The Vauxhall Astra ranks #8 in Wales in September.

Now that we have covered UK sales for September, it is time to zoom in to each UK nation. Northern Ireland is the best performer this month at +22.5% to 5,441 sales, followed by Wakes at +12.8% to 11,765, England at +12.1% to 300,302 and Scotland at +9.4% to 32,789. Year-to-date, England at +10.6% to 1,496,050 and Wales also at +10.6% to 56,378 fare best, ahead of Scotland at +7.2% to 146,270 and Northern Ireland at +6% to 38,136. 

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

Other great performers include the Seat Ibiza #4 in Scotland, BYD Sealion 5 #4 in Northern Ireland, Peugeot 2008 #5 in Scotland, VW Polo #5 in Wales, #6 in Scotland and #10 in England, VW Golf #6 in England, Tesla Model Y #6 in Northern Ireland, the Audi A3 #7 in England, Vauxhall Astra #8 in Wales, Kia EV3 #9 in Wales, Renault Clio #9 in Scotland and Vauxhall Frontera #10 in Northern Ireland.

Previous month: UK nations August 2026: BYD Sealion 5 scores first Top 10 finish (in Northern Ireland)

One year ago: UK nations September 2025: Jaecoo 7 in Top 10 of 3 nations again, BYD Seal U #5 in England

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

England (UK) September 2026 – models:

PosModelSep-26%/25UKAug2026%/25PosFY251Tesla Model 39,4393.1%n/a2522,4531.5%n/a6n/a2Jaecoo 79,3363.1%+ 69.0%1234,2842.3%n/a2n/a3Ford Puma5,8001.9%– 20.5%3136,2752.4%+ 0.6%114Kia Sportage5,4341.8%– 30.4%4731,5702.1%– 0.9%325Tesla Model Y5,3371.8%+ 33.0%5n/a20,4591.4%n/a10n/a6VW Golf4,7681.6%+ 7.0%8n/a22,8021.5%+ 6.5%557Audi A34,6571.6%n/a10n/an/an/an/a9n/a8Nissan Qashqai4,6301.5%– 25.6%6n/a27,8181.9%+ 0.1%439MG HS4,3511.4%+ 2.1%9620,6661.4%+ 7.2%9n/a10VW Polo4,3191.4%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aVauxhall Corsa4,0191.3%+ 3.8%7n/a22,2601.5%+ 8.6%78n/aMini Cooper3,2481.1%n/an/a820,9141.4%+ 38.8%810

Northern Ireland (UK) September 2026 – models:

PosModelSep-26%/25UKAug2026%/25PosFY251Tesla Model 32424.4%n/a2n/an/an/an/an/an/a2Ford Puma2334.3%+ 30.9%321,3783.6%+ 32.0%223Nissan Qashqai1883.5%+ 54.1%691,1643.1%+ 18.2%344BYD Sealion 51572.9%n/an/a5n/an/an/an/an/a5Hyundai Tucson1442.6%+ 63.6%n/a21,0502.8%+ 45.2%476Tesla Model Y1432.6%n/a5n/an/an/an/an/an/a7Kia Sportage1342.5%– 37.1%411,4123.7%+ 23.6%118Ford Kuga1192.2%+ 16.7%n/a77381.9%n/a8n/a9MG HS1162.1%+ 17.2%948452.2%+ 20.4%5n/a10Vauxhall Frontera971.8%n/an/a6n/an/an/an/an/an/aNissan Juke881.6%– 20.0%n/an/a8242.2%+ 9.0%65n/aVW Tiguan881.6%+ 49.2%n/a87662.0%+ 10.5%710n/aVW Golf851.6%+ 6.3%8n/a6081.6%– 16.1%109n/aHyundai Kona571.0%– 46.2%n/an/a6291.6%n/a98

Scotland (UK) September 2026 – models:

PosModelSep-26%/25UKAug2026%/25PosFY251Vauxhall Corsa1,3344.1%– 22.0%7n/a4,0292.8%– 46.6%112Jaecoo 71,0513.2%+ 34.9%123,8162.6%n/a243Peugeot 2087592.3%+ 36.0%n/an/a2,5331.7%– 7.0%9104Seat Ibiza7222.2%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a5Peugeot 2008 6412.0%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a6VW Polo6331.9%+ 4.8%n/a92,7311.9%– 0.9%757Kia Sportage6071.9%– 45.1%4n/a2,6871.8%– 37.9%828MG HS5751.8%+ 3.2%943,2112.2%+ 23.4%489Ford Puma5471.7%+ 11.4%313,2702.2%+ 26.5%339Renault Clio5471.7%– 18.2%n/a3n/an/an/an/an/an/aNissan Qashqai5201.6%– 22.7%6n/a2,8612.0%– 1.3%66n/aChery Tiggo 85161.6%n/an/a82,4221.7%n/a9n/an/aOmoda 53271.0%n/an/an/a2,9122.0%n/a5n/a

Wales (UK) September 2026 – models:

PosModelSep-26%/25UKAug2026%/25PosFY251Jaecoo 74063.5%+ 117.1%1n/a1,2512.2%n/a4n/a2MG HS4013.4%+ 57.9%911,9253.4%+ 27.1%123Ford Puma3653.1%+ 6.4%321,7963.2%+ 6.0%214Kia Sportage3422.9%+ 7.2%431,3682.4%+ 0.4%335VW Polo2231.9%n/an/an/a8501.5%n/a9n/a6Nissan Qashqai2161.8%+ 9.6%651,2282.2%+ 15.8%557VW Golf1931.6%n/a8n/a9501.7%+ 189.6%6n/a8Vauxhall Astra1841.6%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a9Kia EV31761.5%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a10VW Tiguan1751.5%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/aVolvo XC401581.3%+ 4.6%n/an/a8871.6%– 7.9%89n/aMG ZS1571.3%– 16.5%n/a49481.7%– 15.6%74n/aHyundai Tucson1161.0%n/an/a68121.4%n/a10n/a

Source: SMMT