It seems that the UK market is one of the few in Europe able to close positive recent months. During March continued the upward trend, increasing enrollments by 5.9% to reach 394,806 units (22,000 more than in the same month last year).
Skim 400,000 units in one month may seem exaggerated, but this is due to the change of enrollment takes place every year in March (is something like the turn of the year and it depends much residual value of the vehicles). For gasoline fuel blocks have gained ground and increase the gap with diesel, reaching a total of 202,249 units (187,239 diesel).
The alternative-fueled vehicles fell by 1.9% to 5,318 units stay on. By type of customer are private consumers the most purchases made with a total of 204,299 units, followed by the fleets with 171,728 units and companies (18,779 units). Curiously were coming from individuals that have grown (+7.9%), increased profit margins of dealers.
By segments are urban, versatile and compact experience the highest growth, although we must not forget moving average sedan that many units mainly month purchases by fleets. Except segments E and F, the remaining increase demand, a particularly strong progress in the minivans.
MARCH BRANDS RANKING
- Ford / 54,702
- Vauxhall / 42,017
- Volkswagen / 31,091
- Audi / 25,452
- BMW / 21,767
- Nissan / 20,658
- Peugeot / 19,857
- Mercedes-Benz / 18,870
- Toyota / 17,925
- Citroën / 14,606
- Land Rover / 12,994
- Kia / 12,608
- Honda / 12,471
- Hyundai / 12,157
- Fiat / 10,020
- Skoda / 9,711
- MINI / 9,150
- Suzuki / 7,089
- SEAT / 6,828
- Renault / 6,493
- Mazda / 6,092
- Volvo / 5,736
- Jaguar / 3,505
- Mitsubishi / 2,185
- Chevrolet / 2,080
- Dacia / 1651
- Lexus / 1550
- Porsche / 1,097
- Smart / 987
- Alfa Romeo / 964
- Subaru / 519
- Chrysler / 513
- Jeep / 312
- Abarth / 266
- Bentley / 148
- Aston Martin / 141
- Infiniti / 104
- SsangYong / 90
- Perodua / 55
- Maserati / 52
- MG / 41
- Lotus / 37
- Proton / 8
- Other imported / 138
- Other British / 69
The leading brands of the month were Mitsubishi (+54.2%), Suzuki (+19.3%), Skoda (+14.1%), Mercedes (+15.5%) and Honda (+23.0%) , all supported on the new models recently introduced. For Skoda Rapid mention that is already achieving sales higher than expected, which is also going through the Civic 1.6 i-DTEC and Class A.
TOP 10 MODELS
- Ford Fiesta / 22,748
- Vauxhall Corsa / 16,169
- Ford Focus / 15,434
- VW Golf / 9,978
- Vauxhall Astra / 9559
- Nissan Qashqai / 8465
- Volkswagen Polo / 7,431
- BMW 1-Series , 7,001
- Peugeot 208 / 6,726
- Mercedes C-Class / 6,628
A month the small Party still leads the UK market, although second place is occupied by the Corsa and the Focus as usual. The Volkswagen Golf is greatly increased sales, surpassing even the Astra. The Class C level positions and is the leader of the segment D in front of the BMW 3-Series. And since we mentioned to the German firm, the 1 Series is unstoppable in this country with sensational sales.
