London (UK) H1 2026: Podium 100% Chinese
The Jaecoo 5 is up to #2 in London over the First Half of 2026.
London sales figures have been recalculated and are now up 6% year-on-year over the First Half of 2026 to 71,350 units. Leader over the Full Year 2025, the Omoda 5, up 115.1% year-on-year, stays on top with 2.8% share. In fact, strikingly the London podium is 100% Chinese, with new entrants Jaecoo 5 and Jaecoo 7 placing #2 and #3 respectively. Talking about the Chinese, notice also the BYD Seal U up to #9 over H1 and the Leapmotor B10 up to #3 in June. The Tesla Model Y (+56%) remains at #4 while the Toyota C-HR breaks into the Top 10 at #10.
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Full H1 2025 Top 10 models ranking below.
London (UK) First Half 2026 – models:
PosModelH1 2026%/25H1 2025%PosFY251Omoda 51,9832.8%+ 115.1%9222.0%312Jaecoo 51,6952.4%n/an/an/an/an/a3Jaecoo 71,4712.1%n/an/an/an/an/a4Tesla Model Y1,3491.9%+ 56.0%8651.9%425Ford Puma1,3191.8%n/an/an/an/a36Nissan Qashqai1,2781.8%+ 56.8%8151.8%677Kia Sportage1,2481.7%+ 49.3%8361.8%558Volvo XC401,2371.7%+ 22.1%1,0132.2%249BYD Seal U1,1651.6%n/an/an/an/an/a10Toyota C-HR1,0861.5%n/an/an/an/an/a
Source: SMMT
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