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The Top Selling Car Marques/Brands in the UK, 2008
The top 30 motor-car manufacturers in Great Britain in 2008 according to the SMMT were:
The top four best-selling car manufacturers in Britain in 2008 retained their positions from 2007 with the top three seeing an increase in market share. Of the top ten manufacturers, Renault was the biggest looser moving down from fifth to eighth place with sales declining by almost 30%. Honda dropped down one place with sales down 21%.
BMW, Toyota, and Audi improved their overall listings but all saw a decline in overall unit sales. However, of the major manufacturers Audi did particularly well to register a decline of only 0.02% (19 cars) for the year 2008.
Of the top 30 car manufacturers, five brands actually managed to sell more cars in Britain in 2008 than in 2007. Smart (part of Mercedes Benz) saw an increase in sales of over 43%, Kia improved by almost 7%, while Chevrolet (selling mostly small Korean-sourced cars in the UK) improved sales by 0.09%. More surprising was the increase in cars sold by more luxury manufacturers Jaguar (up 9%) and Volvo (up 11%).
The top 30 motor-car manufacturers in Great Britain in 2008 according to the SMMT were:
- Position … Marque … Cars Sold … Market Share % … % Change vs 2007
- Ford … 322,514 … 15.13 … -7.58
- Vauxhall … 298,912 … 14.02 … -9.78
- Volkswagen … 179,189 … 8.41 … -9.05
- Peugeot … 118,701 … 5.57 … -18.75
- BMW … 113,132 … 5.31 … -6.94
- Toyota … 105,717 … 4.96 … -10.78
- Audi … 100,845 … 4.73 … -0.02
- Renault … 89,570 … 4.20 … -29.37
- Honda … 83,805 … 3.93 … -20.95
- Citroen … 81,237 … 3.81 … -16.89
- Mercedes-Benz … 74,883 … 3.51 … -9.04
- Nissan … 66,336 … 3.11 … -0.14
- Fiat … 55,325 … 2.60 … -6.87
- Mazda … 49,858 … 2.34 … -2.14
- MINI … 40,736 … 1.91 … -14.53
- Skoda … 37,100 … 1.74 … -7.03
- Volvo … 33,358 … 1.56 … +10.98
- Land Rover … 32,567 … 1.53 … -30.04
- Kia … 31,324 … 1.47 … +6.65
- SEAT … 29,397 … 1.38 … -15.50
- Hyundai … 28,036 … 1.32 … -5.81
- Suzuki … 26,095 … 1.22 … -20.59
- Jaguar … 20,346 … 0.95 … +8.73
- Chevrolet … 18,372 … 0.86 … +0.09
- Saab … 16,074 … 0.75 … -32.01
- Mitsubishi … 15,552 … 0.73 … -18.35
- Lexus … 10,122 … 0.47 … -33.05
- Smart … 7,526 … 0.35 … +43.30
- Alfa Romeo … 5,950 … 0.28 … -19.10
- Porsche … 5,918 … 0.28 … -30.65
The top four best-selling car manufacturers in Britain in 2008 retained their positions from 2007 with the top three seeing an increase in market share. Of the top ten manufacturers, Renault was the biggest looser moving down from fifth to eighth place with sales declining by almost 30%. Honda dropped down one place with sales down 21%.
BMW, Toyota, and Audi improved their overall listings but all saw a decline in overall unit sales. However, of the major manufacturers Audi did particularly well to register a decline of only 0.02% (19 cars) for the year 2008.
Of the top 30 car manufacturers, five brands actually managed to sell more cars in Britain in 2008 than in 2007. Smart (part of Mercedes Benz) saw an increase in sales of over 43%, Kia improved by almost 7%, while Chevrolet (selling mostly small Korean-sourced cars in the UK) improved sales by 0.09%. More surprising was the increase in cars sold by more luxury manufacturers Jaguar (up 9%) and Volvo (up 11%).
- For the eighth consecutive year, the Ford Focus headed the list of top ten best-selling cars in Britain in 2008.
