The Peugeot 3008 ranks inside the UK Top 10 for the very first time.

153,610 new cars hit UK roads in November, a -1.9% year-on-year decline and the 3rd drop in the past 4 months. The year-to-date tally remains in positive however at +2.8% to 1,811,992. Looking at sales by powertrain, both petrol (-17.7% to 70,317) and diesel (-10.1% to 9,434) plunge, while PHEV (-1.2% to 15,687) and HEV (-3.6% to 19,591) limit their fall. The hero of the month is BEVs, shooting up 58.4% to 38,581 and 25.1% share vs. 15.6% a year ago in November 2023. This is in part due to heavy discounts. Year-to-date, diesel is off -12.6% to 116,044, petrol down -3.2% to 959,675, but BEVs soar 17.9% to 338,314 and 18.7% share vs. 16.3% over the same period in 2023, PHEVs are up 19.6% to 154,462 and HEVs up 9.6% to 243,499.

Private sales again disappoint in November at -3.3% to 58,496 and 38.1% share vs. 38.7% last year, while fleet sales edge down -1.1% to 91,993 and 59.9% share vs. 59.4% a year ago. Business sales are up 5.2% to a limited 3,121 and 2% share vs. 1.9%. So far in 2024, private sales fall -9.1% to 701,964 and 38.7% share vs. 43.8% over the same period in 2023, in contrast fleet sales are up 12.9% to 1,071,049 and 59.1% share vs. 53.8% and business sales drop -4.2% to 38,979 and 2.2% vs. 2.3%.

Source: SMMT

Volkswagen (-7.2%) remains in the brands charts first place with 8.1% share vs. 8.5% so far this year. BMW (-11.9%) struggles but stays at #2 and even snaps the #2 year-to-date spot off Audi (-28.9%) in great difficulty this month. Mercedes (+7.7%) is up three spots on October to #3 while Ford (-32.1%) crashes at #5. Nissan (+4.7%) gains 6 ranks on last month to #6 as does MG (+8.2%) to #7. This is the brand’s highest ranking, also hit in January 2023 and May 2024. Hyundai (+13.3%) delivers the largest year-on-year gain in the Top 10 but is down to 4.7% share, below its YTD level. Further down, Tesla (+176.6%), Mini (+43.7%), Dacia (+49.2%) and Volvo (+35.9%) stand out. Vauxhall (-47.7%) freefalls to #17, the brand’s lowest ever UK ranking.

Model-wise, the Mini Cooper (+25.1%) soars to score its 2nd ever monthly win after November 2021. This is however not enough to break into the YTD Top 10. The Nissan Qashqai (-8.3%) is up six spots on last month to #2 but disappoints year-to-date. The Tesla Model Y (+236.3%) spots spectacular growth to return inside the Top 10 at #3. It also advances to #9 YTD vs. #5 over the Full Year 2023. Leader last month, the Kia Sportage (+9.7%) is relegated to #4 and is now just 84 sales below the Ford Puma (-28.5%) for the race to Year end pole position. Excellent scores for the Volvo XC40 (+20.6%), MG HS (+16.3%) and VW Tiguan (+14.5%). The hero of the month is the Peugeot 3008 cracking the UK Top 10 for the first time at #9. As a reminder it ranked outside the FY2023 Top 50.

Previous month: UK October 2024: Kia Sportage hits 6th win this year, VW Tiguan up to #5

One year ago: UK November 2023: Fleet sales (+25.4%) pull market up +9.5%

Full November 2024 Top 46 All brands and Top 10 models below.

UK November 2024 – brands:

PosBrandNov-24%/23Oct2024%/23PosFY231Volkswagen12,4678.1%– 7.2%1154,3028.5%+ 3.0%112BMW  10,5586.9%– 11.9%2116,7816.4%+ 15.2%243Mercedes  8,2785.4%+ 7.7%696,6355.3%+ 20.1%694Audi  7,9725.2%– 28.9%3115,2566.4%– 9.9%335Ford  7,7075.0%– 32.1%4102,2265.6%– 24.4%526Nissan  7,4924.9%+ 4.7%1293,8455.2%+ 14.8%887MG7,3394.8%+ 8.2%1374,8314.1%+ 0.4%10118Kia7,3314.8%– 0.9%5108,2676.0%+ 3.9%469Toyota7,3274.8%– 14.3%794,1725.2%– 7.8%7510Hyundai7,2794.7%+ 13.3%1086,7104.8%+ 5.9%91011Peugeot  6,9454.5%+ 19.1%865,2483.6%+ 10.0%131312Mini6,8504.5%+ 43.7%1641,0282.3%– 3.0%181713Skoda6,3994.2%+ 10.1%971,6434.0%+ 10.7%121214Volvo5,8463.8%+ 35.9%1160,7843.4%+ 32.3%141515Renault5,3703.5%+ 9.3%1552,8032.9%+ 34.1%161816Land Rover4,8333.1%+ 2.6%1757,6613.2%+ 18.0%151417Vauxhall  4,8173.1%– 47.7%1473,2184.0%– 22.5%11718Tesla4,5583.0%+ 176.6%2841,6892.3%– 5.4%171619Dacia3,2142.1%+ 49.2%1928,6931.6%+ 12.7%212220Cupra2,4581.6%+ 12.5%2127,3441.5%+ 16.9%232421Porsche2,3421.5%+ 4.1%2017,2161.0%– 21.7%262622Citroen2,2891.5%– 8.6%1828,4361.6%– 0.9%222023Seat1,8521.2%– 10.2%2334,5931.9%+ 20.4%191924Mazda1,6051.0%– 21.1%2226,0981.4%– 9.2%242125Lexus1,4010.9%+ 14.9%2615,3500.8%+ 7.0%282826BYD1,3930.9%+ 421.7%317,4330.4%+ 730.5%323827Honda1,2980.8%– 27.3%2529,6291.6%+ 23.8%202528Jeep1,2190.8%+ 427.7%278,3610.5%+ 189.5%303129Fiat9000.6%+ 37.8%3213,3780.7%– 16.2%292730Omoda8320.5%new302,8290.2%new33 –31Suzuki8110.5%– 62.6%2922,4961.2%– 9.7%252332Jaguar7250.5%– 52.9%2416,2350.9%+ 23.3%272933Polestar6720.4%+ 16.1%337,7950.4%– 31.9%313034Subaru1150.1%– 36.5%362,2480.1%+ 7.5%343235Alfa Romeo1130.1%– 32.3%341,5320.1%+ 8.1%373536Bentley1110.1%+ 14.4%388510.0%– 32.7%423737Genesis1010.1%– 1.0%351,0990.1%– 14.8%403638Smart810.1%– 56.2%371,9240.1%+ 193.3%354339KGM/SsangYong520.0%– 56.3%401,5500.1%+ 0.9%363440Abarth520.0%– 1.9%411,0090.1%+ 23.2%414141DS480.0%– 54.7%391,1250.1%– 51.6%393342Alpine330.0%+ 120.0%453470.0%+ 23.5%444443Ineos310.0%– 24.4%423330.0%– 60.4%454244Maserati230.0%– 68.1%444410.0%– 48.6%434045Ora170.0%– 81.9%431,1440.1%+ 34.0%383946Skywell30.0%new –30.0%new47 – –Other British3480.2%+ 31.3% –3,1070.2%+ 1.5% – – –Other Imports1030.1%– 19.5% –2,0310.1%+ 24.8% – –

UK November 2024 – models:

PosModelNov-24%/23Oct2024%/23PosFY231Mini Cooper4,4122.9%+ 25.1%3n/an/an/an/a72Nissan Qashqai3,7762.5%– 8.3%839,0472.2%+ 0.9%323Tesla Model Y3,3502.2%+ 236.3%n/a27,6971.5%– 21.9%954Kia Sportage3,3392.2%+ 9.7%145,4542.5%+ 33.4%245MG HS3,1812.1%+ 16.3%928,5951.6%+ 16.7%7136Ford Puma3,0732.0%– 28.5%245,5382.5%+ 0.8%117Volvo XC402,9631.9%+ 20.6%427,5841.5%+ 15.2%11148VW Tiguan2,4471.6%+ 14.5%5n/an/an/an/a179Peugeot 30082,4201.6%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a10Hyundai Tucson2,3841.6%+ 3.2%n/a30,4991.7%– 6.3%66n/aNissan Juke1,9341.3%– 4.2%n/a32,4821.8%+ 12.1%48n/aVW Polo1,8571.2%#DIV/0!n/a27,6741.5%+ 28.5%1016n/aVW Golf1,5371.0%– 43.8%n/a30,9641.7%+ 26.5%512n/aAudi A31,2750.8%– 53.2%n/a28,1051.6%+ 5.4%79

Source: SMMT