Top 10: UK car sales 2014 - winners and losers
Stats published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders have shown that total new car registrations in 2014 were up by 9.3% versus 2013. As always though, the overall market conceals some highly variable individual manufacturer performances.
For some makes the year just gone was very positive. The ten that achieved the largest year-on-year volume percentage increases were:
The launch of the 3 supermini helped MG sales to more than quadruple, while Maserati’s strong growth was due to the smaller Ghibli saloon. Interestingly, only one of those new arrivals can be ordered with a diesel engine, and it’s not the MG…
Another notable result was posted by Renault, which seems to be recovering from its product and dealer cull of a few years ago. Sibling brand Dacia continued to gain additional customers, too.
By contrast, here are the ten marques that experienced the biggest drops:
At the end of 2013, General Motors announced that most of Chevrolet’s models would be withdrawn from Europe, so the decline seen last year was expected. Much more of a surprise was the significant reduction in Honda registrations.
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For some makes the year just gone was very positive. The ten that achieved the largest year-on-year volume percentage increases were:
| Top 10: Total UK Car Registrations 2014 - Winners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | 2014 | 2013 | Change | Change % |
| MG | 2,326 | 504 | 1,822 | 361.5% |
| Maserati | 1,194 | 319 | 875 | 274.3% |
| SsangYong | 1,542 | 662 | 880 | 132.9% |
| Infiniti | 746 | 386 | 360 | 93.3% |
| Jeep | 3,909 | 2,229 | 1,680 | 75.4% |
| Mitsubishi | 15,805 | 9,044 | 6,761 | 74.8% |
| Renault | 66,334 | 46,173 | 20,161 | 43.7% |
| Dacia | 23,862 | 17,146 | 6,716 | 39.2% |
| Lexus | 11,572 | 9,014 | 2,558 | 28.4% |
| Volvo | 41,066 | 32,666 | 8,400 | 25.7% |
| Total Market | 2,476,435 | 2,264,737 | 211,698 | 9.3% |
The launch of the 3 supermini helped MG sales to more than quadruple, while Maserati’s strong growth was due to the smaller Ghibli saloon. Interestingly, only one of those new arrivals can be ordered with a diesel engine, and it’s not the MG…
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| MG remains a relative minnow in the UK, despite |
| recording the greatest registrations rise for 2014. |
Another notable result was posted by Renault, which seems to be recovering from its product and dealer cull of a few years ago. Sibling brand Dacia continued to gain additional customers, too.
By contrast, here are the ten marques that experienced the biggest drops:
| Top 10: Total UK Car Registrations 2014 - Losers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | 2014 | 2013 | Change | Change % |
| Perodua | 29 | 206 | -177 | -85.9% |
| Chevrolet | 2,774 | 11,676 | -8,902 | -76.2% |
| Proton | 11 | 20 | -9 | -45.0% |
| Chrysler | 1,982 | 2,515 | -533 | -21.2% |
| Smart | 4,342 | 5,314 | -972 | -18.3% |
| Lotus | 235 | 256 | -21 | -8.2% |
| Aston Martin | 864 | 926 | -62 | -6.7% |
| Honda | 53,544 | 55,660 | -2,116 | -3.8% |
| Alfa Romeo | 5,523 | 5,687 | -164 | -2.9% |
| Peugeot | 103,566 | 105,435 | -1,869 | -1.8% |
At the end of 2013, General Motors announced that most of Chevrolet’s models would be withdrawn from Europe, so the decline seen last year was expected. Much more of a surprise was the significant reduction in Honda registrations.
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Top 10: UK car sales 2014
Top 10: UK car sales 2013 - winners and losers
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