UK - Automotive Sales volume, 2024

Flash report, March 2024

Apr 5, 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 10.4% in March
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on April 4, UK passenger car sales increased 10.4% to 317,786 units in March 2024. It was best March since 2019 and 20th consecutive month of growth. Year-to-date sales increased 10.4% with 545,548 cars registered in the first 3 months of 2024.
March sales for VW increased 1.8% to 22,147 units (7.0% market share), Nissan sales increased 21% to 20,559 units (6.5% share) while BMW sales increased 38.7% to 20,065 units (6.3% share).
Mercedes-Benz sales increased 20.4% to 19,794 units (6.2% share), Kia sales decreased 6.2% to 18,478 units (5.8% share).
The best-selling cars in March 2023 were Nissan Qashqai (8,931 units), Ford Puma (8,318 units), Kia Sportage (7,445 units), Nissan Juke (7,346 units) and Audi A3 (6,010 units).
Compared to last March , gasoline-engine car sales increased 9.2% to 177,019 units (55.7% share), EV increased 3.8% to 48,388 units (15.2% share), HEV increased 19.6% to 44,550 units (14.0% share), PHEV increased 36.7% to 24,517 units (7.7% share), and diesel-engine car sales decreased 2.7% to 23,312 units (7.3% share). The biggest percentage growth was recorded by PHEVs.
In March, private car sales decreased 7.7% to 128,472 units (40.4% share), fleet sales increased 29.6% to 181,399 units (57.1% share), and businesses sales decreased 8% to 7,915 units (2.5% share). Overall increase driven by fleet investment with weak confidence constraining private retail demand.
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 11.1% to 52,916 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons increased 46% to 946 units while sales of taxis decreased 18.5% to 256 units in March.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Mar. 2024	Mar. 2023	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Mar. 2024	Jan.-Mar. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		317,786	287,825	10.4%	545,548	494,260	10.4%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	52,916	47,634	11.1%	94,812	87,272	8.6%
	Trucks (Under6t)	946	648	46.0%	1,990	1,245	59.8%
	Taxi	256	314	-18.5%	414	500	-17.2%
	Bus and coach	N/A	N/A	-%	N/A	N/A	-%

Source: SMMT



Registrations of new vehicles by make

Passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2024		2023		Y-o-Y	2024		2023		Y-o-Y
	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share		Jan.-Mar.	Share	Jan.-Mar.	Share
VW	22,147	7.0%	21,747	7.6%	1.8%	41,331	7.6%	40,991	8.3%	0.8%
Nissan	20,559	6.5%	16,994	5.9%	21.0%	33,403	6.1%	25,950	5.3%	28.7%
BMW	20,065	6.3%	14,463	5.0%	38.7%	36,771	6.7%	25,846	5.2%	42.3%
Mercedes-Benz	19,794	6.2%	16,443	5.7%	20.4%	28,543	5.2%	23,683	4.8%	20.5%
Kia	18,478	5.8%	19,703	6.8%	-6.2%	33,084	6.1%	32,255	6.5%	2.6%
Audi	18,454	5.8%	19,039	6.6%	-3.1%	32,462	6.0%	32,698	6.6%	-0.7%
Ford	17,026	5.4%	20,415	7.1%	-16.6%	32,567	6.0%	36,423	7.4%	-10.6%
Toyota	16,886	5.3%	19,253	6.7%	-12.3%	26,193	4.8%	31,748	6.4%	-17.5%
Vauxhall	15,553	4.9%	12,091	4.2%	28.6%	28,664	5.3%	22,854	4.6%	25.4%
Hyundai	13,570	4.3%	13,532	4.7%	0.3%	23,480	4.3%	24,087	4.9%	-2.5%
MG	12,934	4.1%	12,232	4.2%	5.7%	23,138	4.2%	20,679	4.2%	11.9%
Land Rover	12,376	3.9%	11,260	3.9%	9.9%	18,572	3.4%	15,803	3.2%	17.5%
Peugeot	11,944	3.8%	8,715	3.0%	37.1%	21,306	3.9%	15,006	3.0%	42.0%
Skoda	9,982	3.1%	7,492	2.6%	33.2%	18,451	3.4%	17,008	3.4%	8.5%
Renault	8,783	2.8%	3,773	1.3%	132.8%	14,664	2.7%	8,401	1.7%	74.6%
Honda	7,919	2.5%	4,766	1.7%	66.2%	12,182	2.2%	8,274	1.7%	47.2%
Volvo Cars	7,526	2.4%	5,663	2.0%	32.9%	13,623	2.5%	11,915	2.4%	14.3%
Tesla	6,995	2.2%	10,493	3.6%	-33.3%	11,768	2.2%	13,355	2.7%	-11.9%
Mini	6,484	2.0%	7,503	2.6%	-13.6%	12,594	2.3%	12,047	2.4%	4.5%
SEAT	6,041	1.9%	4,868	1.7%	24.1%	11,150	2.0%	9,778	2.0%	14.0%
Suzuki	5,049	1.6%	4,376	1.5%	15.4%	7,676	1.4%	6,901	1.4%	11.2%
Dacia	4,993	1.6%	4,078	1.4%	22.4%	8,325	1.5%	7,577	1.5%	9.9%
Citroen	4,870	1.5%	5,328	1.9%	-8.6%	9,374	1.7%	9,555	1.9%	-1.9%
Jaguar	4,690	1.5%	1,940	0.7%	141.8%	6,759	1.2%	3,278	0.7%	106.2%
Mazda	4,628	1.5%	4,986	1.7%	-7.2%	7,467	1.4%	8,705	1.8%	-14.2%
Cupra	3,982	1.3%	2,952	1.0%	34.9%	6,983	1.3%	5,267	1.1%	32.6%
Fiat	3,387	1.1%	3,369	1.2%	0.5%	5,259	1.0%	5,943	1.2%	-11.5%
Porsche	3,128	1.0%	3,690	1.3%	-15.2%	4,848	0.9%	6,054	1.2%	-19.9%
Lexus	2,758	0.9%	1,450	0.5%	90.2%	3,863	0.7%	2,559	0.5%	51.0%
Jeep	1,609	0.5%	462	0.2%	248.3%	2,489	0.5%	1,022	0.2%	143.5%
Polestar	803	0.3%	1,620	0.6%	-50.4%	1,298	0.2%	3,522	0.7%	-63.1%
BYD	759	0.2%	34	0.0%	2132.4%	1,278	0.2%	34	0.0%	3658.8%
Subaru	641	0.2%	445	0.2%	44.0%	899	0.2%	581	0.1%	54.7%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	385	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	603	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
ORA	310	0.1%	188	0.1%	64.9%	422	0.1%	214	0.0%	97.2%
smart	306	0.1%	42	0.0%	628.6%	531	0.1%	81	0.0%	555.6%
Alfa Romeo	196	0.1%	223	0.1%	-12.1%	329	0.1%	357	0.1%	-7.8%
DS	184	0.1%	337	0.1%	-45.4%	370	0.1%	796	0.2%	-53.5%
Abarth	153	0.0%	62	0.0%	146.8%	282	0.1%	88	0.0%	220.5%
Bentley	147	0.0%	250	0.1%	-41.2%	245	0.0%	413	0.1%	-40.7%
Genesis	141	0.0%	176	0.1%	-19.9%	218	0.0%	361	0.1%	-39.6%
Maserati	91	0.0%	196	0.1%	-53.6%	156	0.0%	317	0.1%	-50.8%
Alpine	90	0.0%	49	0.0%	83.7%	150	0.0%	87	0.0%	72.4%
INEOS Automotive	38	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	70	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Others	545	0.2%	850	0.3%	-35.9%	1,071	0.2%	1,323	0.3%	-19.0%
Other Imports	387	0.1%	277	0.1%	39.7%	637	0.1%	424	0.1%	50.2%
Total	317,786	100.0%	287,825	100.0%	10.4%	545,548	100.0%	494,260	100.0%	10.4%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2024		2023		Y-o-Y	2024		2023		Y-o-Y
	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share		Jan.-Mar.	Share	Jan.-Mar.	Share
Ford	18,132	34.3%	15,710	33.0%	15.4%	29,856	31.5%	28,413	32.6%	5.1%
VW	5,617	10.6%	4,821	10.1%	16.5%	9,842	10.4%	8,764	10.0%	12.3%
Vauxhall	4,354	8.2%	3,800	8.0%	14.6%	8,701	9.2%	7,728	8.9%	12.6%
Citroen	4,258	8.0%	4,419	9.3%	-3.6%	7,826	8.3%	7,546	8.6%	3.7%
Peugeot	3,831	7.2%	3,258	6.8%	17.6%	6,440	6.8%	6,006	6.9%	7.2%
Renault	3,826	7.2%	3,321	7.0%	15.2%	6,377	6.7%	6,859	7.9%	-7.0%
Toyota	2,906	5.5%	2,730	5.7%	6.4%	6,285	6.6%	4,873	5.6%	29.0%
Mercedes-Benz	2,702	5.1%	2,823	5.9%	-4.3%	5,889	6.2%	5,429	6.2%	8.5%
Fiat	1,306	2.5%	1,040	2.2%	25.6%	2,418	2.6%	1,918	2.2%	26.1%
Land Rover	1,267	2.4%	1,061	2.2%	19.4%	1,997	2.1%	1,539	1.8%	29.8%
Nissan	1,253	2.4%	1,212	2.5%	3.4%	2,016	2.1%	1,914	2.2%	5.3%
Isuzu	695	1.3%	787	1.7%	-11.7%	937	1.0%	1,272	1.5%	-26.3%
Iveco	675	1.3%	536	1.1%	25.9%	1,535	1.6%	1,182	1.4%	29.9%
Maxus	581	1.1%	457	1.0%	27.1%	1,832	1.9%	810	0.9%	126.2%
MAN	349	0.7%	552	1.2%	-36.8%	581	0.6%	943	1.1%	-38.4%
Suzuki	326	0.6%	105	0.2%	210.5%	556	0.6%	122	0.1%	355.7%
Renault Trucks	316	0.6%	377	0.8%	-16.2%	783	0.8%	905	1.0%	-13.5%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	244	0.5%	0	0.0%	-%	335	0.4%	0	0.0%	-%
Isuzu Trucks	179	0.3%	238	0.5%	-24.8%	380	0.4%	426	0.5%	-10.8%
INEOS Automotive	34	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	90	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
Mitsubishi Fuso	34	0.1%	56	0.1%	-39.3%	51	0.1%	96	0.1%	-46.9%
Dacia	28	0.1%	22	0.0%	27.3%	78	0.1%	68	0.1%	14.7%
Others	3	0.0%	309	0.6%	-99.0%	7	0.0%	459	0.5%	-98.5%
Total	52,916	100.0%	47,634	100.0%	11.1%	94,812	100.0%	87,272	100.0%	8.6%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2024		2023		Y-o-Y	2024		2023		Y-o-Y
	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share		Jan.-Mar.	Share	Jan.-Mar.	Share
Ford	277	29.3%	158	24.4%	75.3%	560	28.1%	282	22.7%	98.6%
Fiat	246	26.0%	120	18.5%	105.0%	455	22.9%	265	21.3%	71.7%
Mercedes-Benz	177	18.7%	255	39.4%	-30.6%	389	19.5%	434	34.9%	-10.4%
Peugeot	134	14.2%	39	6.0%	243.6%	243	12.2%	86	6.9%	182.6%
Iveco	29	3.1%	18	2.8%	61.1%	144	7.2%	58	4.7%	148.3%
MAN	20	2.1%	0	0.0%	-%	61	3.1%	0	0.0%	-%
Citroen	19	2.0%	8	1.2%	137.5%	41	2.1%	22	1.8%	86.4%
VW	17	1.8%	3	0.5%	466.7%	25	1.3%	5	0.4%	400.0%
Maxus	13	1.4%	34	5.2%	-61.8%	24	1.2%	58	4.7%	-58.6%
Others	14	1.5%	13	2.0%	7.7%	48	2.4%	35	2.8%	37.1%
Total	946	100.0%	648	100.0%	46.0%	1,990	100.0%	1,245	100.0%	59.8%

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

Flash report, February 2024

Mar 6, 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 14% in February
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on March 5, UK passenger car sales increased 14% to 84,886 units in February 2024.
Year-to-date sales increased 10.3% with 227,762 cars registered in the first 2 months of 2024.
February sales for VW increased 13.3% to 7,724 units (9.1% market share), BMW sales increased 65.5% to 5,911 units (7.0% share) while Ford sales decreased 14.7% to 5,845 units (6.9% share). Audi sales increased 11.8% to 5,176 units (6.1% share), Vauxhall sales decreased 13.2% to 4,784 units (5.6% share).
The best-selling cars in February 2024 were Ford Puma (2,535 units), VW Golf (2,203 units), VW T-Roc (1,986 units), Kia Sportage (1,948 units) and Audi A3 (1,835 units).
Compared to last February, gasoline-engine car sales increased 13.3% to 48,001 units (56.6% share), EV increased 21.8% to 14,991 units (17.7% share), HEV increased 12.1% to 10,801 units (12.7% share), PHEV increased 29.1% to 6,098 units (7.2% share), and diesel-engine car sales decreased 7.4% to 4,995 units (5.9% share).
In February , private car sales decreased 2.6% to 28,630 units (33.7% share), fleet sales increased 25.2% to 54,740 units (64.5% share), and businesses sales increased 15.5% to 1,516 units (1.8% share).
In February, the UK new car market has recorded its best February performance for two decades as registrations. It was the 19th month of consecutive growth. Fleets and businesses were responsible for the entirety of February’s increase.
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 2.2% to 17,934 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons increased 53.4% to 523 units while sales of taxis increased 31% to 55 units in February.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Feb. 2024	Feb. 2023	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Feb. 2024	Jan.-Feb. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		84,886	74,441	14.0%	227,762	206,435	10.3%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	17,934	17,540	2.2%	41,896	39,638	5.7%
	Trucks (Under6t)	523	341	53.4%	1,044	597	74.9%
	Taxi	55	42	31.0%	158	186	-15.1%
	Bus and coach	N/A	N/A	-%	N/A	N/A	-%

Source: SMMT



Registrations of new vehicles by make

Passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2024		2023		Y-o-Y	2024		2023		Y-o-Y
	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share		Jan.-Feb.	Share	Jan.-Feb.	Share
VW	7,724	9.1%	6,817	9.2%	13.3%	19,184	8.4%	19,244	9.3%	-0.3%
BMW	5,911	7.0%	3,571	4.8%	65.5%	16,706	7.3%	11,383	5.5%	46.8%
Ford	5,845	6.9%	6,852	9.2%	-14.7%	15,541	6.8%	16,008	7.8%	-2.9%
Audi	5,176	6.1%	4,631	6.2%	11.8%	14,008	6.2%	13,659	6.6%	2.6%
Vauxhall	4,784	5.6%	5,513	7.4%	-13.2%	13,111	5.8%	10,763	5.2%	21.8%
Kia	4,399	5.2%	3,538	4.8%	24.3%	14,606	6.4%	12,552	6.1%	16.4%
Nissan	4,205	5.0%	3,285	4.4%	28.0%	12,844	5.6%	8,956	4.3%	43.4%
Hyundai	3,719	4.4%	4,318	5.8%	-13.9%	9,910	4.4%	10,555	5.1%	-6.1%
Skoda	3,538	4.2%	3,983	5.4%	-11.2%	8,469	3.7%	9,516	4.6%	-11.0%
MG	3,493	4.1%	1,014	1.4%	244.5%	10,204	4.5%	8,447	4.1%	20.8%
Peugeot	3,329	3.9%	2,599	3.5%	28.1%	9,362	4.1%	6,291	3.0%	48.8%
Mercedes-Benz	3,254	3.8%	2,210	3.0%	47.2%	8,749	3.8%	7,240	3.5%	20.8%
Toyota	3,196	3.8%	3,889	5.2%	-17.8%	9,307	4.1%	12,495	6.1%	-25.5%
Tesla	3,192	3.8%	2,283	3.1%	39.8%	4,773	2.1%	2,862	1.4%	66.8%
SEAT	2,378	2.8%	1,670	2.2%	42.4%	5,109	2.2%	4,910	2.4%	4.1%
Mini	2,366	2.8%	1,810	2.4%	30.7%	6,110	2.7%	4,544	2.2%	34.5%
Volvo Cars	2,216	2.6%	1,938	2.6%	14.3%	6,097	2.7%	6,252	3.0%	-2.5%
Citroen	2,165	2.6%	1,830	2.5%	18.3%	4,504	2.0%	4,227	2.0%	6.6%
Renault	2,063	2.4%	1,604	2.2%	28.6%	5,881	2.6%	4,628	2.2%	27.1%
Honda	1,852	2.2%	1,183	1.6%	56.6%	4,263	1.9%	3,508	1.7%	21.5%
Land Rover	1,517	1.8%	1,358	1.8%	11.7%	6,196	2.7%	4,543	2.2%	36.4%
Dacia	1,245	1.5%	1,589	2.1%	-21.6%	3,332	1.5%	3,499	1.7%	-4.8%
Cupra	1,183	1.4%	809	1.1%	46.2%	3,001	1.3%	2,315	1.1%	29.6%
Suzuki	1,081	1.3%	1,035	1.4%	4.4%	2,627	1.2%	2,525	1.2%	4.0%
Mazda	874	1.0%	1,172	1.6%	-25.4%	2,839	1.2%	3,719	1.8%	-23.7%
Fiat	775	0.9%	811	1.1%	-4.4%	1,872	0.8%	2,574	1.2%	-27.3%
Jaguar	738	0.9%	312	0.4%	136.5%	2,069	0.9%	1,338	0.6%	54.6%
Porsche	528	0.6%	567	0.8%	-6.9%	1,720	0.8%	2,364	1.1%	-27.2%
Lexus	416	0.5%	351	0.5%	18.5%	1,105	0.5%	1,109	0.5%	-0.4%
Jeep	368	0.4%	225	0.3%	63.6%	880	0.4%	560	0.3%	57.1%
BYD	271	0.3%	0	0.0%	-%	519	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%
Polestar	259	0.3%	987	1.3%	-73.8%	495	0.2%	1,902	0.9%	-74.0%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	134	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%	218	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
smart	78	0.1%	5	0.0%	1460.0%	225	0.1%	39	0.0%	476.9%
DS	78	0.1%	205	0.3%	-62.0%	186	0.1%	459	0.2%	-59.5%
Subaru	65	0.1%	37	0.0%	75.7%	258	0.1%	136	0.1%	89.7%
Alfa Romeo	60	0.1%	61	0.1%	-1.6%	133	0.1%	134	0.1%	-0.7%
Abarth	59	0.1%	15	0.0%	293.3%	129	0.1%	26	0.0%	396.2%
ORA	56	0.1%	13	0.0%	330.8%	112	0.0%	26	0.0%	330.8%
Fisker	53	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%	197	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
Alpine	19	0.0%	12	0.0%	58.3%	60	0.0%	38	0.0%	57.9%
Bentley	16	0.0%	41	0.1%	-61.0%	98	0.0%	163	0.1%	-39.9%
Genesis	15	0.0%	64	0.1%	-76.6%	77	0.0%	185	0.1%	-58.4%
Maserati	13	0.0%	29	0.0%	-55.2%	65	0.0%	121	0.1%	-46.3%
Others	97	0.1%	154	0.2%	-37.0%	361	0.2%	473	0.2%	-23.7%
Other Imports	83	0.1%	51	0.1%	62.7%	250	0.1%	147	0.1%	70.1%
Total	84,886	100.0%	74,441	100.0%	14.0%	227,762	100.0%	206,435	100.0%	10.3%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2024		2023		Y-o-Y	2024		2023		Y-o-Y
	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share		Jan.-Feb.	Share	Jan.-Feb.	Share
Ford	4,882	27.2%	6,087	34.7%	-19.8%	11,724	28.0%	12,703	32.0%	-7.7%
Vauxhall	1,947	10.9%	1,951	11.1%	-0.2%	4,347	10.4%	3,928	9.9%	10.7%
Mercedes-Benz	1,627	9.1%	1,071	6.1%	51.9%	3,187	7.6%	2,606	6.6%	22.3%
Citroen	1,563	8.7%	1,416	8.1%	10.4%	3,568	8.5%	3,127	7.9%	14.1%
Toyota	1,474	8.2%	884	5.0%	66.7%	3,379	8.1%	2,143	5.4%	57.7%
VW	1,314	7.3%	1,352	7.7%	-2.8%	4,225	10.1%	3,943	9.9%	7.2%
Peugeot	1,115	6.2%	1,186	6.8%	-6.0%	2,609	6.2%	2,748	6.9%	-5.1%
Renault	1,098	6.1%	1,667	9.5%	-34.1%	2,551	6.1%	3,538	8.9%	-27.9%
Maxus	787	4.4%	190	1.1%	314.2%	1,251	3.0%	353	0.9%	254.4%
Fiat	499	2.8%	301	1.7%	65.8%	1,112	2.7%	878	2.2%	26.7%
Iveco	408	2.3%	350	2.0%	16.6%	860	2.1%	646	1.6%	33.1%
Nissan	334	1.9%	234	1.3%	42.7%	763	1.8%	702	1.8%	8.7%
Renault Trucks	217	1.2%	261	1.5%	-16.9%	467	1.1%	528	1.3%	-11.6%
Land Rover	170	0.9%	116	0.7%	46.6%	730	1.7%	478	1.2%	52.7%
Isuzu	143	0.8%	188	1.1%	-23.9%	242	0.6%	485	1.2%	-50.1%
MAN	94	0.5%	131	0.7%	-28.2%	232	0.6%	391	1.0%	-40.7%
Suzuki	75	0.4%	6	0.0%	1150.0%	230	0.5%	17	0.0%	1252.9%
Isuzu Trucks	75	0.4%	83	0.5%	-9.6%	201	0.5%	188	0.5%	6.9%
INEOS Automotive	55	0.3%	0	0.0%	-%	56	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	28	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%	91	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%
Dacia	25	0.1%	20	0.1%	25.0%	50	0.1%	46	0.1%	8.7%
Others	4	0.0%	46	0.3%	-91.3%	21	0.1%	190	0.5%	-88.9%
Total	17,934	100.0%	17,540	100.0%	2.2%	41,896	100.0%	39,638	100.0%	5.7%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2024		2023		Y-o-Y	2024		2023		Y-o-Y
	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share		Jan.-Feb.	Share	Jan.-Feb.	Share
Fiat	131	25.0%	80	23.5%	63.8%	209	20.0%	145	24.3%	44.1%
Ford	108	20.7%	74	21.7%	45.9%	283	27.1%	124	20.8%	128.2%
Mercedes-Benz	106	20.3%	119	34.9%	-10.9%	212	20.3%	179	30.0%	18.4%
Iveco	68	13.0%	16	4.7%	325.0%	115	11.0%	40	6.7%	187.5%
Peugeot	52	9.9%	19	5.6%	173.7%	109	10.4%	47	7.9%	131.9%
Citroen	18	3.4%	12	3.5%	50.0%	22	2.1%	14	2.3%	57.1%
MAN	16	3.1%	0	0.0%	-%	41	3.9%	0	0.0%	-%
Vauxhall	13	2.5%	5	1.5%	160.0%	29	2.8%	19	3.2%	52.6%
Others	11	2.1%	16	4.7%	-31.3%	24	2.3%	29	4.9%	-17.2%
Total	523	100.0%	341	100.0%	53.4%	1,044	100.0%	597	100.0%	74.9%

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

Flash report, January 2024

Feb 6, 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 8.2% in January
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on February 5, UK passenger car sales increased 8.2% to 142,876 units in January 2024.
January sales for VW decreased 7.8% to 11,460 units (8.0% market share), BMW increased 38.2% to 10,795 units (7.6% market share), Kia sales increased 13.2% to 10,207 units (7.1% share) while Ford sales increased 5.9% to 9,696 units (6.8% share) and Audi sales decreased 2.2% to 8,832 units (6.2% share).
The best-selling cars in January 2024 were Kia Sportage (4,239 units), Ford Puma (4,201 units), Nissan Qashqai (4,008 units), MG HS (3,413 units) and BMW 1 Series (3,204 units).
Compared to last January , gasoline-engine car sales increased 7.5% to 81,905 units (57.3% share), EV increased 21% to 20,935 units (14.7% share), HEV decreased 1.2% to 18,744 units (13.1% share), PHEV increased 31.1% to 11,944 units (8.4% share), and diesel-engine car sales decreased 10.1% to 9,348 units (6.5% share).
In January, private car sales decreased 15.8% to 50,244 units (35.2% share), fleet sales increased 29.9% to 90,314 units (63.2% share), and businesses sales decreased 17.7% to 2,318 units (1.6% share).
Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons increased 8.4% to 23,962 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons increased 103.5% to 521 units while sales of taxis decreased 28.5% to 103 units in January.
January 2024 saw the best performance for the month since 2020 and the 18th consecutive month of growth. The increase was driven entirely by the fleet market, which rose by 29.9%.
The latest 2024 outlook for the new car market estimates a total overall volume of 1.974 million units, which is a 4,000 unit increase on the October estimate, but with the BEV forecast reduced to a market share of 21.0% over the year compared with 22.3% anticipated in October.

Registration of new vehicles by type

Vehicle type		Jan. 2024	Jan. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars		142,876	131,994	8.2%
Commercial vehicles	Vans	23,962	22,098	8.4%
	Trucks (Under6t )	521	256	103.5%
	Taxi	103	144	-28.5%
	Bus and coach	N/A	N/A	-%

Source: SMMT



Registrations of new vehicles by make

Passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2024		2023		Y-o-Y
	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share
VW	11,460	8.0%	12,427	9.4%	-7.8%
BMW	10,795	7.6%	7,812	5.9%	38.2%
Kia	10,207	7.1%	9,014	6.8%	13.2%
Ford	9,696	6.8%	9,156	6.9%	5.9%
Audi	8,832	6.2%	9,028	6.8%	-2.2%
Nissan	8,639	6.0%	5,671	4.3%	52.3%
Vauxhall	8,327	5.8%	5,250	4.0%	58.6%
MG	6,711	4.7%	7,433	5.6%	-9.7%
Hyundai	6,191	4.3%	6,237	4.7%	-0.7%
Toyota	6,111	4.3%	8,606	6.5%	-29.0%
Peugeot	6,033	4.2%	3,692	2.8%	63.4%
Mercedes-Benz	5,495	3.8%	5,030	3.8%	9.2%
Skoda	4,931	3.5%	5,533	4.2%	-10.9%
Land Rover	4,679	3.3%	3,185	2.4%	46.9%
Volvo Cars	3,881	2.7%	4,314	3.3%	-10.0%
Renault	3,818	2.7%	3,024	2.3%	26.3%
Mini	3,744	2.6%	2,734	2.1%	36.9%
SEAT	2,731	1.9%	3,240	2.5%	-15.7%
Honda	2,411	1.7%	2,325	1.8%	3.7%
Citroen	2,339	1.6%	2,397	1.8%	-2.4%
Dacia	2,087	1.5%	1,910	1.4%	9.3%
Mazda	1,965	1.4%	2,547	1.9%	-22.9%
Cupra	1,818	1.3%	1,506	1.1%	20.7%
Tesla	1,581	1.1%	579	0.4%	173.1%
Suzuki	1,546	1.1%	1,490	1.1%	3.8%
Jaguar	1,331	0.9%	1,026	0.8%	29.7%
Porsche	1,192	0.8%	1,797	1.4%	-33.7%
Fiat	1,097	0.8%	1,763	1.3%	-37.8%
Lexus	689	0.5%	758	0.6%	-9.1%
Jeep	512	0.4%	335	0.3%	52.8%
BYD	248	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%
Polestar	236	0.2%	915	0.7%	-74.2%
Subaru	193	0.1%	99	0.1%	94.9%
smart	147	0.1%	34	0.0%	332.4%
Fisker	144	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
DS	108	0.1%	254	0.2%	-57.5%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	84	0.1%	105	0.1%	-20.0%
Bentley	82	0.1%	122	0.1%	-32.8%
Alfa Romeo	73	0.1%	73	0.1%	0.0%
Abarth	70	0.0%	11	0.0%	536.4%
Genesis	62	0.0%	121	0.1%	-48.8%
ORA	56	0.0%	13	0.0%	330.8%
Maserati	52	0.0%	92	0.1%	-43.5%
Alpine	41	0.0%	26	0.0%	57.7%
INEOS Automotive	24	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Others	240	0.2%	214	0.2%	12.1%
Other Imports	167	0.1%	96	0.1%	74.0%
Total	142,876	100.0%	131,994	100.0%	8.2%

Vans (Light Commercial Vehicles) (<3.5t)

Maker/Brand	2024		2023		Y-o-Y
	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share
Ford	6,842	28.6%	6,616	29.9%	3.4%
VW	2,911	12.1%	2,591	11.7%	12.4%
Vauxhall	2,400	10.0%	1,977	8.9%	21.4%
Citroen	2,005	8.4%	1,711	7.7%	17.2%
Toyota	1,905	8.0%	1,259	5.7%	51.3%
Mercedes-Benz	1,560	6.5%	1,535	6.9%	1.6%
Peugeot	1,494	6.2%	1,562	7.1%	-4.4%
Renault	1,453	6.1%	1,871	8.5%	-22.3%
Fiat	613	2.6%	577	2.6%	6.2%
Land Rover	560	2.3%	362	1.6%	54.7%
Maxus	464	1.9%	163	0.7%	184.7%
Iveco	452	1.9%	296	1.3%	52.7%
Nissan	429	1.8%	468	2.1%	-8.3%
Renault Trucks	250	1.0%	267	1.2%	-6.4%
Suzuki	155	0.6%	11	0.0%	1309.1%
MAN	138	0.6%	260	1.2%	-46.9%
Isuzu Trucks	126	0.5%	105	0.5%	20.0%
Isuzu	99	0.4%	297	1.3%	-66.7%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	63	0.3%	90	0.4%	-30.0%
Dacia	25	0.1%	26	0.1%	-3.8%
Mitsubishi Fuso	13	0.1%	22	0.1%	-40.9%
Others	5	0.0%	32	0.1%	-84.4%
Total	23,962	100.0%	22,098	100.0%	8.4%

Trucks (3.5t-6.0t)

Maker/Brand	2024		2023		Y-o-Y
	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share
Ford	175	33.6%	50	19.5%	250.0%
Mercedes-Benz	106	20.3%	60	23.4%	76.7%
Fiat	78	15.0%	65	25.4%	20.0%
Peugeot	57	10.9%	28	10.9%	103.6%
Iveco	47	9.0%	24	9.4%	95.8%
MAN	25	4.8%	0	0.0%	-%
Vauxhall	16	3.1%	14	5.5%	14.3%
Others	17	3.3%	15	5.9%	13.3%
Total	521	100.0%	256	100.0%	103.5%

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