The Ford Puma is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in November.

156,525 new cars hit UK roads in November, a 9.5% year-on-year uptick and back to the pre-pandemic level of November 2019 (156,621). Note 2019 was the weakest November in 7 years. The year-to-date tally is now up a stellar 18.6% to 1,761,962, but still far below the 2,162,143 units of the 11 months of 2019. Private sales drop -5.9% year-on-year this month to 60,506 and 38.7% share vs. 45% a year ago and it’s fleet sales that single-handedly pull the market up at +25.4% to 93,049 and 59.4% share vs. 51.9% in November 2022. Business sales are down -32.7% to 2,970 and 1.9% share vs. 3.1%. Year-to-date, the picture is similar with private sales weak (+1%) at 773,807 and 43.9% share vs. 51.6% over the first 11 months of 2022 and fleet sales strong (+39.1%) at 947,422 and 53.8% share vs. 45.8% a year ago, the two channels having exchanged market shares year-on-year. Business sales edge up 6.2% to 40,733 and 2.3% share vs. 2.6%.

As for propulsion type, diesel sinks -16.8% to 4,663 units and 3% share vs. 3.9% a year ago, petrol gains 7.4% to 61,875 and 39.5% share vs. 40.3% last year, MHEVs are up 21.4% to 29,232 and 18.7% share vs. 16.8%, BEVs actually drop -17.1% on a particularly strong year-ago volume to 24,359 and 15.6% share vs. 20.6%, PHEVs soar 55.8% to 15,871 and 10.1% share vs. 7.1% and HEVs gain 27.8% to 20,525 and 13.1% share vs. 11.2%. Year-to-date, diesel is down -15.7% to 66,610 and 3.8% share vs. 5.3% over the same period in 2022, petrol is up 12.5% to 720,124 and 40.9% share vs. 43.1%, MHEVs are up 22.8% to 336,578 and 19.2% share vs. 18.5%, BEVs are up 27.5% to 286,846 and 16.3% share vs. 15.1%, PHEVs up 38.8% to 129,149 and 7.3% share vs. 6.3% and HEVs up 27.8% to 222,655 and 12.6% share vs. 11.7%.

Source: SMMT

Looking at the brands ranking, Volkswagen (-2.4%) stays on top but BMW (+16.9%) is catching up at 7.7% share, its highest since February 2022 (7.8%). Ford (+2.4%) stays at #3 and Audi (+2.2%) drops two spots on last month to #4, both posting disappointing results. Vauxhall (+39.5%) is catching up on lost ground with 5.9% of the market vs 5.4% over the first 11 months of the year. Toyota (+6%) is muted at #6 while Mercedes (+48%) scores the largest gain in the Top 10. MG (+35%) is also very robust at #10. Below, Peugeot (+144.3%), Renault (+84%) and Cupra (+75.4%) all impress. Notice also Tesla down a searing -72.6% to #26 with just 1.1% share.

Model-wise, the Ford Puma (+78.5%) surges ahead to hold onto the top spot like it does year-to-date (+39.4%). The Vauxhall Corsa (+65%) also manages a mighty gain to climb to 2nd place overall but remains at #3 year-to-date below the Nissan Qashqai (-27%) devastated year-on-year but back up to #3 for the month vs. outside the Top 10 in October. The Mini (+6.5%) is weak year-on-year but at #4 with 2.3% share it does much better than year-to-date (#7 and 1.7%). The Ford Kuga (+42.8%) and Kia Sportage (+39.9%) are very strong below while the Vauxhall Mokka is back inside the Top 10 at #7. The MG HS is up to #8 and the VW Golf signs its first Top 10 finish of the year at #9. The Tesla Model Y implodes at -76.4% and drops to #6 year-to-date.

Previous month: UK October 2023: Ford Puma leads, BMW 1 Series and Peugeot 2008 at record levels

One year ago: UK November 2022: Nissan Qashqai and Tesla Model Y best-sellers, sales up 23.5%

Full November 2023 Top 46 All brands and Top 10 models below.

UK November 2023 – brands:

PosBrandNov-23%/22Oct2023%/22PosFY221Volkswagen13,4338.6%– 2.4%1149,8248.5%+ 26.2%112BMW  11,9897.7%+ 16.9%4101,3925.8%+ 2.3%643Ford  11,3497.3%+ 2.4%3135,2437.7%+ 13.5%224Audi  11,2057.2%+ 2.2%2127,8717.3%+ 26.4%335Vauxhall  9,2045.9%+ 39.5%594,4235.4%+ 17.5%776Toyota8,5505.5%+ 6.0%6102,1895.8%+ 7.2%557Mercedes  7,6884.9%+ 48.0%1180,4894.6%+ 5.1%1088Kia7,3964.7%– 2.6%8104,1805.9%+ 7.7%469Nissan  7,1564.6%– 22.3%1381,7484.6%+ 18.8%91010MG6,7854.3%+ 34.0%1074,5244.2%+ 54.9%111311Hyundai6,4224.1%+ 8.4%981,8784.6%+ 8.2%8912Peugeot  5,8313.7%+ 144.3%759,3083.4%+ 16.7%131213Skoda5,8143.7%+ 23.9%1264,7273.7%+ 44.9%121414Renault4,9143.1%+ 84.0%1739,3812.2%+ 42.6%181815Mini4,7683.0%– 3.0%1542,3152.4%+ 3.6%171516Land Rover4,7123.0%+ 35.9%1448,8692.8%+ 20.4%141617Volvo4,3012.7%+ 15.0%1645,9572.6%+ 40.3%151718Citroen2,5041.6%+ 30.0%2028,6891.6%+ 4.3%211919Porsche2,2491.4%+ 9.3%2221,9971.2%+ 44.6%262520Cupra2,1851.4%+ 75.4%1923,3831.3%+ 76.3%252721Suzuki2,1701.4%+ 56.3%2324,9261.4%+ 51.4%232622Dacia2,1541.4%– 33.3%2425,4531.4%– 3.2%222023Seat2,0621.3%+ 20.5%2128,7411.6%+ 42.5%192324Mazda2,0341.3%– 8.1%2528,7351.6%+ 24.7%202125Honda1,7861.1%– 4.3%2623,9331.4%+ 1.6%242226Tesla1,6481.1%– 72.6%1844,0542.5%+ 15.2%161127Jaguar1,5391.0%+ 109.1%2713,1670.7%+ 17.0%292828Lexus1,2190.8%+ 11.1%2814,3500.8%+ 58.8%282929Fiat6530.4%– 20.6%2915,9550.9%– 14.8%272430Polestar5790.4%– 53.6%3011,4410.6%+ 83.3%303031BYD2670.2%new338950.1%new38 –32Jeep2310.1%+ 140.6%312,8880.2%+ 29.4%313233Smart1850.1%+ 153.4%376560.0%– 44.6%433834Subaru1810.1%– 2.7%402,0910.1%+ 68.4%333735Alfa Romeo1670.1%+ 108.8%361,4170.1%– 4.8%353436SsangYong1190.1%+ 43.4%341,5360.1%+ 5.5%343637DS1060.1%– 75.7%322,3260.1%– 34.9%323138Genesis1020.1%– 48.7%351,2900.1%+ 54.1%363939Chevrolet1020.1%n/a –1020.0%n/a45 –40Bentley970.1%– 34.9%381,2650.1%– 17.5%373341Ora940.1%+ 1780.0%398540.0%+ 1717.0%404242Maserati720.0%+ 132.3%428580.0%+ 32.2%394043Abarth530.0%– 47.0%418190.0%– 45.9%423544Ineos410.0%new438410.0%new41 –45Alpine150.0%– 50.0%442810.0%+ 4.9%444146Maxus10.0%new –130.0%new46 – –Other British2650.2%+ 53.2% –3,0600.2%+ 53.8% – – –Other Imports1280.1%+ 24.3% –1,6280.1%+ 14.5% – –

UK November 2023 – models:

PosModelNov-23%/22Oct2023%/22PosFY221Ford Puma4,2982.7%+ 78.5%146,4342.6%+ 39.4%142Vauxhall Corsa4,1852.7%+ 65.0%337,8262.1%+ 9.1%323Nissan Qashqai4,1162.6%– 27.0%n/a39,0682.2%– 0.3%214Mini3,5282.3%+ 6.5%229,7771.7%+ 2.4%755Ford Kuga3,2022.0%+ 42.8%9n/an/an/an/a96Kia Sportage3,0451.9%+ 39.9%634,6202.0%+ 21.2%467Vauxhall Mokka2,9171.9%n/an/a28,3901.6%n/a9n/a8MG HS2,7341.7%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a9VW Golf2,7331.7%+ 8.6%n/an/an/an/an/a810Audi A32,7261.7%n/a828,1781.6%n/a10n/an/aHyundai Tucson2,3111.5%+ 4.1%n/a32,3011.8%+ 21.7%57n/aNissan Juke2,0191.3%n/an/a29,2721.7%n/a8n/an/aTesla Model Y9960.6%– 76.4%n/a31,0831.8%+ 24.9%63

Source: SMMT