.2%
Iveco	368	1.4%	307	1.6%	19.9%	2,646	1.3%	2,142	1.3%	23.5%
Renault Trucks	276	1.0%	190	1.0%	45.3%	2,102	1.1%	1,116	0.7%	88.4%
Isuzu Trucks	205	0.8%	122	0.7%	68.0%	1,212	0.6%	828	0.5%	46.4%
MAN	204	0.8%	229	1.2%	-10.9%	1,902	1.0%	1,188	0.7%	60.1%
Suzuki	107	0.4%	39	0.2%	174.4%	402	0.2%	161	0.1%	149.7%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	99	0.4%	44	0.2%	125.0%	759	0.4%	490	0.3%	54.9%
INEOS Automotive	94	0.3%	0	0.0%	-%	384	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%
Mitsubishi Fuso	22	0.1%	18	0.1%	22.2%	166	0.1%	127	0.1%	30.7%
Dacia	18	0.1%	17	0.1%	5.9%	141	0.1%	58	0.0%	143.1%
LEVC	1	0.0%	19	0.1%	-94.7%	70	0.0%	195	0.1%	-64.1%
Total	26,990	100.0%	18,722	100.0%	44.2%	196,916	100.0%	163,106	100.0%	20.7%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share		Jan.-Jul.	Share	Jan.-Jul.	Share
Ford	354	49.6%	65	19.3%	444.6%	1,009	31.7%	827	27.9%	22.0%
Mercedes-Benz	133	18.7%	56	16.6%	137.5%	941	29.6%	627	21.2%	50.1%
Maxus	72	10.1%	8	2.4%	800.0%	199	6.3%	139	4.7%	43.2%
Fiat	67	9.4%	47	13.9%	42.6%	549	17.3%	523	17.7%	5.0%
Peugeot	48	6.7%	117	34.7%	-59.0%	226	7.1%	466	15.7%	-51.5%
Iveco	24	3.4%	36	10.7%	-33.3%	126	4.0%	154	5.2%	-18.2%
Citroen	8	1.1%	4	1.2%	100.0%	47	1.5%	84	2.8%	-44.0%
VW	5	0.7%	3	0.9%	66.7%	31	1.0%	45	1.5%	-31.1%
Vauxhall	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	35	1.1%	17	0.6%	105.9%
MAN	1	0.1%	1	0.3%	0.0%	1	0.0%	21	0.7%	-95.2%
Renault	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	8	0.3%	8	0.3%	0.0%
Renault Trucks	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	6	0.2%	18	0.6%	-66.7%
Isuzu Trucks	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	4	0.1%	13	0.4%	-69.2%
Other Imports	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	0	0.0%	17	0.6%	-100.0%
Total	713	100.0%	337	100.0%	111.6%	3,182	100.0%	2,959	100.0%	7.5%

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

Flash report, June 2023

Jul 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 25.8% in June
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on July 5, UK passenger car sales increased 25.8% to 177,266 units in June 2023. Year-to-date sales increased 18.4% with 949,720 cars registered in the first six months of 2023.
June sales for VW increased 30.2% to 15,185 units (8.6% market share), Ford sales increased 49.2% to 14,744 units (8.3% share) while Audi sales increased 59.4% to 12,235 units (6.9% share). BMW sales increased 22.5% to 11,600 units (6.5% share) and Vauxhall sales decreased 0.4% to 9,927 units (5.6% share).
The best-selling cars in June 2023 were Tesla Model Y (5,539 units), Ford Puma (5,453 units), Vauxhall Corsa (4,146 units), Hyundai Tucson (3,588 units) and Nissan Juke (3,256 units).
Compared to last June, gasoline-engine car sales increased 13.5% to 70,367 units (39.7% share), EV increased 39.4% to 31,700 units (17.9% share), gasoline MHEV increased 53.4% to 28,527 units (16.1% share), PHEV increased 65.5% to 12,770 units (7.2% share), HEV increased 40.1% to 20,991 units (11.8% share), diesel MHEV decreased 3.3% to 6,690 units (3.8% share), and diesel-engine car sales decreased 22.3% to 6,221 units (3.5% share).
The June performance marks the 11th consecutive month of growth as the industry gradually overcomes the pandemic-induced supply chain shortage. With waiting times easing and pent-up demand being met, the sector is a rare bright spot in a gloomy economic landscape even though overall market volumes remain below pre-pandemic levels.
In June, private car sales increased 14.8% to 79,798 units (45.0% share), fleet sales increased 37.9% to 92,699 units (52.3% share), and businesses sales increased 12.7% to 4,769 units (2.7% share).
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 31.0% to 34,630 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons increased 3.5% to 538 units while sales of taxis increased 21.1% to 155 units in June.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Jun. 2023	Jun. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jun. 2023	Jan.-Jun. 2022	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		177,266	140,958	25.8%	949,720	802,079	18.4%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	34,630	26,443	31.0%	169,926	144,384	17.7%
	Trucks (Under6t)	538	520	3.5%	2,469	2,622	-5.8%
	Taxi	155	128	21.1%	963	809	19.0%
	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
	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share		Jan.-Jun.	Share	Jan.-Jun.	Share
VW	15,185	8.6%	11,660	8.3%	30.2%	79,621	8.4%	55,894	7.0%	42.4%
Ford	14,744	8.3%	9,879	7.0%	49.2%	72,428	7.6%	60,783	7.6%	19.2%
Audi	12,235	6.9%	7,676	5.4%	59.4%	68,120	7.2%	53,792	6.7%	26.6%
BMW	11,600	6.5%	9,467	6.7%	22.5%	52,275	5.5%	53,517	6.7%	-2.3%
Vauxhall	9,927	5.6%	9,966	7.1%	-0.4%	49,505	5.2%	47,800	6.0%	3.6%
Kia	9,594	5.4%	9,218	6.5%	4.1%	58,760	6.2%	57,455	7.2%	2.3%
Toyota	9,441	5.3%	9,171	6.5%	2.9%	56,045	5.9%	50,256	6.3%	11.5%
Hyundai	8,435	4.8%	7,696	5.5%	9.6%	46,351	4.9%	40,908	5.1%	13.3%
Mercedes-Benz	8,163	4.6%	6,670	4.7%	22.4%	42,780	4.5%	45,818	5.7%	-6.6%
Nissan	7,968	4.5%	5,323	3.8%	49.7%	45,309	4.8%	31,296	3.9%	44.8%
MG	7,607	4.3%	5,378	3.8%	41.4%	39,624	4.2%	25,073	3.1%	58.0%
Tesla	7,533	4.2%	5,604	4.0%	34.4%	26,140	2.8%	21,294	2.7%	22.8%
Skoda	6,359	3.6%	4,667	3.3%	36.3%	34,359	3.6%	22,805	2.8%	50.7%
Peugeot	4,679	2.6%	5,416	3.8%	-13.6%	30,381	3.2%	31,996	4.0%	-5.0%
Land Rover	4,633	2.6%	4,146	2.9%	11.7%	27,857	2.9%	22,905	2.9%	21.6%
Volvo Cars	4,416	2.5%	2,281	1.6%	93.6%	24,877	2.6%	19,184	2.4%	29.7%
Mini	4,182	2.4%	3,785	2.7%	10.5%	22,886	2.4%	22,246	2.8%	2.9%
Renault	4,154	2.3%	2,210	1.6%	88.0%	17,275	1.8%	14,845	1.9%	16.4%
Mazda	2,887	1.6%	1,416	1.0%	103.9%	16,106	1.7%	11,619	1.4%	38.6%
Porsche	2,480	1.4%	1,564	1.1%	58.6%	12,330	1.3%	8,372	1.0%	47.3%
SEAT	2,358	1.3%	2,152	1.5%	9.6%	15,976	1.7%	12,787	1.6%	24.9%
Dacia	2,354	1.3%	2,372	1.7%	-0.8%	15,404	1.6%	12,111	1.5%	27.2%
Honda	2,286	1.3%	1,238	0.9%	84.7%	14,384	1.5%	12,894	1.6%	11.6%
Cupra	2,276	1.3%	1,230	0.9%	85.0%	11,382	1.2%	5,058	0.6%	125.0%
Suzuki	2,044	1.2%	1,761	1.2%	16.1%	12,216	1.3%	9,954	1.2%	22.7%
Lexus	1,811	1.0%	580	0.4%	212.2%	6,715	0.7%	4,866	0.6%	38.0%
Citroen	1,590	0.9%	2,410	1.7%	-34.0%	15,586	1.6%	15,115	1.9%	3.1%
Jaguar	1,466	0.8%	1,159	0.8%	26.5%	6,777	0.7%	6,691	0.8%	1.3%
Fiat	1,191	0.7%	2,111	1.5%	-43.6%	9,381	1.0%	11,393	1.4%	-17.7%
Polestar	1,125	0.6%	553	0.4%	103.4%	6,864	0.7%	2,828	0.4%	142.7%
Jeep	363	0.2%	351	0.2%	3.4%	1,598	0.2%	1,363	0.2%	17.2%
Subaru	299	0.2%	83	0.1%	260.2%	1,095	0.1%	528	0.1%	107.4%
DS	275	0.2%	350	0.2%	-21.4%	1,527	0.2%	1,471	0.2%	3.8%
Genesis	247	0.1%	111	0.1%	122.5%	811	0.1%	299	0.0%	171.2%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	167	0.1%	109	0.1%	53.2%	859	0.1%	774	0.1%	11.0%
INEOS Automotive	152	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	428	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Bentley	116	0.1%	145	0.1%	-20.0%	779	0.1%	897	0.1%	-13.2%
Abarth	114	0.1%	267	0.2%	-57.3%	294	0.0%	986	0.1%	-70.2%
Alfa Romeo	107	0.1%	159	0.1%	-32.7%	704	0.1%	784	0.1%	-10.2%
Maserati	85	0.0%	101	0.1%	-15.8%	544	0.1%	416	0.1%	30.8%
smart	49	0.0%	123	0.1%	-60.2%	178	0.0%	821	0.1%	-78.3%
ORA	38	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	296	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Alpine	31	0.0%	53	0.0%	-41.5%	173	0.0%	171	0.0%	1.2%
BYD	15	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	99	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Maxus	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	8	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Other	261	0.1%	176	0.1%	48.3%	1,698	0.2%	1,146	0.1%	48.2%
Other Imports	223	0.1%	171	0.1%	30.4%	915	0.1%	868	0.1%	5.4%
Total	177,266	100.0%	140,958	100.0%	25.8%	949,720	100.0%	802,079	100.0%	18.4%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share		Jan.-Jun.	Share	Jan.-Jun.	Share
Ford	11,287	32.6%	10,289	38.9%	9.7%	54,341	32.0%	55,884	38.7%	-2.8%
Vauxhall	3,598	10.4%	2,940	11.1%	22.4%	15,742	9.3%	15,640	10.8%	0.7%
Renault	3,282	9.5%	1,427	5.4%	130.0%	14,172	8.3%	4,738	3.3%	199.1%
Peugeot	3,044	8.8%	1,891	7.2%	61.0%	13,036	7.7%	11,658	8.1%	11.8%
Citroen	2,916	8.4%	1,777	6.7%	64.1%	15,209	9.0%	12,765	8.8%	19.1%
VW	2,821	8.1%	2,283	8.6%	23.6%	15,777	9.3%	11,542	8.0%	36.7%
Mercedes-Benz	1,920	5.5%	2,014	7.6%	-4.7%	10,422	6.1%	10,454	7.2%	-0.3%
Toyota	1,553	4.5%	973	3.7%	59.6%	8,925	5.3%	7,167	5.0%	24.5%
Land Rover	609	1.8%	209	0.8%	191.4%	2,973	1.7%	1,004	0.7%	196.1%
Isuzu	569	1.6%	336	1.3%	69.3%	2,602	1.5%	1,994	1.4%	30.5%
Fiat	543	1.6%	578	2.2%	-6.1%	3,502	2.1%	2,788	1.9%	25.6%
Nissan	466	1.3%	319	1.2%	46.1%	2,994	1.8%	1,475	1.0%	103.0%
Maxus	440	1.3%	345	1.3%	27.5%	1,841	1.1%	1,955	1.4%	-5.8%
Iveco	421	1.2%	280	1.1%	50.4%	2,278	1.3%	1,835	1.3%	24.1%
Renault Trucks	350	1.0%	152	0.6%	130.3%	1,826	1.1%	926	0.6%	97.2%
MAN	267	0.8%	245	0.9%	9.0%	1,698	1.0%	959	0.7%	77.1%
Isuzu Trucks	195	0.6%	114	0.4%	71.1%	1,007	0.6%	706	0.5%	42.6%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	101	0.3%	119	0.5%	-15.1%	660	0.4%	446	0.3%	48.0%
Suzuki	93	0.3%	51	0.2%	82.4%	295	0.2%	122	0.1%	141.8%
INEOS Automotive	91	0.3%	0	0.0%	-%	290	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%
Dacia	30	0.1%	13	0.0%	130.8%	123	0.1%	41	0.0%	200.0%
LEVC	21	0.1%	72	0.3%	-70.8%	69	0.0%	176	0.1%	-60.8%
Mitsubishi Fuso	13	0.0%	16	0.1%	-18.8%	144	0.1%	109	0.1%	32.1%
Total	34,630	100.0%	26,443	100.0%	31.0%	169,926	100.0%	144,384	100.0%	17.7%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2023		2022		Y-o-Y	2023		2022		Y-o-Y
	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share		Jan.-Jun.	Share	Jan.-Jun.	Share
Ford	179	33.3%	159	30.6%	12.6%	655	26.5%	762	29.1%	-14.0%
Mercedes-Benz	144	26.8%	66	12.7%	118.2%	808	32.7%	571	21.8%	41.5%
Fiat	89	16.5%	85	16.3%	4.7%	482	19.5%	476	18.2%	1.3%
Peugeot	44	8.2%	50	9.6%	-12.0%	178	7.2%	349	13.3%	-49.0%
Maxus	35	6.5%	103	19.8%	-66.0%	127	5.1%	131	5.0%	-3.1%
Iveco	15	2.8%	27	5.2%	-44.4%	102	4.1%	118	4.5%	-13.6%
VW	14	2.6%	12	2.3%	16.7%	26	1.1%	42	1.6%	-38.1%
Citroen	10	1.9%	5	1.0%	100.0%	39	1.6%	80	3.1%	-51.3%
Vauxhall	4	0.7%	7	1.3%	-42.9%	34	1.4%	17	0.6%	100.0%
Renault	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	50.0%	8	0.3%	8	0.3%	0.0%
Renault Trucks	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%	6	0.2%	18	0.7%	-66.7%
Isuzu Trucks	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	-100.0%	4	0.2%	13	0.5%	-69.2%
MAN	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	-100.0%	0	0.0%	20	0.8%	-100.0%
Other Imports	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	-100.0%	0	0.0%	17	0.6%	-100.0%
Total	538	100.0%	520	100.0%	3.5%	2,469	100.0%	2,622	100.0%	-5.8%

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