UK new car sales in April soar 24% year-on-year to 149,247 units, however year-ago volumes were particularly weak as buyers pulled purchases forward to March to beat incoming vehicle tax increases. The year-to-date tally is now up by a robust 9% to 764,101 and local association of manufacturers SMMT now predicts a Full Year 2026 tally at 2,093,000 units, up 3.6% on 2025. Private sales improve 20.2% to 56,116 units and 37.6% share vs. 38.8% a year ago while fleets are up 26.8% to 90,462 and 60.6% share vs. 59.3% and business sales are up 15% to 2,669 and 1.8% share vs. 1.9%. Year-to-date, this time private sales fare better at +11.7% to 306,211 and 40.1% share vs. 39.1% over the same period in 2025, fleet sales are up 6.9% to 441,094 and 57.7% share vs. 58.9% and business sales are up 19.3% to 16,796 and 2.2% share vs. 2%.

Looking at sales by fuel type, BEVs surge 59.1% to 39,084 and 26.2% share vs. 20.4% in April 2025. SMMT noted that April marked the registration of the 2 millionth BEV in the UK. Meanwhile HEVs are up 18.8% to 19,711 and 13.2% share vs. 13.8% a year ago, PHEVs are up 46.4% to 20,597 and 13.8% share vs. 11.7%, petrol is up 8.2% to 63,541 and 42.6% share vs. 48.8% and diesel down -1% to 6,314 and 4.2% share vs. 5.3%. Year-to-date, BEVs are up 22.1% to 176,698 and 23.1% share vs. 20.7% over the first 4 moths of 2025, HEVs are up 8.3% to 111,083 and 14.5% share vs. 14.6%, PHEVs are up 46.5% to 99,263 and 13% share vs. 9.7% while petrol is down -1.5% to 340,230 and 44.5% share vs. 49.3% and diesel falls -8.4% to 36,827 and 4.8% share vs. 5.7%.

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Previous month: UK March 2026: Jaecoo 7 overall best-seller!

One year ago: UK April 2025: Peugeot (+37.9%), BYD (+654.1%) stand out in market down -10.4%

Full March 2026 Top 53 All brands and Top 10 models below.

UK March 2026 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Apr-26	%	/25	Mar	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Volkswagen	12,884	8.6%	+ 23.0%	1	59,878	7.8%	– 5.9%	1	1
2	Kia	8,922	6.0%	+ 7.2%	3	43,538	5.7%	+ 0.4%	2	4
3	BMW	8,700	5.8%	+ 7.6%	2	42,607	5.6%	– 2.4%	3	2
4	Ford	8,230	5.5%	+ 17.5%	4	41,004	5.4%	– 1.7%	4	3
5	Audi	8,090	5.4%	+ 0.9%	5	38,133	5.0%	+ 6.4%	5	5
6	MG	7,005	4.7%	+ 84.9%	10	30,883	4.0%	+ 8.6%	8	10
7	Mercedes	6,989	4.7%	+ 30.1%	7	35,285	4.6%	+ 7.6%	6	9
8	Skoda	6,244	4.2%	+ 13.9%	14	30,675	4.0%	+ 9.3%	9	11
9	Hyundai	6,077	4.1%	– 6.9%	13	30,278	4.0%	– 3.6%	11	6
10	Vauxhall	5,889	3.9%	+ 14.1%	8	33,729	4.4%	+ 3.7%	7	13
11	Peugeot	5,368	3.6%	– 9.2%	12	30,196	4.0%	– 12.3%	12	12
12	BYD	5,059	3.4%	+ 101.5%	11	26,396	3.5%	+ 124.0%	14	17
13	Volvo	4,992	3.3%	+ 18.0%	16	24,117	3.2%	+ 4.0%	16	14
14	Toyota	4,981	3.3%	– 6.0%	6	30,389	4.0%	– 3.4%	10	7
15	Renault	4,801	3.2%	+ 9.9%	18	23,645	3.1%	+ 7.2%	17	15
16	Mini	4,774	3.2%	+ 90.0%	20	18,814	2.5%	+ 20.9%	19	18
17	Nissan	4,079	2.7%	– 16.7%	9	28,389	3.7%	– 13.3%	13	8
18	Jaecoo	3,877	2.6%	+ 268.2%	17	22,789	3.0%	+ 431.5%	18	23
19	Land Rover	3,834	2.6%	+ 1.2%	15	25,313	3.3%	+ 1.5%	15	16
20	Cupra	3,372	2.3%	+ 52.9%	21	15,171	2.0%	+ 24.0%	20	20
21	Omoda	3,275	2.2%	+ 259.9%	23	12,324	1.6%	+ 200.3%	22	27
22	Chery	2,900	1.9%	new	28	10,977	1.4%	new	25	34
23	Citroen	2,558	1.7%	+ 167.0%	26	12,142	1.6%	+ 127.1%	23	26
24	Dacia	1,798	1.2%	– 9.1%	27	10,250	1.3%	– 8.8%	26	22
25	Geely	1,649	1.1%	new	35	3,244	0.4%	new	35	47
26	Porsche	1,560	1.0%	+ 27.3%	31	6,041	0.8%	– 7.9%	29	28
27	Suzuki	1,321	0.9%	+ 30.1%	24	9,909	1.3%	+ 42.8%	27	29
28	Lexus	1,159	0.8%	+ 11.1%	32	5,223	0.7%	– 4.1%	32	31
29	Honda	1,155	0.8%	– 4.2%	25	8,506	1.1%	– 15.8%	28	24
30	Mazda	1,126	0.8%	– 26.9%	22	11,669	1.5%	– 6.9%	24	21
31	Polestar	1,076	0.7%	+ 25.3%	33	5,227	0.7%	+ 14.8%	31	30
32	Jeep	838	0.6%	+ 2.8%	30	4,609	0.6%	– 5.9%	33	32
33	Tesla	831	0.6%	+ 62.3%	19	12,570	1.6%	– 3.2%	21	19
34	Seat	790	0.5%	– 57.1%	29	5,620	0.7%	– 36.1%	30	25
35	Fiat	708	0.5%	+ 145.0%	36	2,320	0.3%	– 46.9%	36	33
36	Leapmotor	580	0.4%	+ 437.0%	34	3,676	0.5%	+ 1121.3%	34	35
37	Alpine	373	0.2%	+ 554.4%	38	1,085	0.1%	+ 996.0%	37	39
38	Changan	216	0.1%	new	37	969	0.1%	new	38	49
39	Alfa Romeo	210	0.1%	+ 0.5%	40	949	0.1%	– 0.1%	39	36
40	Smart	157	0.1%	+ 124.3%	39	740	0.1%	+ 32.9%	40	38
41	KGM	93	0.1%	+ 29.2%	43	671	0.1%	+ 14.7%	42	41
42	Xpeng	88	0.1%	+ 877.8%	42	441	0.1%	+ 880.0%	43	45
43	Genesis	71	0.0%	+ 73.2%	45	363	0.0%	– 21.1%	44	42
44	Lotus	64	0.0%	+ 45.5%	44	299	0.0%	– 56.5%	45	n/a
45	Subaru	52	0.0%	– 42.9%	41	709	0.1%	– 22.6%	41	37
46	Abarth	38	0.0%	+ 52.0%	49	129	0.0%	– 18.9%	47	50
47	Maserati	32	0.0%	+ 166.7%	47	136	0.0%	+ 19.3%	46	48
48	Ineos	18	0.0%	– 18.2%	48	101	0.0%	+ 31.2%	49	51
49	GWM Ora	16	0.0%	– 57.9%	46	125	0.0%	+ 0.8%	48	46
50	DS	13	0.0%	– 59.4%	50	59	0.0%	– 74.3%	50	43
51	Chevrolet	12	0.0%	+ 200.0%	51	22	0.0%	– 29.0%	51	52
52	Skywell	4	0.0%	+ 100.0%	52	19	0.0%	+ 111.1%	52	54
53	Jaguar	0	0.0%	n/a	–	7	0.0%	– 99.6%	53	40
–	Other British	201	0.1%	+ 47.8%	–	1,105	0.1%	– 16.8%	–	–
–	Other Imports	98	0.1%	– 21.6%	–	446	0.1%	– 39.0%	–	–

UK April 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Apr-26	%	/25	Mar	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Ford Puma	4,211	2.8%	+ 27.2%	2	20,339	2.7%	+ 11.5%	1	1
2	Kia Sportage	3,645	2.4%	+ 3.7%	4	17,835	2.3%	+ 8.9%	2	2
3	Nissan Qashqai	2,846	1.9%	+ 29.5%	3	15,699	2.1%	+ 12.2%	4	3
4	VW Golf	2,845	1.9%	+ 77.9%	8	12,021	1.6%	– 2.6%	6	6
5	Mini Cooper	2,577	1.7%	+ 58.7%	n/a	10,686	1.4%	n/a	9	12
6	Omoda 5	2,308	1.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	29
7	Vauxhall Corsa	2,236	1.5%	– 5.9%	5	12,788	1.7%	– 7.7%	5	4
8	VW Tiguan	2,234	1.5%	+ 46.6%	n/a	10,252	1.3%	– 3.9%	10	9
9	MG HS	2,146	1.4%	+ 67.9%	7	11,293	1.5%	+ 2.5%	8	8
10	Jaecoo 7	2,099	1.4%	n/a	1	17,668	2.3%	#DIV/0!	3	13
n/a	Volvo XC40	2,072	1.4%	+ 3.2%	6	11,360	1.5%	+ 7.0%	7	7

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