UK Car Sales By Brand : 1990-94

The Ford Escort was always a winner in the UK

The UK recession of 1991 came after a period of strong economic growth and rising inflation. It hit car sales hard, with sales falling 13% in 1990 and 21% in 1991. With zero improvement in 1992, things got better after that. Ford was badly affected, with market share dropping form 26.5% in 1989 to to 21.5% in 1993. Nissan dived from 6% to 4% in two years from '89 to '91.

The Rover 200 range was popular also

From 1990 to 1993, Ford and Vauxhall had the top 5 sellers and the top 6 in 1994. They had 8 of the top 10 in 1990, such was their popularity. Rover had the 200 and Metro models just below them, while the Renault Clio and a varying Peugeot model just sneaked into the exclusive top 10 club.

The spaces you see are for very low or no sales.

90	91	92	93	94	Make	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
1	1	1	1	1	Ford	507,260	385,944	353,389	381,671	418,657
2	2	2	2	2	Vauxhall	323,054	248,704	266,072	303,926	310,619
3	3	3	3	3	MG Rover	270,691	216,782	200,804	217,846	221,380
4	4	4	4	4	Peugeot	123,671	115,557	124,019	142,714	146,551
7	7	6	5	5	Renault	67,578	63,547	73,165	93,213	112,663
5	6	5	6	6	Nissan	106,783	64,213	74,188	89,209	91,955
9	8	8	7	7	Citroen	60,899	53,424	64,415	80,826	84,522
6	5	7	8	8	Volkswagen	95,018	74,263	65,150	64,299	74,548
10	12	12	11	9	Fiat	54,945	34,661	31,006	42,841	58,703
12	10	10	9	10	Toyota	42,662	41,239	42,213	50,835	49,943
11	11	11	12	11	BMW	43,004	38,707	40,672	40,921	45,574
8	9	9	10	12	Volvo	66,017	46,765	43,141	43,740	41,599
13	13	13	13	13	Honda	31,750	28,248	26,786	30,902	38,187
14	14	14	14	14	Mercedes	26,559	20,672	22,425	21,186	29,186
21	19	18	15	15	Land Rover	10,664	12,509	14,453	20,157	23,860
17	16	16	16	16	Audi	20,722	14,344	18,093	19,725	22,978
15	15	15	17	17	Mazda	24,209	19,815	19,057	17,482	16,741
24	24	25	24	18	Seat	9,391	7,690	8,198	8,658	12,921
20	18	17	18	19	Proton	11,038	14,026	14,957	14,196	12,452
25	23	23	22	20	Hyundai	7,132	7,985	9,337	9,189	12,247
23	22	22	25	21	Skoda	10,408	8,186	9,365	8,620	12,013
26	26	24	20	22	Suzuki	5,416	5,581	8,384	10,140	10,380
16	17	19	21	23	Lada	21,371	14,284	11,907	10,071	9,398
19	21	21	23	24	Saab	11,942	9,167	9,874	9,156	9,339
18	20	20	19	25	Mitsubishi	12,973	12,383	11,077	10,726	9,227
22	25	26	27	26	Jaguar	10,664	5,809	5,607	6,224	6,659
28	28	28	29	27	Subaru	4,680	4,535	4,561	4,217	4,995
			31	28	Chrysler				3,914	4,958
30	27	27	26	29	Daihatsu	3,976	5,419	5,178	6,375	4,869
	32	30	28	30	Kia		1,786	3,519	4,445	3,939
31	30	29	30	31	Isuzu	3,460	3,374	4,391	4,187	2,165
37	36	35	33	32	Lexus	583	671	695	1,355	1,996
29	29	31	32	33	Alfa Romeo	4,348	3,640	2,258	2,183	1,784
32	33	33	34	34	Porsche	2,801	1,612	949	951	1,318
36	37	37	37	36	RR/Bentley	1,007	513	382	362	460
34	38			37	FSO	2,290	372			282
35	35	36	41	39	Lotus	1,017	1,006	471	101	234
33	34	34	36	40	Lancia	2,684	1,320	701	583	194
27	31	32	40		Zastava	5,185	2,686	1,342	118
					Others	1,082	887	1,400	2,032	2,437
					Total	2,008,934	1,592,326	1,593,601	1,779,296	1,911,933

Data source: The SMMT.