UK February 2011: VW Golf tops the ranking!

The UK market is down for the 8th consecutive month in February, however recording the smallest decline over the period at -8% with 63,424 registrations. February has a traditionally low volume as buyers await the March plate change, resulting in a very volatile models ranking:

The VW Golf takes the lead of the UK market for the first time in at least a decade (I need to check my archives here – if you have more details please shout!) with a shiny 4.3% share, and the Ford Focus is #1 YTD at 10,065 sales and 5.2%.

Vauxhall places no less than 5 models in the Top 10, with the Corsa 2nd (4.1%), Astra 5th (3.2%), Insignia 6th (2.9%), Zafira 7th (2.7%) and the new Meriva in 10th (2.2%).

Full Top 10 Ranking Table below.

UK February 2011:

Pos	Model	Feb	%	Jan	2011	%	Pos	2010
1	VW Golf	2,709	4.3%	4	6,819	3.5%	4	5
2	Vauxhall Corsa	2,617	4.1%	3	6,980	3.6%	3	4
3	Ford Focus	2,483	3.9%	1	10,065	5.2%	1	3
4	Ford Fiesta	2,404	3.8%	2	8,248	4.3%	2	1
5	Vauxhall Astra	2,036	3.2%	5	6,546	3.4%	5	2
6	Vauxhall Insignia	1,842	2.9%	7	4,078	2.1%	7	11
7	Vauxhall Zafira	1,705	2.7%	14	3,343	1.7%	10	15
8	VW Polo	1,570	2.5%	6	4,580	2.4%	6	6
9	Nissan Qashqai	1,367	2.2%	8	3,475	1.8%	9	10
10	Vauxhall Meriva	1,367	2.2%	–	–	–	–	37

Source: SMMT