Top 10: UK car sales 2017 - winners and losers
2017 saw 2,540,617 new cars registered in the UK, a 5.7% reduction compared to 2016. However, as in previous years, some manufacturers bucked the overall market trend, while others most definitely contributed to it.
Most of the over-performing marques were decidedly low-volume players, so their small absolute unit increases resulted in large percentage gains.
One notable anomaly was Seat, which managed to grow by almost a fifth. To put that achievement into context, the Spanish firm delivered more cars than Honda, Citroën or Fiat.
The losers’ table tells a very different story. With a few exceptions, the worst performers were non-premium producers. That probably says a lot about customers’ changing tastes and their higher expectations.
French-owned brands especially seem to have suffered, because Citroën, DS, Peugeot, Renault and Vauxhall all appear on the list. Indeed, Vauxhall – now a PSA subsidiary – accounted for a third of the industry’s total registrations decline by shifting 55,818 fewer vehicles.
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Most of the over-performing marques were decidedly low-volume players, so their small absolute unit increases resulted in large percentage gains.
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| 2017: A great year for McLaren. |
One notable anomaly was Seat, which managed to grow by almost a fifth. To put that achievement into context, the Spanish firm delivered more cars than Honda, Citroën or Fiat.
| Top 10: Total UK Car Registrations 2017 - Winners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | 2017 | 2016 | Change | Change % |
| McLaren | 567 | 18 | 549 | 3,050.0% |
| Chevrolet | 70 | 4 | 66 | 1,650.0% |
| Aston Martin | 1,471 | 906 | 565 | 62.4% |
| Infiniti | 3,515 | 2,891 | 624 | 21.6% |
| Maserati | 1,701 | 1,435 | 266 | 18.5% |
| Seat | 56,130 | 47,456 | 8,674 | 18.3% |
| Abarth | 4,441 | 3,966 | 475 | 12.0% |
| Porsche | 14,051 | 13,097 | 954 | 7.3% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 180,970 | 169,828 | 11,142 | 6.6% |
| MG | 4,441 | 4,192 | 249 | 5.9% |
| Total Market | 2,540,617 | 2,692,786 | -152,169 | -5.7% |
The losers’ table tells a very different story. With a few exceptions, the worst performers were non-premium producers. That probably says a lot about customers’ changing tastes and their higher expectations.
French-owned brands especially seem to have suffered, because Citroën, DS, Peugeot, Renault and Vauxhall all appear on the list. Indeed, Vauxhall – now a PSA subsidiary – accounted for a third of the industry’s total registrations decline by shifting 55,818 fewer vehicles.
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| 2017: A dreadful year for Vauxhall. |
| Top 10: Total UK Car Registrations 2017 - Losers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | 2017 | 2016 | Change | Change % |
| Jeep | 6,380 | 14,090 | -7,710 | -54.7% |
| DS | 9,082 | 15,898 | -6,816 | -42.9% |
| Fiat | 44,475 | 60,581 | -16,106 | -26.6% |
| Subaru | 2,679 | 3,612 | -933 | -25.8% |
| Vauxhall | 195,137 | 250,955 | -55,818 | -22.2% |
| SsangYong | 3,590 | 4,444 | -854 | -19.2% |
| Renault | 69,110 | 85,102 | -15,992 | -18.8% |
| Citroën | 51,455 | 62,991 | -11,536 | -18.3% |
| Lotus | 279 | 339 | -60 | -17.7% |
| Peugeot | 82,226 | 98,529 | -16,303 | -16.5% |
| Total Market | 2,540,617 | 2,692,786 | -152,169 | -5.7% |
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