UK Passenger Car Sales : 2025 (Jan- Aug)

Registrations were down 2% in August but up 2% YTD. That's still at a level below the best years, but if nothing else it's very stable. 

VW is now well established at the top, a position it took in 2021 from Ford. BMW retains its second placing, just ahead of Kia. Ford has made a comeback, moving up a place compared to 2024. 

Peugeot climbed five places to 8th but Nissan and Vauxhall are down one place. MG has fallen from 10th to 13th, perhaps losing some sales to several up and coming Chinese brands. One thing is for certain, all these new brands are making for long lists.

I was recently reading a comment from a person in the UK saying he would make a point of not buying a locally made car unless it was made by a British owned company, which rules out about everything. I assume that includes the likes of the Nissan Juke and Qashqai, both designed and built in the UK. 

So instead, he would therefore buy cars from overseas owned companies designing and building vehicles elsewhere. Amazingly, he's not the only one to express this sentiment. So a company like Nissan is punished for designing and building cars in the UK. 

It sounds to me that some people who buy whatever they like are trying to justify their self centredness. People should buy what they want but if they can support local industry, they should do that if possible. They shouldn't make up an irrational argument for not doing so, even going out of their way to avoid buying local. Thankfully not everyone thinks that way.  

Best selling models:

Ford Puma - 33,221

Kia Sportage - 29,279

Nissan Qashqai - 25,571 (photo above)

Vauxhall Corsa - 23,486

Nissan Juke - 22,457 (photo below)

VW Golf - 20,016

VW Tiguan - 19,276

MG HS - 18,931

Peugeot 2008 - 18,662

Hyundai Tucson - 18,382

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By brand.

Data source: SMMT (mainly). Picture Source: Nissan.

Türkiye Car/LCV Sales : 2025 (Jan-Aug)

Registrations were up 19% in August and also +8% YTD. Renault and Fiat have been exchanging top spot for the last few years but Fiat has dropped down to fourth so Renault is now clearly ahead of the rest. It seems Renault is selling the Dacia Duster (photo below data) as its own model in Türkiye so that will help Renault maintain a strong position in the market. 

Toyota is making a concerted effort to bridge the gap, up from seventh last year. BYD is up to seventh while MG isn't as strong here as it is in many other European markets. Local brand Togg is well established (picture above) and doing well despite only starting to sell vehicles in 2023.

Mazda isn't in Türkiye because the e-call (emergency call) system used in cars, requires the SIM card to be used but Mazda was unable or unwilling to meet this requirement so it is not possible for the vehicles to be sold here. It sounds rather strange. 

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By brand.

Data source: ODMD. Picture source: Toog & Renault Türkiye.

Germany Passenger Car Sales : 2025 (Jan-Aug)

Registrations were up 5% for August but -2% YTD. Not far off last year then but some way short of the best of years several years ago. 

 

VW leads the way and it is gaining ground. Sales were up 3% YTD in a market that is slightly down. Mercedes-Benz and BMW are about the same as last year for market share while Audi is down, so has lost ground to its rivals. 

Škoda is up slightly as is Ford. Opel has lost still more of its share of the pie but has at least held its ranking. Toyota has been dropping around Europe and in Germany has dropped two places to tenth. 

Chinese companies are here but are yet to make much of an impact. The British brand MG is back on 23rd, BYD 29th and Leapmotor have lived up to its name by jumping to 32nd. 

There are some quirks with the data supplied. Cupra sales are counted with SEAT and I have separated them as best I can but a few Cupra sales are included in the SEAT figures. Genesis is counted within Hyundai but at least that is easy to separate. 

About half way through the following year, sales data is released for the previous year and I have noticed that Aston Martin and GM US sales are much higher in the new data. So I have increased their sales in 2025 to reflect what is a more realistic number. McLaren is never counted in the current figures but pops up in the later data so again an estimate based on last year's figure. 

The top selling models were:

VW Golf - 55,365

VW T-Roc - 55,024

VW Tiguan - 43,563 (pic above)

Opel Corsa - 32,091 (pic below)

BMW X1 - 31,091

VW Passat - 30,744

Škoda Octavia - 30,094

SEAT (Cupra) Leon - 26,204

Fiat Ducato - 24,778

Audi A6 - 24,003

BMW 5-Series - 23,692

Mercedes GLC - 23,625

Opel Astra - 23,377

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By brand.

Top 50 Models.

Data source: KBA. Picture Sources: VW, Stellantis.