Today we explore the motoring landscape of Scotland, including Glasgow and the Isle of Skye, following my visit there in July. As a reminder, the MG ZS topped the Scottish charts in July, ahead of the Kia Sportage, Peugeot 208 and Volvo XC40. Also note the MG HS in 5th and 8th place year-to-date. The Vauxhall Corsa remains in first place year-to-date, but was outside the top 10 in July.
The first impression and main conclusion when looking at the distribution of cars on the roads in Scotland is the predominance of MGs. Numerous HSs and ZSs, and a few MG 4 and MG 5 estates. The tourist character of the areas I visited was admittedly skewed towards hire cars, suggesting that MGs are a big hit with the hire companies.
The dominance of SUVs is clear for all to see in Scotland, with numerous examples of the new generation Toyota C-HR already on show, as well as plenty of Nissan Jukes and Qashqais. In the case of the C-HRs, I suspect that many were rented here too. There were surprisingly few Vauxhall Corsas, and a few Vauxhall Mokkas too.
Glasgow’s car scene including the Hyundai Kona, Bayon and BYD Atto 3.
Other interesting models that were often seen were the Lexus LBX and the Citroen C4, the LBX potentially being a premium rental car option. There were very few Teslas, but plenty of BMWs, especially the 1 Series.
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Our car for this drive was a pre-facelift Renault Captur. A comfortable ride despite a reluctant manual gearshift, the Captur doesn’t feel like a crossover, but like a regular car. That’s a good thing, as many crossovers feel like cars on stilts. The driving position isn’t particularly high, which effectively means the only crossover feature the Captur has is its looks.
