Outcomes for 2023’s new automobile market present that though Ford has firmly misplaced its crown total it might nonetheless proudly declare to supply the UK’s biggest-selling automotive and van.

And it did so throughout the yr when it introduced the long-lived Fiesta supermini would stop to be produced. Fiesta was typically the UK’s greatest vendor for a few years, however in 2023 it was the Ford Puma SUV which topped the desk. It accounted for one in three Ford new vehicles bought in 2023.

Ford of Britain managing director Lisa Brankin stated: “I am delighted that Puma was each the bestselling automobile and automotive within the UK and Transit Customized was the bestselling business automobile in 2023. This terrific achievement in 2023 is a good basis for us to construct on as we step ahead into 2024 and roll out our electrification plan at tempo in each the automotive and van markets.”

Audi UK ended 2023 because the UK’s primary premium automotive model – the third consecutive yr the model has achieved this feat. A complete of 137,489 new automobile gross sales positioned the model third total within the new automotive charts with a market share of seven.22% – a document determine for Audi UK.

Nonetheless its best-selling mannequin, the A3, was ninth most in-demand within the UK.

It’s Tesla which may lay declare to promoting the preferred premium automotive. The Tesla Mannequin Y was the UK’s fifth most bought new automotive total, and it outsold Audi’s A3 by greater than 5,000 items. 

The Tesla Mannequin Y was the preferred battery electrical automobile (BEV) of 2023, outselling its nearest rival, the MG4, by greater than 50%. The Tesla Mannequin 3 additionally bought strongly, with 13,536 registrations conserving it narrowly forward of the Polestar 2.

 Within the van market, Ford continues to dominate, with Transit Customized then the Transit.  Its Ranger pick-up and Transit Join additionally characteristic within the high 10 greatest sellers. 

Vauxhall was the UK’s best-selling electrical van producer in 2023, promoting 6,402 electrical vans – greater than double its nearest competitor. The success of Vauxhall’s electrical vans as personal and fleet autos implies that greater than 1 / 4 (29.8%) of electrical mild business autos (e-LCVs) registered in 2023 was a Vauxhall.

Vauxhall is considered one of few manufacturers to supply an electrical variant throughout its total LCV line-up. In 2023, almost a fifth (18.5%) of Vauxhall’s total van gross sales have been of totally electrical variants.