Outstanding month for the Kia Sportage in all UK nations.

Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in January. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the January 2023 UK update. This month Northern Ireland is the most dynamic at +10.9% to 5,199 sales, followed by Scotland at +9.8% to 12,108, England at 8.1% to 120,124 and Wales up 6.5% to 5,208.

Podium finishers are as follows: the Kia Sportage is #1 in Scotland, #2 in England and Northern Ireland and #3 in Wales, the Ford Puma #1 in Wales and #3 in England and Northern Ireland, the Nissan Qashqai #1 in England, the Hyundai Tucson #1 in Northern Ireland, the MG HS #2 in Wales, #4 in England and #7 in Northern Ireland and Scotland, the VW Polo #2 in Scotland and the MG ZS #3 in Scotland.

Other great performers include the BMW 1 Series #4 in Scotland, #5 in England and #9 in Northern Ireland, the VW Golf #5 in Northern Ireland, #8 in Scotland and #9 in England, the VW T-Roc #5 in Wales and #8 in Northern Ireland and the Vauxhall Grandland #6 in Northern Ireland. Note the Vauxhall Corsa doesn’t manage to rank inside the Top 10 of any nation this month. 

Previous posts:

England (UK) 2023: Ford Puma in the lead above Nissan Qashqai and Tesla Model Y

Northern Ireland (UK) 2023: Hyundai Tucson threepeats at #1, Peugeot 2008 up to #3

Scotland (UK) 2023: Vauxhall Corsa #1 again above Ford Puma and Vauxhall Mokka

Wales (UK) 2023: Ford Puma #1 for third straight year, Vauxhall Mokka up to #2

One year ago: UK nations January 2023: MG HS #1 in 2 nations, Nissan Qashqai and VW T-Roc #1 in one

Full January 2024 Top 10 models for each nation below.

England (UK) January 2024 – models:

PosModelJan-24%/23UKDecFY231Nissan Qashqai3,5192.9%+ 27.5%3222Kia Sportage3,4602.9%+ 65.9%1n/a53Ford Puma3,4512.9%+ 78.4%2614MG HS2,8402.4%+ 3.3%45n/a5BMW 1 Series2,7392.3%n/a5n/an/a6Mini2,6272.2%n/a6377Audi A32,3612.0%n/a7n/a98Nissan Juke2,0951.7%n/a9n/a89VW Golf2,0091.7%n/a87n/a10Vauxhall Mokka1,9391.6%n/an/an/an/a

Northern Ireland (UK) January 2024 – models:

PosModelJan-24%/23UKDecFY231Hyundai Tucson1813.5%+ 53.4%10412Kia Sportage1683.2%+ 93.1%11043Ford Puma1553.0%n/a2224Peugeot 2008 1302.5%n/an/a335VW Golf1152.2%n/a8n/an/a6Vauxhall Grandland1152.2%n/an/an/an/a7MG HS1082.1%+ 9.1%46n/a8VW T-Roc1001.9%– 20.0%n/an/an/a9BMW 1 Series991.9%n/a5n/an/a10Nissan Qashqai981.9%n/a318

Scotland (UK) January 2024 – models:

PosModelJan-24%/23UKDecFY231Kia Sportage4213.5%n/a1n/a52VW Polo3693.0%n/an/a8n/a3MG ZS3372.8%+ 5.3%n/an/a104BMW 1 Series3212.7%n/a5n/an/a5Ford Puma3182.6%+ 154.4%2426VW T-Cross2822.3%n/an/an/an/a7MG HS2772.3%– 31.3%45n/a8VW Golf2592.1%n/a8n/an/a9Mini2522.1%+ 44.8%67710Nissan Qashqai2502.1%+ 20.2%324

Wales (UK) January 2024 – models:

PosModelJan-24%/23UKDecFY231Ford Puma2755.3%+ 38.2%2212MG HS1883.6%– 17.9%4163Kia Sportage1833.5%n/a1984Nissan Qashqai1392.7%n/a3345VW T-Roc1392.7%– 25.7%n/an/an/a6Ford Kuga1372.6%n/an/a877MG ZS1182.3%– 34.1%n/a438Mini1142.2%n/a6n/an/a9Ford Focus1022.0%n/an/an/an/a10Vauxhall Mokka991.9%– 6.6%n/a62

Source: SMMT