London (UK) H1 2026: Podium 100% Chinese

7 July 2026 at 06:54

The Jaecoo 5 is up to #2 in London over the First Half of 2026.

London sales figures have been recalculated and are now up 6% year-on-year over the First Half of 2026 to 71,350 units. Leader over the Full Year 2025, the Omoda 5, up 115.1% year-on-year, stays on top with 2.8% share. In fact, strikingly the London podium is 100% Chinese, with new entrants Jaecoo 5 and Jaecoo 7 placing #2 and #3 respectively. Talking about the Chinese, notice also the BYD Seal U up to #9 over H1 and the Leapmotor B10 up to #3 in June. The Tesla Model Y (+56%) remains at #4 while the Toyota C-HR breaks into the Top 10 at #10.

Previous post: London (UK) Full Year 2025: Omoda 5 ultra dominant

One year ago: London (UK) H1 2025: Toyota bZ4X surges to #1, Omoda 5 lands at #3

Full H1 2025 Top 10 models ranking below.

London (UK) First Half 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	H1 2026	%	/25	H1 2025	%	Pos	FY25
1	Omoda 5	1,983	2.8%	+ 115.1%	922	2.0%	3	1
2	Jaecoo 5	1,695	2.4%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
3	Jaecoo 7	1,471	2.1%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
4	Tesla Model Y	1,349	1.9%	+ 56.0%	865	1.9%	4	2
5	Ford Puma	1,319	1.8%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
6	Nissan Qashqai	1,278	1.8%	+ 56.8%	815	1.8%	6	7
7	Kia Sportage	1,248	1.7%	+ 49.3%	836	1.8%	5	5
8	Volvo XC40	1,237	1.7%	+ 22.1%	1,013	2.2%	2	4
9	BYD Seal U	1,165	1.6%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
10	Toyota C-HR	1,086	1.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Source: SMMT

UK June 2026: Tesla Model Y and Model 3 on top

Best Selling Cars Blog

By:Matt Gasnier

6 July 2026 at 16:19

The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in the UK in June.

New car sales in the UK are up a very satisfying +11.4% year-on-year in June to 213,166 units. This is the market’s first time above the 200,000 mark since pre-pandemic 2019. This way, the H1 volume is up 9.2% to 1,137,929. Encouragingly, private sales beat the market at +12.5% to 80,571 and 37.8% share vs. 37.4% in June 2025, while fleet sales advance 10.5% to 126,907 and 59.5% share vs. 60% last year and business sales are up 17.1% to 5,688 and 2.7% share vs. 2.5%. Year-to-date, private sales are up 12.6% to 452,830 and 39.8% share vs. 38.6% over H1 2025 while fleet sales gain 6.8% to 659,488 and 58% share vs. 59.2% last year. Business sales are up 12.5% to 25,611 and 2.3% share vs. 2.2%.

Looking at sales by propulsion, petrol is down -4% to 84,541 and 39.7% share vs. 46% in June 2025, diesel is down -24.4% to 8,099 and 3.8% share vs. 5.6%, HEV is up 25.3% to 29,874 and 14% share vs. 12.5%. BEV sales are up 35% to 63,950 and a round 30% share vs. 24.8% a year ago and PHEVs gain 24.9% to 26,702 and 12.5% share vs. 11.2% last year. Year-to-date, petrol is down -2.7% to 490,994 and 43.2% share vs. 48.4% over the same period in 2025, diesel is off -10.5% to 52,548 and 4.6% share vs. 5.6%, HEV gains 10.2% to 161,676 and 14.2% share vs. 14.1%, BEVs are up 26.6% to 284,579 and 25% share vs. 21.6% and PHEVs up 38.4% to 148,132 and 13% share vs. 10.3%.

Brand-wise, Volkswagen (-4.7%) keeps the lead despite going agains the positive market, holding 7.6% share vs. 7.9% over H1. Tesla (+57.7%) surges 20 spots on last month to reach #2 with 12,173 sales and 5.7% share, its best ranking and share since December 2024 (#2 and 6.1%) and largest volume since December 2022 (16,368). BMW (-7.5%) ranks #3 for the month and ascends to #2 year-to-date, a ranking it also held over the Full Year 2025. Audi (+18.8%) and MG (+37.5%) both beat the market and round out the Top 5. Notice also Omoda (+173.8%), Jaecoo (+149.6%) and BYD (+36.2%) all very healthy while newcomers Chery (#21) and Geely (#29) confirm their success. Leapmotor is up 1403.5% to #28.

Over in the models charts, Tesla brilliantly manages a 1-2 for the first time since December 2024, with the Model Y (+61.8%) at 3.2% share and the Model 3 (+52.9%) at 2.5%. As a result the Model Y cracks the YTD Top 10 at #10, with June accounting for 44% of its H1 sales. The Ford Puma (+19.6%) is relegated to third place but easily holds onto the YTD top spot. It is followed by the Kia Sportage (+34.9%) and Nissan Qashqai (-9.3%). #3 year-to-date, the Jaecoo 7 manages an 11th consecutive Top 10 finish at #7. At #10, the Ford Kuga signs a second Top 10 finish in the past 15 months after last February.

Previous month: UK May 2026: Vauxhall Frontera breaks into Top 10

One year ago: UK June 2025: BEVs up 39.1%, Hyundai hits record #4, Nissan Qashqai best-seller

Full June 2026 Top 55 All brands and Top 10 models below.

UK June 2026 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Jun-26	%	/25	May	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Volkswagen	16,162	7.6%	– 4.7%	1	90,150	7.9%	– 4.3%	1	1
2	Tesla	12,173	5.7%	+ 57.7%	22	27,677	2.4%	+ 21.8%	20	19
3	BMW	11,767	5.5%	– 7.5%	4	62,877	5.5%	– 4.3%	2	2
4	Audi	11,431	5.4%	+ 18.8%	2	58,662	5.2%	+ 9.6%	4	5
5	MG	10,395	4.9%	+ 37.5%	6	48,741	4.3%	+ 14.4%	8	10
6	Kia	10,352	4.9%	+ 3.1%	3	62,845	5.5%	+ 1.4%	3	4
7	Ford	10,284	4.8%	+ 0.8%	7	58,199	5.1%	– 3.6%	5	3
8	Skoda	9,212	4.3%	+ 10.3%	8	46,508	4.1%	+ 6.1%	9	11
9	Hyundai	9,033	4.2%	– 10.6%	11	45,388	4.0%	– 6.9%	11	6
10	Toyota	9,008	4.2%	+ 6.9%	10	45,584	4.0%	– 1.7%	10	7
11	Mercedes	8,145	3.8%	+ 0.6%	9	49,982	4.4%	+ 4.2%	6	9
12	Nissan	7,732	3.6%	– 18.7%	19	40,953	3.6%	– 16.7%	13	8
13	Vauxhall	7,597	3.6%	+ 6.5%	5	49,001	4.3%	+ 5.0%	7	13
14	Renault	6,957	3.3%	+ 16.7%	12	36,248	3.2%	+ 9.1%	15	15
15	Volvo	6,317	3.0%	+ 10.1%	18	35,352	3.1%	+ 4.4%	16	14
16	BYD	6,242	2.9%	+ 36.2%	14	37,795	3.3%	+ 94.9%	14	17
17	Peugeot	6,117	2.9%	– 24.1%	16	41,427	3.6%	– 14.9%	12	12
18	Jaecoo	6,071	2.8%	+ 149.6%	13	34,067	3.0%	+ 305.6%	18	23
19	Mini	5,506	2.6%	+ 56.9%	15	29,471	2.6%	+ 34.2%	19	18
20	Land Rover	4,525	2.1%	– 20.2%	17	34,772	3.1%	– 1.3%	17	16
21	Chery	3,836	1.8%	new	21	17,979	1.6%	new	23	34
22	Omoda	3,683	1.7%	+ 173.8%	23	18,761	1.6%	+ 170.3%	22	27
23	Cupra	3,254	1.5%	– 15.4%	20	21,909	1.9%	+ 14.6%	21	20
24	Dacia	2,924	1.4%	+ 7.2%	25	15,222	1.3%	– 5.6%	25	22
25	Polestar	2,554	1.2%	– 1.6%	29	9,086	0.8%	+ 9.2%	30	30
26	Citroen	2,304	1.1%	– 15.7%	24	16,530	1.5%	+ 76.2%	24	26
27	Suzuki	2,176	1.0%	+ 53.6%	26	13,741	1.2%	+ 44.7%	27	29
28	Leapmotor	2,150	1.0%	+ 1403.5%	34	6,770	0.6%	+ 1149.1%	33	35
29	Geely	2,119	1.0%	new	33	6,497	0.6%	new	34	47
30	Porsche	1,946	0.9%	+ 22.6%	27	9,526	0.8%	– 0.1%	29	28
31	Mazda	1,925	0.9%	– 47.0%	30	14,870	1.3%	– 20.9%	26	21
32	Seat	1,740	0.8%	+ 3.4%	28	8,772	0.8%	– 28.8%	31	25
33	Lexus	1,633	0.8%	– 11.3%	32	8,033	0.7%	– 8.5%	32	31
34	Honda	1,036	0.5%	– 38.3%	31	10,783	0.9%	– 18.4%	28	24
35	Jeep	1,020	0.5%	+ 59.1%	35	6,314	0.6%	– 4.7%	35	32
36	Fiat	822	0.4%	+ 8.6%	36	3,748	0.3%	– 38.9%	36	33
37	Alpine	449	0.2%	+ 137.6%	37	1,902	0.2%	+ 481.7%	37	39
38	Alfa Romeo	385	0.2%	+ 93.5%	38	1,624	0.1%	+ 24.2%	38	36
39	Changan	323	0.2%	new	39	1,579	0.1%	new	39	49
40	Smart	254	0.1%	+ 104.8%	40	1,159	0.1%	+ 49.5%	40	38
41	Xpeng	245	0.1%	+ 114.9%	43	767	0.1%	+ 364.8%	43	45
42	Lotus	194	0.1%	n/a	42	578	0.1%	n/a	45	n/a
43	Subaru	160	0.1%	– 30.1%	44	939	0.1%	– 25.5%	41	37
44	Genesis	147	0.1%	– 8.1%	41	626	0.1%	– 20.7%	44	42
45	Abarth	115	0.1%	+ 576.5%	45	313	0.0%	+ 55.7%	46	50
46	KGM	109	0.1%	– 26.8%	46	843	0.1%	+ 1.0%	42	41
47	Aion	70	0.0%	new	48	101	0.0%	new	51	–
48	Maserati	64	0.0%	+ 93.9%	47	255	0.0%	+ 49.1%	47	48
49	Skywell	64	0.0%	+ 3100.0%	54	90	0.0%	+ 718.2%	52	54
50	Mitsubishi	58	0.0%	n/a	51	70	0.0%	n/a	53	–
51	DS	44	0.0%	– 92.4%	52	112	0.0%	– 88.2%	50	43
52	Ineos	19	0.0%	– 24.0%	49	136	0.0%	+ 3.8%	49	51
53	Chevrolet	10	0.0%	+ 233.3%	53	40	0.0%	+ 17.6%	54	52
54	GWM Ora	7	0.0%	– 80.6%	50	144	0.0%	– 25.4%	48	46
54	Maxus	2	0.0%	– 75.0%	54	4	0.0%	– 90.7%	55	53
55	Jaguar	1	0.0%	n/a	–	8	0.0%	– 99.5%	54	40
–	Other British	219	0.1%	+ 8.4%	–	1,534	0.1%	– 10.8%	–	–
–	Other Imports	79	0.0%	– 42.8%	–	675	0.1%	– 34.5%	–	–

UK June 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Jun-26	%	/25	May	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Tesla Model Y	6,765	3.2%	+ 61.8%	n/a	15,341	1.3%	n/a	10	18
2	Tesla Model 3	5,408	2.5%	+ 52.9%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
3	Ford Puma	5,284	2.5%	+ 19.6%	1	29,642	2.6%	+ 12.5%	1	1
4	Kia Sportage	4,554	2.1%	+ 34.9%	2	25,828	2.3%	+ 12.2%	2	2
5	Nissan Qashqai	4,544	2.1%	– 9.3%	5	23,102	2.0%	+ 4.6%	4	3
6	MG HS	3,246	1.5%	– 9.0%	n/a	16,721	1.5%	+ 3.8%	7	8
7	Jaecoo 7	3,145	1.5%	n/a	4	23,840	2.1%	n/a	3	13
8	Hyundai Tucson	3,082	1.4%	n/a	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
9	Mini Cooper	3,004	1.4%	n/a	7	16,295	1.4%	n/a	8	12
10	Ford Kuga	2,948	1.4%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	19
n/a	VW Golf	2,894	1.4%	+ 7.7%	6	17,552	1.5%	+ 4.0%	6	6
n/a	Vauxhall Corsa	2,607	1.2%	– 27.2%	3	18,470	1.6%	– 8.2%	5	4
n/a	Volvo XC40	2,553	1.2%	– 4.1%	n/a	16,031	1.4%	+ 5.0%	9	7

Source: SMMT

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