25 September 2014

Scotland Top 20 Models : 2000-13

The Vauxhall Corsa has been top in Scotland every year since 2007

Scotland has its own car society, and the accompanying chart below is available from the Scottish Government website. It show sales for the top 20 models. So what has taken place north of the border in the 21st century?

French models seem to be the major, consistent losers. Renault gave up discounting too much and went more for profit instead, as they should. This gave US models the top rankings, with German marques benefiting too. Japanese models have had a mixed result, with Korean cars not figuring that highly.

The colour coding of cars is based on which nation the brand is associated, rather than who owns it. Dark blue is the USA, Yellow Germany, aqua the rest of Europe, and pink for Asia.

Model 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00
Vauxhall Corsa 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 3 7 7
Ford Fiesta 2 2 2 3 2 2 5 5 6 4 5 5 6 8
Ford Focus 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 1 2 3 3 4 4 3
Vauxhall Astra 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 2 3 7 7 6 8 4
Volkswagen Golf 5 8 9 9 5 6 8 7 8 8 8 8 10 10
Volkswagen Polo 6 6 7 8 12 9 14 9 10 10 10 11 11 9
Nissan Qashqai 7 7 5 6 9








Fiat 500 8 9 20 14









Renault Clio 9 5 8 5 10 5 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 1
BMW 1 Series 10 13 16 16 15








BMW 3 Series 11 12 14 19 20 13 13 13
15 11 12 13 14
Peugeot 208/7/6 12
13 18 8 7 7
7 6 6 7 5 5
Nissan Juke 13 15 12










Kia Sportage 14












Toyota Yaris 15 14


16
17 13 17



MINI 16 10 10 10 7 8 12 15 14 18 18


Audi A1 17












Honda Jazz 18 16 15 17 17 17 20 14 17




Seat Ibiza 19 19 19










Vauxhall Mokka 20












Vauxhall Insig/Vec
11 6 11 11 14 9 18 18

20 19 19
Audi A3
17 18 12 14 18







Hyundai i10
18











Citroen C3
20











Renault Megane

11 7 6 11 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Mazda 2

17 15 19








Vauxhall Zafira


13
15 16 12 20 19



Honda Civic


20 16 10 10 10 9 16 16 14 16
Fiat Punto/Gr Pun



13
11 8
9 9 10 3 6
Ford Mondeo



18 12 15 11 11 11 14 15 14 16
Citroen C4




19 19






Audi A4




20
20





Honda CR-V





17






Mazda 6





18





Peugeot 307






16 12 12 12 18

Nissan Micra






19

13 16 17 15
Ford Ka







15 14 15 13 18 11
Nissan Almera







16 20
19 20 20
Toyota Corolla







19




Citroen Xsara








13 19 9 9 18
Renault Laguna









17 17
13
Mercedes C Class









20


Rover 25










12 12 12
Citroen Saxo









19 15 17
Volkswagen Passat









20


The list gives me the impression that Scots car buyers are generally conservative and don't change on a whim. Actually that sounds like me too! It's something different and I hope you like it. Oh, you will notice it is still listed under labels as 'Nation - UK'. For now at least.

The Honda Jazz has been in the top 20 for the past nine years

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