The Omoda 5 is the best-selling vehicle in Scotland in April.

Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in April. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the April 2026 UK update. In an overall market up 24.2%, England is up 25.8% to 128,201 units, Scotland up 17.5% to 12,317, Wales up 15.2% to 4,930 and Northern Ireland up 7.8% to 3,550. Year-to-date, England fares best again at +9.8% to 660,811 sales, with Wales up 7.5% to 24,538, Scotland up 6.5% to 61,150 but Northern Ireland down -4.8% to 16,775. 

Podium finishers are as follows: the Ford Puma is #1 in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, the Omoda 5 is #1 in Scotland, the Kia Sportage is #2 in England, #3 in Northern Ireland and Wales, the Kia Niro is #2 in Northern Ireland, the Vauxhall Corsa #2 in Scotland, the MG HS #2 in Wales, the Nissan Qashqai #3 in England and the MG 3 #3 in Scotland. Other great performers include the Toyota Yaris #4 in Northern Ireland, Jaecoo 7 #7 in England and Hyundai i20 #10 in Northern Ireland.

Previous month: UK nations March 2026: Nissan Juke #1 in Northern Ireland

One year ago: UK nations April 2025: Volvo XC40 on podium of two nations

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

England (UK) April 2026 – models:

PosModelApr-26%/25UKMar2026%/25PosFY251Ford Puma3,6042.8%+ 28.8%1217,4112.6%+ 8.1%112Kia Sportage3,2062.5%+ 17.8%2415,5132.3%+ 15.6%323Nissan Qashqai2,4891.9%+ 47.0%3313,4452.0%+ 14.3%434VW Golf2,4691.9%+ 89.2%4810,1621.5%– 1.9%655Mini Cooper2,2701.8%+ 63.1%5n/a9,5141.4%n/a8106VW Tiguan1,9381.5%+ 47.5%8n/a8,7301.3%– 2.9%1067Jaecoo 71,9101.5%n/a10115,5432.4%n/a2n/a8Vauxhall Corsa1,8811.5%– 2.8%7710,8461.6%+ 6.6%589Volvo XC401,7851.4%+ 20.0%n/a59,7611.5%n/a7710Omoda 51,7771.4%n/a6n/an/an/an/an/an/an/aMG HS1,6801.3%+ 79.3%969,0801.4%– 2.2%9n/a

Northern Ireland (UK) April 2026 – models:

PosModelApr-26%/25UKMar2026%/25PosFY251Ford Puma1744.9%+ 79.4%126003.6%+ 37.9%222Kia Niro1454.1%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a3Kia Sportage1444.1%+ 37.1%246824.1%+ 34.3%114Toyota Yaris1103.1%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a5Nissan Qashqai1073.0%– 15.1%334712.8%– 9.6%446Ford Kuga812.3%n/an/an/a3171.9%n/a9n/a7Hyundai Tucson792.2%– 7.1%n/a73822.3%– 5.2%578Hyundai Kona782.2%n/an/a93221.9%n/a889VW Tiguan732.1%+ 49.0%853602.1%– 3.7%61010Hyundai i20712.0%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aMG HS651.8%n/a963392.0%+ 19.4%7n/an/aVolvo XC40511.4%– 48.5%n/an/a2951.8%– 12.5%10n/an/aNissan Juke431.2%– 52.2%n/a14922.9%+ 41.0%35

Scotland (UK) April 2026 – models:

PosModelApr-26%/25UKMar2026%/25PosFY251Omoda 54944.0%n/a6101,4472.4%n/a3n/a2Vauxhall Corsa2822.3%– 14.5%711,3992.3%– 55.4%413MG 32762.2%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a4Ford Puma2612.1%+ 9.2%151,4762.4%+ 48.8%235Peugeot 2082532.1%+ 104.0%n/a31,2492.0%– 1.0%5106MG HS2452.0%+ 33.9%9n/a1,1741.9%n/a787VW Polo2401.9%+ 31.9%n/an/a1,1561.9%+ 3.5%858Hyundai Tucson2281.9%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a9Mini Cooper2231.8%n/a5n/an/an/an/an/an/a10VW Golf2181.8%+ 50.3%471,1011.8%– 5.3%9n/an/aNissan Qashqai1731.4%– 39.5%341,2172.0%+ 2.4%66n/aJaecoo 71231.0%n/a1021,5702.6%n/a14n/aBMW 1 Series1201.0%n/an/a61,0771.8%n/a10n/a

Wales (UK) April 2026 – models:

PosModelApr-26%/25UKMar2026%/25PosFY251Ford Puma1623.3%+ 0.0%128113.3%+ 18.6%112MG HS1553.1%+ 44.9%916992.8%+ 14.4%223Kia Sportage1152.3%+ 15.0%265892.4%– 3.0%334Volvo XC40961.9%– 4.0%n/a84131.7%– 14.5%795VW Golf921.9%n/a454601.9%+ 40.2%6n/a6MG ZS911.8%– 8.1%n/an/an/an/an/an/a47Hyundai Tucson871.8%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a8VW Polo801.6%n/an/an/a3761.5%n/a8n/a9Nissan Qashqai771.6%– 14.4%335632.3%+ 12.4%4510Audi A3691.4%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aJaecoo 7651.3%n/a1045402.2%n/a5n/an/aKia Picanto531.1%– 56.6%n/a63611.5%n/a9n/an/aNissan Juke270.5%– 67.5%n/a103601.5%– 16.9%107

Source: SMMT