UK January 2011: Focus leads ahead of new gen launch

The 2011 Ford Focus will be available to the public in March.

The English car market is down for the seventh month in a row, at -11% in January with 128,811 registrations. The Ford Focus is #1 for the first time since last May with 7,582 sales and a very strong 5.9% share, boosted by discounts on the outgoing model and perhaps the start of dealership deliveries of the new generation (pictured above).

The Ford Fiesta is #2, followed by the Vauxhall Astra & Corsa, and the VW Golf. The Nissan Qashqai closes up the Top 10 albeit with a weak 1.6% share. Full Top 10 Ranking Table below.

UK January 2011:

Pos	Model	Jan	%	Dec	2010	%	Pos
1	Ford Focus	7,582	5.9%	5	77,804	3.8%	3
2	Ford Fiesta	5,844	4.5%	3	103,013	5.1%	1
3	Vauxhall Astra	4,510	3.5%	1	80,653	4.0%	2
4	Vauxhall Corsa	4,363	3.4%	2	77,391	3.8%	4
5	VW Golf	4,110	3.2%	7	58,116	2.9%	5
6	BMW 3 Series	3,184	2.5%	10	42,022	2.1%	8
7	VW Polo	3,010	2.3%	6	45,517	2.2%	6
8	Vauxhall Insignia	2,236	1.7%	9	37,273	1.8%	11
9	Peugeot 207	2,171	1.7%	11	42,185	2.1%	7
10	Nissan Qashqai	2,108	1.6%	8	39,048	1.9%	10

Source: SMMT