The Jaecoo 7 is the best-selling vehicle in Scotland in January.

Thanks to SMMT we can share with you detailed sales data by model for each UK nation. In an overall market up 3.4%, England gains 5.3% to 123,661 units and Wales is up 0.5% to 4,628 but Scotland drops -7.3% to 11,323 and Northern Ireland dives -11.3% to 4,296.

Podium finishers are as follows. The Kia Sportage is #1 in England, Northern Ireland and Wales and #2 in Scotland, the Jaecoo 7 #1 in Scotland, #2 in England and #4 in Wales, the Ford Puma #2 in Wales, #3 in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, the Nissan Juke #2 in Northern Ireland and the MG HS #3 in Wales, #4 in Scotland.

Other great performers include the Hyundai Tucson #5 in Northern Ireland, the BYD Seal U #6 in England and #10 in Scotland, the Omoda 5 #7 in Scotland, the VW T-Roc #7 in Northern Ireland, the BMW 1 Series #8 in Scotland, the Audi A3 #9 in England, the Peugeot 3008 #10 in England and the Volvo XC40 #10 in Northern Ireland.

Previous posts:

England (UK) 2025: Ford Puma and Kia Sportage lead, sales up 4.2%

Northern Ireland (UK) 2025: Kia Sportage stays at #1, Peugeot places 2008 at #3 and 3008 at #6

Scotland (UK) 2025: Vauxhall Corsa #1 for 6th year in a row, Jaecoo 7 up to #4

Wales (UK) 2025: Ford Puma and MG HS top negative market

One year ago: UK nations January 2025: Peugeot 3008 #2 in two nations.

Full January 2026 Top 10 models for each UK nation below.
England (UK) January 2026 – models:

PosModelJan-26%/25UKDec1Kia Sportage3,9383.2%+ 43.4%1n/a2Jaecoo 73,5312.9%n/a263Ford Puma3,0902.5%+ 59.0%314Vauxhall Corsa2,6852.2%+ 9.7%5n/a5Nissan Qashqai2,5832.1%– 12.4%456BYD Seal U2,2701.8%n/a6n/a7Nissan Juke2,1331.7%+ 6.3%7108VW Tiguan1,9771.6%+ 18.2%8n/a9Audi A31,7341.4%#DIV/0!n/an/a10Peugeot 30081,7321.4%– 16.1%n/an/a

Northern Ireland (UK) January 2026 – models:

PosModelJan-26%/25UKDec1Kia Sportage2225.2%+ 37.0%132Nissan Juke1653.8%+ 91.9%773Ford Puma1433.3%+ 68.2%324Nissan Qashqai1172.7%– 14.6%465Hyundai Tucson1082.5%– 10.7%n/an/a6MG HS1082.5%– 6.9%10n/a7VW T-Roc992.3%– 23.8%n/an/a8VW Golf952.2%+ 9.2%9n/a9VW Tiguan882.0%+ 8.6%8n/a10Volvo XC40811.9%n/an/an/a

Scotland January 2026 – models:

PosModelJan-26%/25UKDec1Jaecoo 74113.6%n/a242Kia Sportage3202.8%– 24.9%193Ford Puma3132.8%+ 192.5%354MG HS3122.8%n/a10105VW Tiguan2742.4%+ 20.2%8n/a6VW Polo2592.3%+ 0.4%n/a117Omoda 52562.3%n/an/a78BMW 1 Series2121.9%n/an/an/a9VW Golf1891.7%– 53.6%9810BYD Seal U1881.7%n/a6n/a

Wales (UK) January 2026 – models:

PosModelJan-26%/25UKDec1Kia Sportage1884.1%+ 40.3%142Ford Puma1693.7%+ 79.8%313MG HS1222.6%+ 50.6%1024Jaecoo 71172.5%n/a2n/a5Nissan Qashqai1102.4%+ 2.8%4n/a6VW T-Roc912.0%– 5.2%n/an/a7Nissan Juke871.9%– 8.4%788Vauxhall Corsa861.9%+ 3.6%5n/a9VW Tiguan851.8%#DIV/0!8n/a10VW Polo821.8%#DIV/0!n/an/a

Source: SMMT