The Nissan Juke is the overall best-seller in Northern Ireland.

Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in March. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the March 2026 UK update. In the all important month of March, Scotland is up 7.3% to 31,002 sales, England is up 6.9% to 331,643 and Wales is up 5.9% to 12,275 but Northern Ireland falls -7.2% to 5,549. Over Q1, the best performing nation is England at +6.5% to 532,610, followed by Wales at +5.8% to 19,608 and Scotland up 4.1% to 48,844 whereas Northern Ireland drops -7.6% to 13,225.

Podium finishers are as follows: the Jaecoo 7 is #1 in England, #2 in Scotland and #4 in Wales, the Vauxhall Corsa #1 in Scotland, the Nissan Juke #1 in Northern Ireland, the MG HS #1 in Wales, #6 in England and Northern Ireland, the Ford Puma #2 in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, the Peugeot 208 #3 in Scotland and the Nissan Qashqai #3 in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Other great performers include the Volvo XC40 #5 in England, VW Tiguan #5 in Northern Ireland, Kia Picanto #6 in Wales, Hyundai Kona #9 in Northern Ireland, Peugeot 3008 equal #9 in Northern Ireland, Suzuki Swift #9 in Wales and the Omoda 5 #10 in Scotland.

Previous month: UK nations February 2026: Chery Tiggo 7 #3 in Scotland

One year ago: UK nations March 2025: Renault Clio #1 in Northern Ireland

Full March 2026 Top 10 models for each UK nation below.

England (UK) March 2026 – models:

PosModelMar-26%/25UKFeb2026%/25PosFY251Jaecoo 78,9272.7%n/a1713,6332.6%n/a2n/a2Ford Puma7,9732.4%– 21.6%2113,8072.6%+ 3.8%113Nissan Qashqai7,4712.3%+ 28.3%3n/a10,9562.1%+ 8.7%434Kia Sportage6,5492.0%– 3.6%4212,3072.3%+ 15.0%325Volvo XC405,4561.6%n/a687,9761.5%n/a676MG HS5,1981.6%– 6.6%7n/a7,4001.4%– 11.4%8n/a7Vauxhall Corsa5,0641.5%+ 8.2%558,9651.7%+ 8.8%588VW Golf4,9151.5%– 12.7%8107,6931.4%– 15.1%759Tesla Model Y4,7261.4%n/a9n/an/an/an/an/an/a10Nissan Juke4,1961.3%– 21.6%n/an/a7,1881.3%– 18.1%104n/aMini Cooper4,0541.2%n/an/a37,2441.4%n/a910

Northern Ireland (UK) March 2026 – models:

PosModelMar-26%/25UKFeb2026%/25PosFY251Nissan Juke2083.7%+ 79.3%n/a64493.4%+ 122.3%252Ford Puma1733.1%– 0.6%224263.2%+ 26.0%323Nissan Qashqai1663.0%+ 1.2%343642.8%– 7.8%444Kia Sportage1643.0%+ 20.6%415384.1%+ 33.5%115VW Tiguan1222.2%– 14.7%n/a52872.2%– 11.7%6106MG HS1122.0%+ 7.7%7102742.1%– 3.5%7n/a7Hyundai Tucson1081.9%– 7.7%n/a33032.3%– 4.7%578Vauxhall Corsa1061.9%n/a5n/an/an/an/an/an/a9Hyundai Kona1041.9%n/an/a92441.8%n/a889Peugeot 30081041.9%+ 4.0%n/an/an/an/an/an/a6n/aVolvo XC40961.7%n/a682441.8%n/a8n/an/aFord Kuga931.7%n/an/an/a2361.8%n/a10n/a

Scotland (UK) March 2026 – models:

PosModelMar-26%/25UKFeb2026%/25PosFY251Vauxhall Corsa9903.2%– 49.9%n/a1,1172.3%– 60.2%312Jaecoo 78162.6%n/a21,4473.0%n/a143Peugeot 2087972.6%+ 5.8%n/a9962.0%– 12.4%5104Nissan Qashqai7632.5%+ 28.9%n/a7631.6%– 15.5%465Ford Puma6802.2%+ 34.1%11,2152.5%+ 61.4%236BMW 1 Series6672.2%n/an/a9572.0%n/a6n/a7VW Golf6142.0%+ 25.8%n/a8831.8%– 13.3%10n/a8Vauxhall Mokka5901.9%– 32.7%n/a5901.2%– 53.9%779Volvo XC405511.8%n/an/a5511.1%+ 269.8%9910Omoda 55491.8%n/a5953n/an/a7n/an/aVW Polo5211.7%– 2.6%89161.9%– 2.0%95n/aMG HS4731.5%n/a69291.9%n/a88

Wales (UK) March 2026 – models:

PosModelMar-26%/25UKFeb2026%/25PosFY251MG HS3522.9%+ 4.5%735442.8%+ 7.9%222Ford Puma3512.9%– 6.4%216493.3%+ 24.3%113Nissan Qashqai3172.6%+ 22.4%344862.5%+ 18.2%354Jaecoo 73072.5%n/a184752.4%n/a4n/a5VW Golf2742.2%+ 50.5%8n/a3681.9%+ 12.2%6n/a6Kia Picanto2111.7%n/an/an/a3081.6%n/a9n/a6Kia Sportage2111.7%– 29.2%424742.4%– 6.5%538Volvo XC402071.7%– 11.9%6103171.6%– 17.2%899Suzuki Swift1901.5%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a10Nissan Juke1891.5%– 6.4%n/a73331.7%– 4.9%77n/aVW Polo1771.4%n/an/an/a2961.5%n/a10n/a

Source: SMMT