Decline accelerates again at -24.3%, Vauxhall Corsa and Tesla Model Y on top, MG HS in Top 10 – Best Selling Cars Blog

First Top 10 finish for the MG HS in the UK.

UK’s year-on-year fall continues to accelerate in June at -24.3% to 140,958 vs. -20.6% in May, -15.8% in April and -14.3% in March. This is the lowest March volume since 1996. The year-to-date tally halfway through the year is now down -11.9% to 802,079, the 2nd lowest in 30 years below H1 2020 (653,502) and since 1992 (768,745). The priority of car manufacturers continue to be on private sales, more profitable. They drop -21.7% for the month to 69,453 and 49.3% share vs. 47.7% a year ago whereas fleet registrations sink -27.6% to 67,242 and 47.7% share vs. 49.9% in June 2021. Business sales are down -5.3% to 4,263 and 3% share vs 2.4% last year. The year-to-date situation is even more dramatic with private sales actually up 4.2% to 428,034 and 53.4% share vs. 45.1% a year ago, whereas fleets are down -26.4% to 354,442 and 44.2% share vs. 52.9%. Business sales are up 8.8% to 19,063 and 2.4%.

In terms of propulsion/fuel type, petrol is down -28.2% to 62,005 and 44% share vs. 46.4% last year, diesel freefalls -46.7% to 8,003 and 5.7% share vs. 8.1% in June 2021, MHEV drops -30.2% to 25,521 and 18.1% share vs. 19.6% a year ago, HEV is down -7.3% to 14,978 and 10.6% share vs. 8.7% and PHEV implodes -36.5% to just 7,714 and 5.5% share vs. 6.5%. In contrast, BEV sales are up at +14.6% to 22,737 and 16.1% share vs. 10.7% a year ago. Year-to-date, petrol is down -20.7% to 351,174 and 43.8% share vs. 48.6% over the same period a year ago, diesel is off -50.6% to 46,028 and 5.7% share vs. 10.2%, MHEV drops -13.5% to 146,763 and 18.3% share vs. 18.7% and PHEV is down -11.9% to 51,263 and 6.4% share, unchanged. The stars of the market are HEV up 26.3% to 91,602 and 11.4% vs. 8% over H1 2021, and BEV surging 56% to 115,249 and 14.4% share vs. 8.1% a year ago, despite the UK being the only major European market without incentives for private BEV buyers.

Source: SMMT

In the brands ranking, despite imploding -40.1% Volkswagen is the best-seller with 8.3% share and the only marque to sell more than 10,000 units for the month. It climbs one spot to #3 on the YTD ladder as a result. Vauxhall (-1.6%) surges four spots on May to land in 2nd place for the second time this year alongside February with 7.1% share vs. 6% YTD. With Ford (-30.6%) at #3, this is also the 2nd time Vauxhall outsells Ford this year. BMW (-33.5%) has a forgettable month while Kia (+0.5%) is the only gainer in the Top 9 and remains at a remarkable 2nd place year-to-date. Tesla (+2.3%) is estimated to rank #10 this month. MG (+89.8%) returns to the 12th spot it holds year-to-date and equals its best-ever market share at 3.8%, also hit last March. Polestar (+239.3%), Dacia (+120.9%), Porsche (+102.6%), DS (+85.2%), Cupra (+15.8%) and Land Rover (+9.2%) are among significant gainers below.

Model-wise, the Vauxhall Corsa (+14.6%) cements its leadership with a third monthly win for the year. It distances the Tesla Model Y up to 3% share vs. 1.5% and #10 so far this year. The Mini Hatch (-12.9%) is up two spots on May to #3 ahead of the Nissan Qashqai (+46.8%) spectacularly lifted by its new generation, the VW Golf (-35.9%) and Ford Puma (-34.3%) both struggling. The latter however holds onto the 2nd spot YTD. The Kia Niro is up one spot to #7 both for the month and year-to-ate. Finally the MG HS breaks into the UK Top 10 for the first time and becomes the second new-era MG model to do so after the ZS ranked #6 in November 2021.

Previous month: UK May 2022: Ford (-2.9%) resists, places Kuga at #3 in market accelerating its fall (-20.6%)

One year ago: UK June 2021: Tesla Model 3 best-seller, Ford Puma up to #3 in market up 28%

Full June 2022 Top 40 All-brands and Top 10 models below.

UK June 2022 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Jun-22	%	/21	May	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Volkswagen	11,660	8.3%	-40.1%	2	55,894	7.0%	-34.6%	3	1
2	Vauxhall	9,966	7.1%	-1.6%	6	47,800	6.0%	-10.6%	7	7
3	Ford	9,879	7.0%	-30.6%	1	60,783	7.6%	-18.6%	1	4
4	BMW	9,467	6.7%	-33.5%	4	53,517	6.7%	-18.1%	5	3
5	Kia	9,218	6.5%	0.5%	5	57,455	7.2%	26.9%	2	8
6	Toyota	9,171	6.5%	-24.0%	8	50,256	6.3%	-3.6%	6	5
7	Hyundai	7,696	5.5%	-0.5%	9	40,908	5.1%	30.5%	9	9
8	Audi	7,676	5.4%	-46.9%	3	53,792	6.7%	-20.7%	4	2
9	Mercedes	6,670	4.7%	-25.8%	7	45,818	5.7%	-22.2%	8	6
10	Tesla (est)	5,595	4.0%	2.3%	39	21,297	2.7%	45.5%	16	17
11	Peugeot	5,416	3.8%	-13.1%	10	31,996	4.0%	-7.9%	10	11
12	MG	5,378	3.8%	89.8%	15	25,073	3.1%	84.4%	12	18
13	Nissan	5,323	3.8%	-10.2%	11	31,296	3.9%	-14.7%	11	10
14	Skoda	4,667	3.3%	-30.7%	12	22,805	2.8%	-30.7%	14	12
15	Land Rover	4,146	2.9%	9.2%	13	22,905	2.9%	-36.8%	13	13
16	Mini	3,785	2.7%	-26.5%	14	22,246	2.8%	-1.7%	15	15
17	Citroen	2,410	1.7%	-25.8%	17	15,115	1.9%	-10.5%	18	19
18	Dacia	2,372	1.7%	120.9%	18	12,111	1.5%	75.5%	22	26
19	Volvo	2,281	1.6%	-52.5%	16	19,184	2.4%	-29.3%	17	14
20	Renault	2,210	1.6%	-24.8%	21	14,845	1.9%	-5.5%	19	20
21	Seat	2,152	1.5%	-62.0%	19	12,787	1.6%	-51.0%	21	16
22	Fiat	2,111	1.5%	-31.7%	22	11,393	1.4%	17.7%	24	24
23	Suzuki	1,761	1.2%	-39.0%	24	9,954	1.2%	-7.6%	25	23
24	Porsche	1,564	1.1%	102.6%	23	8,372	1.0%	43.5%	26	28
25	Mazda	1,416	1.0%	-58.9%	25	11,619	1.4%	-14.6%	23	22
26	Honda	1,238	0.9%	-61.4%	20	12,894	1.6%	2.2%	20	21
27	Cupra	1,230	0.9%	15.8%	27	5,058	0.6%	60.2%	28	29
28	Jaguar	1,159	0.8%	-51.1%	26	6,691	0.8%	-43.6%	27	25
29	Lexus	580	0.4%	-62.0%	28	4,866	0.6%	-32.0%	29	27
30	Polestar	553	0.4%	239.3%	29	2,828	0.4%	72.2%	30	32
31	Jeep	351	0.2%	-23.4%	32	1,363	0.2%	-35.4%	32	31
32	DS	350	0.2%	85.2%	31	1,471	0.2%	71.4%	31	33
33	Abarth	267	0.2%	-29.0%	30	986	0.1%	-24.7%	33	34
34	Alfa Romeo	159	0.1%	-11.7%	35	784	0.1%	6.8%	36	37
35	Bentley	145	0.1%	81.3%	33	897	0.1%	47.8%	34	39
36	Smart	123	0.1%	-10.9%	34	821	0.1%	0.1%	35	36
37	Genesis	111	0.1%	311.1%	40	299	0.0%	1007.4%	40	42
38	SsangYong	109	0.1%	-27.8%	36	774	0.1%	25.9%	37	38
39	Maserati	101	0.1%	46.4%	38	416	0.1%	23.4%	39	40
40	Subaru	83	0.1%	-61.4%	37	528	0.1%	-34.9%	38	35
41	Alpine	53	0.0%	112.0%	41	171	0.0%	67.6%	41	41
–	Other British	176	0.1%	-16.6%	–	1,146	0.1%	-9.7%	–	–
–	Other Imports	180	0.1%	23.3%	–	865	0.1%	-12.5%	–	–

UK June 2022 – models:

Pos	Model	Jun-22	%	/21	May	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Vauxhall Corsa	5,014	3.6%	14.6%	1	22,212	2.8%	-9.0%	1	1
2	Tesla Model Y	4,194	3.0%	new	n/a	12,011	1.5%	new	10	–
3	Mini	3,055	2.2%	-12.9%	5	16,541	2.1%	n/a	4	3
4	Nissan Qashqai	2,987	2.1%	46.8%	6	16,583	2.1%	0.6%	3	7
5	VW Golf	2,965	2.1%	-35.9%	4	13,139	1.6%	-33.0%	9	6
6	Ford Puma	2,941	2.1%	-34.3%	2	18,367	2.3%	0.7%	2	8
7	Kia Niro	2,887	2.0%	n/a	8	14,114	1.8%	n/a	7	n/a
8	Kia Sportage	2,755	2.0%	-6.5%	7	16,119	2.0%	-1.2%	5	9
9	MG HS	2,738	1.9%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
10	Hyundai Tucson	2,692	1.9%	n/a	10	14,906	1.9%	n/a	6	n/a
n/a	Ford Kuga	2,156	1.5%	n/a	3	13,724	1.7%	n/a	8	n/a

Source: SMMT