After Brexit: British Auto Brand Sales In The United Kingdom In 2016

Jaguar and Land Rover are owned by Tata. Mini and Rolls-Royce are in BMW's hands. Bentley belongs to Volkswagen. Vauxhall is a General Motors outlet.

You get the picture. The "British" auto industry of 2016 has very little to do with specific "British" auto bands and everything to do with a large number of automakers, including Nissan, Toyota, General Motors, and Honda.

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Nevertheless, there remains a unique Britishness when it comes to a consumer considering the purchase of a new Bentley or Aston Martin. 

With the UK's Brexit vote ending in a Leave result – the United Kingdom has chosen to leave the European Union – we thought there was no time like the present to look at the UK sales performance of traditional British brands in their homeland. 

For perspective, we've also added the market share achieved by these very same brands in the United States. U.S. figures for Aston Martin and Lotus are estimates from Automotive News. "Other British" is a classification our source, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, uses to refer, presumably, to UK sales of other niche British brands, including Rolls-Royce.

For the record, Ford UK sold 52,476 copies of the best-selling Fiesta in the first five months of 2016.

Auto Brand	5 Months 2016  UK Sales	% Change	UK YTD  Market Share	U.S. YTD  Market Share
Aston Martin	382	-5.2%	0.04%	0.01%
Bentley	773	32.4%	0.07%	0.01%
Jaguar	13,675	78.0%	1.17%	0.12%
Land Rover	36,890	18.5%	3.2%	0.43%
Lotus	131	-14.4%	0.01%	0.01%
MG	1560	8.6%	0.13%	---
Mini	25,245	4.6%	2.17%	0.28%
Vauxhall	107,369	-4.5%	9.22%	---
Other British	347	7.4%	0.03%	---
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Total British	186,372	4.56%	16.0%	0.85%
Total UK Market	1,164,870	4.09%	---	---

Source: SMMT, Automakers & ANDC

November 2012 United Kingdom Auto Sales By Brand

New car registrations in the United Kingdom rose 11% in November 2012. Ford remained on top with more than 21,000 sales and 14.2% of the market.

Six Volkswagen Group brands together owned one-fifth of the market. Audi's year-to-date lead over BMW shrunk to just 1481 units. Audi was 3842 sales ahead of BMW at the end of August.

Through the first eleven months of 2012, fewer than one-third of the brands in this table suffered year-over-year declines. Saab, Lotus, Proton, Maserati, and Perodua barely count. Aston Martin's 103-unit drop attracts attention, not because Aston Martin is such a mainstream brand, but because it's a British brand competing in its home market, a market that favours British brands.

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Strange as it may sound to North American buyers, Mini outsold Honda in the United Kingdom in November. Land Rover did, too. Jaguar outsells Lexus by a 1.6-to-1 count. And Volkswagen-owned Bentley? With 0.07% of the UK new car market in November, Bentley's obviously a niche brand. But Bentley owned just 0.02% of the American new vehicle market last month. That says something about the love of Bentley in Britain.

43 brands are ranked by November 2012 UK sales volume in the table below. GoodCarBadCar ranked the UK's 10 best-selling cars earlier this morning.

Rank	Automaker	November 2012	%  Change	Year To Date	YTD  % Change
#1	Ford	21,152	+ 16.9%	266,261	+ 6.0%
#2	Vauxhall	18,262	+ 23.3%	215,983	- 1.4%
#3	Volkswagen	13,247	+ 0.5%	173,447	+ 2.8%
#4	BMW	9704	+ 3.3%	117,355	+ 7.6%
#5	Audi	8214	+ 8.3%	118,836	+ 10.6%
#6	Nissan	7678	+ 11.1%	99,394	+ 9.9%
#7	Peugeot	6696	+ 8.1%	94,729	+ 4.9%
#8	Mercedes-Benz	6671	+ 9.9%	86,594	+ 12.4%
#9	Toyota	6346	+ 19.3%	80,414	+ 18.1%
#10	Hyundai	5754	+ 63.9%	68,734	+ 19.6%
#11	Citroen	5435	+ 12.9%	69,721	+ 8.2%
#12	Kia	5003	+ 39.7%	62,739	+ 22.8%
#13	Mini	4424	+ 0.3%	46,825	+ 2.1%
#14	Skoda	4122	+ 40.1%	50,403	+ 19.5%
#15	Land Rover	3782	+ 19.6%	46,094	+ 32.1%
#16	Renault	3387	- 19.4%	37,027	- 42.1%
#17	Honda	3381	- 12.5%	50,877	+ 5.3%
#18	Fiat	2907	+ 22.8%	46,647	+ 18.4%
#19	Seat	2705	+ 6.6%	35,999	+ 7.1%
#20	Volvo	2460	- 1.2%	29,760	- 2.9%
#21	Suzuki	1431	+ 7.1%	23,329	+ 22.3%
#22	Mazda	1292	- 5.1%	25,213	- 14.8%
#23	Jaguar	1071	+ 15.9%	13,055	+ 0.6%
#24	Chevrolet	780	- 18.1%	13,040	+ 10.3%
#25	Porsche	643	+ 22.9%	7237	+ 27.8%
#26	smart	553	+ 73.9%	5102	+ 8.4%
#27	Lexus	443	- 49.3%	8014	+ 5.6%
#28	Mitsubishi	384	- 21.8%	5814	- 38.0%
#29	Alfa Romeo	321	- 53.4%	6963	- 36.4%
#30	Jeep	175	+ 23.2%	2186	+ 13.1%
#31	Abarth	115	+ 102%	1172	- 3.4%
#32	Bentley	109	+ 67.7%	1184	+ 20.1%
#33	Chrysler	107	- 54.3%	3198	+ 198%
#34	Subaru	83	- 42.0%	1931	- 22.5%
T35	Ssangyong	55	- 23.6%	810	+ 466%
T35	Infiniti	55	- 19.1%	488	+ 40.2%
#37	Aston Martin	50	- 19.4%	868	- 10.6%
#38	Perodua	29	- 6.5%	394	- 24.5%
#39	Maserati	22	- 4.3%	295	- 20.3%
#40	MG	21	+ 200%	689	+ 177%
#41	Proton	5	- 83.3%	207	- 51.3%
#42	Lotus	1	- 97.4%	123	- 61.4%
#43	Saab	1	- 95.8%	232	- 94.4%
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	Volkswagen Group	29,040	+ 8.2%	387,106	+ 7.9%
	Ford Motor Company	21,152	+ 16.9%	266,261	+ 6.0%
	General Motors	19,042	+ 20.8%	229,023	- 0.7%
	BMW-Mini	14,128	+ 2.3%	164,180	+ 5.9%
	PSA Peugeot & Citroen	12,131	+ 10.2%	164,450	+ 6.2%
	RNA Renault, Nissan & Infiniti	11,120	- 0.5%	136,909	- 11.5%
	Hyundai-Kia	10,757	+ 51.7%	131,473	+ 21.1%
	Daimler AG	7224	+ 13.1%	91,696	+ 12.1%
	Toyota UK	6789	+ 9.6%	88,428	+ 16.8%
	Jaguar-Land Rover	4853	+ 18.8%	59,149	+ 23.6%
	Fiat Group & Chrysler-Jeep	3647	+ 3.8%	60,461	+ 10.0%
	Honda	3381	- 12.5%	50,877	+ 5.3%
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---	Total	149,191	+ 11.3%	1,921,052	+ 5.4%

Source: Automakers & SMMT

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November 2012 Top 10 Best-Selling Cars In The United Kingdom

Clear and bright like a winter's day in Dover Denver, Colorado, is the obvious way in which the United Kingdom's new vehicle market bears no resemblance to the North American market. The Ford Fiesta is the UK's best-selling car this year, as it was last year, but in the United States, the Fiesta is the 72nd-best-selling vehicle.

Need more evidence? Consider the fact that three of the nameplates on this list of the UK's 10 best-selling cars in November aren't even available in North America. 

Ford UK also sells a three-door Fiesta but doesn't sell the ugly Fiesta sedan. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is still available as a wagon, or rather an estate, in the United Kingdom. 

All of these cars can (and regularly are) purchased with diesel powerplants. And of the seven nameplates on this list which are on sale in North America, only one is sold here with a diesel engine: the Volkswagen Golf.

Monthly & Yearly North American Ford Fiesta Sales Figures

Of course, the Golf, sales of which rose 5% to 5165 units in November, can be had in the UK with a 168-horsepower diesel. In North America, diesel bhp tops out at 140. The Golf is America's 90th-best-selling vehicle, trailing the Mini, Fiat 500, Dodge Challenger, BMW X5, and Toyota Venza. 

This list presents the 10 most popular cars in the United Kingdom from November 2012. Just as many of these cars posted huge year-over-year gains last month, the SMMT says the UK's overall market posted a 11.3% increase in November and is up 5.4% to 1.9 million sales through the first eleven months of 2012.

Rank	Best-Selling Car	November 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Ford Focus	7495	+ 52.6%	77,850	+ 0.08%
#2	Ford Fiesta	7483	+ 20.8%	104,288	+ 15.0%
#3	Vauxhall Corsa	6164	+ 17.8%	84,924	+ 17.1%
#4	Volkswagen Golf	5165	+ 4.9%	59,465	+ 2.2%
#5	Vauxhall Astra	5032	+ 11.4%	57,911	+ 0.3%
#6	Nissan Qashqai	3403	+ 3.9%	42,835	+ 16.3%
#7	BMW 3-Series	3238	+ 11.7%	41,340	+ 2.8%
#8	BMW 1-Series	3135	n/a	31,292	n/a
#9	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	2901	+ 14.2%	35,328	n/a
#10	Mini	2787	n/a	n/a	n/a

Source: Manufacturers, MTI & SMMT
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales 
* Mini refers to non-Countryman Minis. Mini UK sold 1637 Countrymans in November.

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October 2012 United Kingdom Auto Sales By Brand

The SMMT says the UK auto industry recorded a 12% improvement in new vehicle sales in October 2012. Ford, Vauxhall, Audi, Nissan, Hyundai, Citroen, Kia, Skoda, Mini, and Fiat were the major brands which posted above-average year-over-year sales improvements. Through the first ten months of 2012, the UK market is up 5%. Twelve of the 15 leading brands have grown at a rate better than the overall industry. 

If many of the UK's top brands are selling so much better than they were last year, why has growth been moderate? For one thing, at Vauxhall, the United Kingdom's second-ranked brand, sales have fallen by 6400 units. But lower-volume mainstream brands like Renault and Mazda, as well as semi-premium players like Volvo and Alfa Romeo, have been a real drag on the overall market's growth.

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The shrinking Renault lineup has generated a 26,059-unit decline. Mazda is down by 4302 sales. Volvo's 866-unit drop wasn't quite as meaningful but has still brought the Swedes down by 3.1%. Alfa's 3624-unit is dreadful for a brand which only sold 10,266 cars in the first ten months of 2011, but Alfa has very little with which to compete.

GoodCarBadCar has already published a list of October's 10 best-selling cars in the United Kingdom. Two-thirds of the Fords sold in the UK last month were Fiestas and Foci. Two-thirds of the Vauxhalls sold were Corsas and Astras. 52% of the Volkswagens sold were Golfs and Polos. And 72% of the BMWs sold were of the 3-Series and 1-Series variety. And the Qashqai represents half of all Nissan UK sales in October.

Brand rankings are in the table below. Click the market share chart for a larger view; it offers a different look at the industry, one which shows the VW Group collecting one out of every five UK new vehicle sales in October.

Rank	Automaker	October 2012	%  Change	Year To Date	YTD  % Change
#1	Ford	20,740	+ 12.3%	245,109	+ 5.2%
#2	Vauxhall	18,023	+ 12.6%	197,721	- 3.1%
#3	Volkswagen	13,480	+ 11.3%	160,200	+ 3.0%
#4	BMW	9959	+ 10.8%	107,651	+ 8.0%
#5	Audi	9232	+ 21.8%	110,622	+ 10.7%
#6	Nissan	7197	+ 12.7%	91,716	+ 9.7%
#7	Peugeot	6888	+ 10.2%	88,033	+ 4.6%
#8	Hyundai	6861	+ 40.7%	62,980	+ 16.7%
#9	Mercedes-Benz	6522	+ 10.2%	79,923	+ 12.6%
#10	Citroen	5888	+ 26.5%	64,286	+ 7.8%
#11	Toyota	5179	+ 11.3%	74,068	+ 18.0%
#12	Kia	4837	+ 13.2%	57,736	+ 21.5%
#13	Skoda	4759	+ 61.7%	46,281	+ 17.9%
#14	Mini	4265	+ 29.2%	42,401	+ 2.3%
#15	Fiat	3960	+ 39.0%	43,740	+ 18.1%
#16	Land Rover	3465	+ 13.8%	42,312	+ 33.4%
#17	Honda	3352	- 31.4%	47,496	+ 6.8%
#18	Renault	3271	- 48.6%	33,640	- 43.7%
#19	Volvo	3050	+ 48.7%	27,300	- 3.1%
#20	Seat	2851	+ 29.4%	33,294	+ 7.2%
#21	Mazda	1208	+ 4.8%	23,921	- 15.2%
#22	Suzuki	934	+ 18.8%	21,898	+ 23.5%
#23	Jaguar	845	+ 18.5%	11,984	- 0.5%
#24	Porsche	636	+ 16.7%	6594	+ 28.3%
#25	Chevrolet	568	- 28.5%	12,260	+ 12.8%
#26	Alfa Romeo	527	- 33.0%	6642	- 35.3%
#27	smart	510	+ 40.9%	4549	+ 3.6%
#28	Lexus	504	- 8.5%	7571	+ 12.8%
#29	Mitsubishi	473	- 5.4%	5430	- 38.9%
#30	Jeep	339	+ 178%	2011	+ 12.3%
#31	Chrysler	159	+ 288%	3091	+ 268%
#32	Abarth	118	+ 66.2%	1057	- 8.6%
#33	Subaru	103	- 41.5%	1848	- 21.4%
#34	Bentley	98	+ 40.0%	1075	+ 16.7%
#35	Aston Martin	80	+ 40.4%	818	- 10.0%
#36	Ssangyong	67	+ 71.8%	755	+ 963%
#37	Infiniti	59	+ 5.4%	433	+ 54.6%
#38	MG	37	+ 147%	668	+ 176%
#39	Maserati	33	- 8.3%	273	- 21.3%
#40	Perodua	22	- 47.6%	365	- 25.7%
#41	Saab	16	- 73.3%	231	- 94.4%
#42	Proton	5	- 75.0%	202	- 48.9%
#43	Lotus	2	- 50.0%	122	- 56.6%
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	Volkswagen Group	31,056	+ 22.0%	358,066	+ 7.9%
	Ford Motor Company	20,740	+ 12.3%	245,109	+ 5.2%
	General Motors	18,591	+ 10.6%	209981	- 2.3%
	BMW-Mini	14,224	+ 15.8%	150,052	+ 6.3%
	PSA Peugeot & Citroen	12,776	+ 17.1%	152,319	+ 5.9%
	RNA Renault, Nissan & Infiniti	10,527	- 17.8%	125,789	- 12.4%
	Hyundai-Kia	11,698	+ 27.9%	120,716	+ 18.9%
	Daimler AG	7032	+ 12.0%	84,472	+ 12.1%
	Toyota UK	5683	+ 9.2%	81,639	+ 17.5%
	Fiat Group & Chrysler-Jeep	5136	+ 31.5%	56,814	51,440
	Jaguar-Land Rover	4310	+ 14.7%	54,296	+ 24.0%
	Honda	3352	- 31.4%	47,496	+ 6.8%
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---	Total	151,252	+ 12.1%	1,771,861	+ 5.0%

Source: Automakers & SMMT

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