UK Kia Sportage sales are expected to grow by 30.5% in 2024.
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There will be 1,952,778 new cars on UK roads in 2024, down 2.6% on last year. This is the best result in the last five years, but it is still -15.5% below the 2,311,140 sales in pre-pandemic 2019, which itself was the weakest result in 6 years. Private sales fell -8.7% to 746,276 and a share of 38.2% versus 43% in 2023, while fleet sales continued to rise and single-handedly lifted the overall market by +11.8% to 1,163,855 and 59. 6% share versus 54.7% last year. Business sales fell -3.1% to 42,647, up 2.2% from 2.3%.
Petrol sales were down -4.4% to 1,019,128 and 52.2% versus 56% a year earlier, while diesel sales were down -13.6% to 59,455 -27.4%. The number of electric vehicles rose 21.4% to 381,970, with their share of 19.6% up from 16.5% reaching 31% in December, the highest since December 2022. However, the annual share remains below the 22% set by the government. PHEV sales rose 18.3% to 167,178 and 8.6% share versus 7.4% last year, while HEV sales rose 9.6% to 261,398 and 13.4% versus 12.5%.
This is the fourth pole position in a row (and ever) for Volkswagen (+2.6%), holding a share of 8.5% in 2023. BMW (+12.1%) moved up two positions to second place, displacing Audi (-10.9%) in terms of complexity. Kia (+4.2%) also climbs two places to fourth, while Ford (-23.7%) is in full freefall to fifth, easily its lowest annual ranking ever . Similarly, Vauxhall (-21.4%) drops to 11th place, moving outside the top 10 for the first time. Mercedes (+17.1%), Nissan (+12.3%) and Hyundai (+5.4%) lead the market in the rest of the top 10. 10. MG (+0.3%) is stable and enters the UK’s top ten most popular brands for the first time, coming in at number 10. All newcomers are Chinese: Omoda in 33rd place, Jaeko in 47th and Skywell in 49th.
Ford Puma (-2.5%) remains the sales leader, but has only won for three months. The Kia Sportage (+30.5%) is quickly catching up, but it has to fight for second place despite winning for at least 6 months. The Nissan Qashqai (-2.1%) dropped one place from 2023 to third place and finished third in March. In fourth place, the Nissan Juke (+8.5%) breaks its ranking record and moves away from the Tesla Model Y (-8.5%), remaining in fifth place. The Model Y won in December. The VW Polo (+15.5%), Volvo XC40 (+14.9%), VW Golf (+13.4%) and MG HS (+8.4%) performed well in the top ten. Didn’t make it into the top ten bestsellers. , Mini Cooper won in November.
In the LCV model rankings, the Ford Transit Custom continues to dominate with a 13.3% share, ahead of the Ford Transit with an 8.9% share and the Ford Ranger with a 5.6% share.
Previous year: UK 2023: Ford Puma’s first win, MG HS exceeds one month
2 years ago: UK 2022: Asian first Nissan Qashqai #1, Tesla Model Y #2, market falls to lowest level in 29 years
The complete list of the Top 50 Brands and Top 10 Models for December 2024 compared to the full year 2023 data below.
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