The Jaecoo 7 is the best-selling vehicle in Scotland in January.

Thanks to SMMT we can share with you detailed sales data by model for each UK nation. In an overall market up 3.4%, England gains 5.3% to 123,661 units and Wales is up 0.5% to 4,628 but Scotland drops -7.3% to 11,323 and Northern Ireland dives -11.3% to 4,296.

Podium finishers are as follows. The Kia Sportage is #1 in England, Northern Ireland and Wales and #2 in Scotland, the Jaecoo 7 #1 in Scotland, #2 in England and #4 in Wales, the Ford Puma #2 in Wales, #3 in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, the Nissan Juke #2 in Northern Ireland and the MG HS #3 in Wales, #4 in Scotland.

Other great performers include the Hyundai Tucson #5 in Northern Ireland, the BYD Seal U #6 in England and #10 in Scotland, the Omoda 5 #7 in Scotland, the VW T-Roc #7 in Northern Ireland, the BMW 1 Series #8 in Scotland, the Audi A3 #9 in England, the Peugeot 3008 #10 in England and the Volvo XC40 #10 in Northern Ireland.

Previous posts:

England (UK) 2025: Ford Puma and Kia Sportage lead, sales up 4.2%

Northern Ireland (UK) 2025: Kia Sportage stays at #1, Peugeot places 2008 at #3 and 3008 at #6

Scotland (UK) 2025: Vauxhall Corsa #1 for 6th year in a row, Jaecoo 7 up to #4

Wales (UK) 2025: Ford Puma and MG HS top negative market

One year ago: UK nations January 2025: Peugeot 3008 #2 in two nations.

Full January 2026 Top 10 models for each UK nation below.
England (UK) January 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Jan-26	%	/25	UK	Dec
1	Kia Sportage	3,938	3.2%	+ 43.4%	1	n/a
2	Jaecoo 7	3,531	2.9%	n/a	2	6
3	Ford Puma	3,090	2.5%	+ 59.0%	3	1
4	Vauxhall Corsa	2,685	2.2%	+ 9.7%	5	n/a
5	Nissan Qashqai	2,583	2.1%	– 12.4%	4	5
6	BYD Seal U	2,270	1.8%	n/a	6	n/a
7	Nissan Juke	2,133	1.7%	+ 6.3%	7	10
8	VW Tiguan	1,977	1.6%	+ 18.2%	8	n/a
9	Audi A3	1,734	1.4%	#DIV/0!	n/a	n/a
10	Peugeot 3008	1,732	1.4%	– 16.1%	n/a	n/a

Northern Ireland (UK) January 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Jan-26	%	/25	UK	Dec
1	Kia Sportage	222	5.2%	+ 37.0%	1	3
2	Nissan Juke	165	3.8%	+ 91.9%	7	7
3	Ford Puma	143	3.3%	+ 68.2%	3	2
4	Nissan Qashqai	117	2.7%	– 14.6%	4	6
5	Hyundai Tucson	108	2.5%	– 10.7%	n/a	n/a
6	MG HS	108	2.5%	– 6.9%	10	n/a
7	VW T-Roc	99	2.3%	– 23.8%	n/a	n/a
8	VW Golf	95	2.2%	+ 9.2%	9	n/a
9	VW Tiguan	88	2.0%	+ 8.6%	8	n/a
10	Volvo XC40	81	1.9%	n/a	n/a	n/a

Scotland January 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Jan-26	%	/25	UK	Dec
1	Jaecoo 7	411	3.6%	n/a	2	4
2	Kia Sportage	320	2.8%	– 24.9%	1	9
3	Ford Puma	313	2.8%	+ 192.5%	3	5
4	MG HS	312	2.8%	n/a	10	10
5	VW Tiguan	274	2.4%	+ 20.2%	8	n/a
6	VW Polo	259	2.3%	+ 0.4%	n/a	11
7	Omoda 5	256	2.3%	n/a	n/a	7
8	BMW 1 Series	212	1.9%	n/a	n/a	n/a
9	VW Golf	189	1.7%	– 53.6%	9	8
10	BYD Seal U	188	1.7%	n/a	6	n/a

Wales (UK) January 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Jan-26	%	/25	UK	Dec
1	Kia Sportage	188	4.1%	+ 40.3%	1	4
2	Ford Puma	169	3.7%	+ 79.8%	3	1
3	MG HS	122	2.6%	+ 50.6%	10	2
4	Jaecoo 7	117	2.5%	n/a	2	n/a
5	Nissan Qashqai	110	2.4%	+ 2.8%	4	n/a
6	VW T-Roc	91	2.0%	– 5.2%	n/a	n/a
7	Nissan Juke	87	1.9%	– 8.4%	7	8
8	Vauxhall Corsa	86	1.9%	+ 3.6%	5	n/a
9	VW Tiguan	85	1.8%	#DIV/0!	8	n/a
10	VW Polo	82	1.8%	#DIV/0!	n/a	n/a

Source: SMMT