High five! Polo is one
of the UK’s top five best-selling cars
The traditional sales spurt afforded by the twice-yearly registration plate change in the UK, benefited the Polo in September. It rose two places in the top 10 best-selling cars sales chart according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) for September 2014, sitting at number five with 10,312 examples finding homes.
Once again the Ford Fiesta was top dog, with 23,266 cars registered. Volkswagen’s Golf rounded out the top three (13,011 sold) one place below the Ford Focus (13,508 sold). Overall, the Polo is the seventh best-selling car in the UK for 2014 so far, with 36,772 models driving off the forecourts.
The SMMT reports that 425,861 new cars were registered in September a 5.6 per cent rise on the same period last year and the biggest September since 2004. The UK’s top 10 best-selling passenger cars during September 2014 and the year so far (sales figure and position in brackets) are as follows:
1 Ford Fiesta: 23,266 (106,930, 1st)
2 Ford Focus: 13,508 (67,015, 2nd)
3 Volkswagen Golf: 13,011 (58,664, 4th)
4 Vauxhall Corsa: 12,506 (62,693, 3rd)
5 Volkswagen Polo: 10,312 (36,772, 7th)
6 Fiat 500: 9122 (35,032, 9th)
7 Vauxhall Astra: 8661 (47,482, 5th)
8 Audi A3: 7317 (35,596, 8th)
9 Peugeot 208: 6968
10 Nissan Qashqai: 6847 (38,920, 6th)
(The 2014 top 10 best-selling car absent from last month’s sales figures is the BMW 3 Series with 29,655 units sold.)
