First Top 10 finish for the MG 3 in Scotland, directly at #3. Next model pictured.

Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in May. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the May 2024 UK update. This month Scotland delivers the best performance of all UK nations by far with sales up 10.7% to 14,440. England is the only other nation in positive at +1.2% to 123,855 while Northern Ireland drops -2% to 3,908 and Wales is down -4.2% to 5,279. Year-to-date, this time it’s Northern Ireland that performs best at +8.4% to 22,473 followed by England at +7.2% to 704,140, Scotland at +7% to 70,576 and Wales at +6.1% to 28,989.

Podium finishers are as follows: the Kia Sportage is #1 in England and Northern Ireland, #3 in Scotland and Wales, the Vauxhall Corsa #1 in Scotland with 10.1% share, the Ford Puma #1 in Wales, #2 in England and #3 in Northern Ireland, the Hyundai Kona #2 in Northern Ireland and #8 in Wales, the MG 3 #2 in Scotland for its first Top 10 finish there, the MG ZS #2 in Wales and the Audi A3 #3 in England.

Other great performers include the Vauxhall Mokka #4 in Scotland, Hyundai Tucson #5 in England, Nissan Juke #6 in England, MG HS #6 in Northern Ireland, Mazda2 #7 in Scotland, Skoda Kodiaq #8 in Northern Ireland and the VW Tiguan #9 in Wales.

Previous month: UK nations April 2024: Ford Puma tops all nations, Hyundai Kona on Northern Ireland’s podium

One year ago: UK nations May 2023: Vauxhall Mokka tops two nations

Full May 2024 Top 10 models for each UK nation below.

England (UK) May 2024 – models:

PosModelMay-24%/23UKApr2024% /23PosFY231Kia Sportage3,4682.8%+ 89.8%1616,6332.4%+ 31.0%352Ford Puma3,1372.5%– 12.3%2119,1592.7%+ 28.9%113Audi A32,5932.1%+ 1.6%3314,6632.1%+ 44.3%494VW Golf2,5752.1%n/a4513,5241.9%n/a6n/a5Hyundai Tucson2,3451.9%+ 1.7%9n/a10,9761.6%– 15.2%966Nissan Juke2,2361.8%+ 8.7%10n/a13,7071.9%+ 6.8%587VW Polo2,2211.8%n/a62n/an/an/an/an/a8Nissan Qashqai2,1981.8%– 18.2%7417,0602.4%+ 18.1%229MG ZS2,0551.7%n/a8n/an/an/an/an/a10Tesla Model Y2,0351.6%– 14.0%n/an/a10,8781.5%– 17.8%103n/aBMW 1 Series1,6881.4%n/an/an/a11,8841.7%n/a8n/an/aMG HS1,6451.3%n/an/a911,9601.7%n/a7n/a

Northern Ireland May 2024 – models:

PosModel####%/23UKApr2024%/23PosFY231Kia Sportage1473.8%+ 50.0%1n/a6302.8%+ 27.5%242Hyundai Kona1443.7%n/an/a34992.2%n/a8n/a3Ford Puma1203.1%+ 23.7%217593.4%+ 51.5%124VW Golf1193.0%n/a465212.3%n/a6n/a5Renault Captur942.4%+ 23.7%n/a55152.3%n/a776MG HS912.3%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a7VW Polo852.2%n/a6n/an/an/an/an/an/a8Skoda Kodiaq772.0%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a9Hyundai Tucson741.9%– 31.5%985802.6%– 4.0%3110VW Tiguan721.8%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aPeugeot 2008 711.8%– 48.6%n/a95512.5%+ 37.4%53n/aNissan Qashqai701.8%– 27.1%725542.5%+ 41.3%48n/aVW T-Roc681.7%– 6.8%n/a44882.2%+ 5.2%9n/an/aVauxhall Corsa250.6%n/a5n/a4492.0%n/a10n/a

Scotland (UK) May 2024 – models:

PosModelMay-24%/23UKApr2024%/23PosFY231Vauxhall Corsa1,45910.1%+ 835.3%5n/a3,1954.5%+ 20.0%112MG 34633.2%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a3Kia Sportage3942.7%+ 30.5%1n/a1,8482.6%+ 51.6%254Vauxhall Mokka3492.4%+ 0.6%n/an/a1,2931.8%– 30.9%835MG ZS3352.3%+ 47.6%821,8172.6%+ 74.9%4106Ford Puma3222.2%+ 33.6%211,8472.6%#VALUE!327Mazda23042.1%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a8Nissan Qashqai2942.0%+ 23.5%7n/a1,5032.1%+ 11.9%649Audi A32751.9%– 14.3%351,1761.7%+ 3.5%10n/a10VW Polo2461.7%n/a631,3782.0%n/a7n/an/aVW T-Roc1971.4%+ 49.2%n/a61,2611.8%– 8.9%98n/aBMW 1 Series1811.3%n/an/a101,7472.5%n/a5n/a

Wales May 2024 – models:

PosModelMay-24%/23UKApr2024%/23PosFY231Ford Puma2324.4%– 13.8%211,4274.9%+ 32.3%112MG ZS2134.0%+ 74.6%877682.6%+ 40.7%333Kia Sportage1913.6%+ 70.5%1n/a8793.0%+ 62.2%284VW T-Roc1302.5%+ 32.7%n/a57422.6%+ 25.1%4n/a5MG HS1192.3%– 23.7%n/a47002.4%+ 0.7%566VW Polo1162.2%n/a624901.7%n/a8n/a7Audi A31062.0%n/a310n/an/an/an/an/a8Hyundai Kona971.8%n/an/a6n/an/an/an/an/a9VW Tiguan911.7%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a10Nissan Juke851.6%– 3.4%10n/a4841.7%– 20.5%99n/aVauxhall Mokka831.6%– 67.1%n/a34951.7%– 28.4%72n/aNissan Qashqai751.4%– 33.6%7n/a5591.9%+ 0.9%64n/aPeugeot 2008691.3%n/an/a84701.6%n/a10n/a

Source: SMMT