Seventh-placed Volkswagen Polo stands firm in UK top-sellers list
Holding firm in the sales stakes, the Volkswagen Polo was the seventh best-selling car in the UK last month according to the latest sales figures announced by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 4028 Polos found new homes in the UK during May 2015. The popular first-placed Ford Fiesta continued its market dominance with 9349 cars sold.
The latest SMMT tallies show that May new car registrations were up 2.4 per cent to 198,706 units, recording the 39th consecutive month of growth. 2015 new car registrations are up 5.7 per cent overall, with 1,119,072 units sold. The UK’s top 10 best-selling passenger cars during May 2015 and the year so far (sales figure and position in brackets) are as follows:
1 Ford Fiesta: 9349 (59,447, 1st)
2 Ford Focus: 7355 (35,989, 3rd)
3 Vauxhall Corsa: 6513 (40,594, 2nd)
4 Volkswagen Golf: 5897 (30,686, 4th)
5 Vauxhall Astra: 4916 (23,538, 6th)
6 Mini: 4095
7 Volkswagen Polo: 4028 (23,523, 7th)
8 Audi A3: 3999 (22,338, 8th)
9 Nissan Qashqai: 3978 (27,361, 5th)
10 Nissan Juke: 3897
(The 2015 top 10 best-selling cars absent from last month’s sales figures is the Mercedes-Benz C Class with 20,726 units sold and the Fiat 500 in 10th place, selling 18,449 units.)
