UK Car Sales : Jan-Jun 2020

Vehicles provided by Land Rover for UK medical services. Nice touch

Total registrations were down 35% in June, taking the year so far to -48.5%. Unit sales have dropped by 616,000, which is a mountain of cars. Only electric sales were unaffected and in fact were well up (on admittedly small numbers). Focusing on whether brands are taking more of the market or yielding ground, the chart below shows how they are doing in that regard, with green positive and yellow negative. The list has a '+/- Diff' column that compares six months of 2020 market share with the complete 2019 share.

VW took the top spot from Ford for the first three months but Ford struck back for a narrow lead at the half way point. So VW second and with BMW, Mercedes and Audi following, I must clarify this is the UK you are looking at. Toyota is doing well as it should with the range of cars it currently has, but Vauxhall is realigning itself with more emphasis on profit.

Nissan is making a comeback, which considering its investment in the UK is what one should expect. Land Rover is into the top ten with an impressive display. Tough times require tough vehicles. MG is growing spectacularly and so is Tesla although their sales figure is an estimate so who knows.

Year				2020		Share		+/-
17	18	19	20	Brand	Sales	2020	2019	Diff
1	1	1	1	Ford	59,874	9.2%	10.2%	-10.3%
2	2	2	2	VW	58,933	9.0%	8.7%	3.8%
5	5	4	3	BMW	46,580	7.1%	7.3%	-3.0%
4	4	3	4	Mercedes	45,683	7.0%	7.4%	-6.0%
6	6	6	5	Audi	40,405	6.2%	6.0%	2.9%
8	8	7	6	Toyota	39,360	6.0%	4.6%	32.3%
3	3	5	7	Vauxhall	37,576	5.7%	6.9%	-16.9%
7	7	9	8	Nissan	30,109	4.6%	4.0%	15.3%
10	9	8	9	Kia	28,970	4.4%	4.2%	5.3%
11	12	12	10	Land Rover	25,624	3.9%	3.3%	18.4%
13	13	13	11	Škoda	23,112	3.5%	3.2%	8.9%
12	11	11	12	Peugeot	21,450	3.3%	3.5%	-6.2%
16	15	14	13	SEAT	20,267	3.1%	3.0%	4.2%
15	14	15	14	MINI	18,276	2.8%	2.8%	-0.4%
9	10	10	15	Hyundai	17,701	2.7%	3.6%	-24.8%
20	18	17	16	Volvo	17,698	2.7%	2.4%	11.4%
14	16	16	17	Renault	15,269	2.3%	2.6%	-8.7%
18	19	18	18	Citroën	11,617	1.8%	2.2%	-19.1%
17	17	19	19	Honda	11,439	1.8%	1.9%	-7.9%
23	23	21	20	Jaguar	10,551	1.6%	1.6%	3.5%
33	33	29	21	Tesla	9,500	1.5%	0.6%	155.6%
19	20	23	22	Fiat	9,242	1.4%	1.4%	-2.0%
22	21	20	23	Mazda	8,746	1.3%	1.7%	-23.0%
21	22	22	24	Suzuki	7,813	1.2%	1.5%	-21.2%
32	28	28	25	MG	7,712	1.2%	0.6%	108.6%
24	24	24	26	Dacia	7,433	1.1%	1.3%	-15.1%
27	27	26	27	Lexus	5,971	0.9%	0.7%	34.4%
25	25	25	28	Mitsubishi	4,708	0.7%	0.7%	2.8%
26	26	27	29	Porsche	4,073	0.6%	0.7%	-5.6%
30	30	30	30	Chrysler	1,532	0.2%	0.3%	-12.5%
31	32	33	31	Alfa Romeo	940	0.1%	0.1%	-2.6%
29	31	31	32	DS	918	0.1%	0.2%	-24.5%
34	35	35	33	SsangYong	669	0.1%	0.1%	22.6%
37	36	36	34	Bentley	531	0.1%	0.1%	17.7%
28	29	32	35	smart	426	0.1%	0.2%	-62.5%
36	34	34	36	Subaru	306	0.0%	0.1%	-63.9%
38	38	39	37	Maserati	239	0.0%	0.0%	-9.4%

Data source: SMMT.

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Estonia Car Sales : Jan-Jun 2020

Toyota does very well in Estonia

Registrations were -34% in June and -36% YTD so for now the slow sales continue. How did brands go in protecting their market share? In the chart below green says well, yellow not so. The list has a '+/- Diff' column that compares six months of 2020 market share with the complete 2019 share.

 Toyota for example increased its slice of the pie by 27.5%, leaving Škoda in its wake. Some brands had huge gains in share while others went the other way. With Estonia the only one of the Baltic states that is open regarding car sales statistics leaves me the impression it is the more open and progressive.

Year				2020		Share		+/-
17	18	19	20	Brand	Sales	2020	2019	Diff
1	1	1	1	Toyota	1,815	19.3%	15.5%	24.3%
2	2	2	2	Škoda	1,307	13.9%	13.4%	3.7%
3	3	3	3	Renault	932	9.9%	10.3%	-3.7%
5	5	5	4	Kia	711	7.6%	6.6%	15.6%
4	4	4	5	VW	685	7.3%	7.5%	-2.8%
8	6	6	6	Peugeot	624	6.6%	5.6%	19.3%
12	9	7	7	Citroën	461	4.9%	4.9%	-0.1%
9	10	8	10	Dacia	286	3.0%	4.6%	-33.7%
7	7	9	8	Honda	272	2.9%	3.6%	-19.6%
16	17	17	11	Mercedes	266	2.8%	1.7%	71.0%
6	12	12	9	Hyundai	256	2.7%	2.8%	-2.2%
17	20	14	13	Audi	206	2.2%	1.9%	16.8%
13	13	13	12	Nissan	181	1.9%	2.5%	-22.0%
19	18	20	14	Volvo	178	1.9%	1.3%	42.5%
20	16	16	15	Seat	158	1.7%	1.7%	-1.7%
18	19	19	17	BMW	157	1.7%	1.4%	17.4%
14	14	15	18	Mazda	153	1.6%	1.8%	-11.0%
10	8	11	16	Opel	117	1.2%	3.1%	-59.6%
21	21	22	19	Suzuki	102	1.1%	0.7%	66.5%
23	25	26	22	Porsche	86	0.9%	0.5%	87.1%
11	11	10	21	Subaru	85	0.9%	3.3%	-72.6%
15	15	18	19	Ford	77	0.8%	1.6%	-47.9%
23	24	23	23	Lexus	54	0.6%	0.6%	-5.6%
22	27	25	23	Land Rover	54	0.6%	0.5%	15.8%
28	26	21	25	Fiat	50	0.5%	0.9%	-40.8%
25	22	24	26	Mitsubishi	33	0.4%	0.5%	-33.6%
26	23	27	27	Chrysler	29	0.3%	0.4%	-25.9%
27	28	29	28	MINI	14	0.1%	0.2%	-37.7%
30	29	28	29	Jaguar	11	0.1%	0.3%	-54.5%

Data source: Maanteeamet.