UK Auto Sales By Brand - January 2011

Having already processed a slightly more interesting piece on Britain's best-selling cars, let's be mindful that January 2011 car sales Across The Pond can't correlate properly with January 2010 sales because of the UK's scrappage scheme from a year ago. British new car registrations were artificially inflated at this time last year, so lower sales volumes were anticipated in the first month of 2011.

The overall market dropped by 11.5% in January, thus, the leading automaker's 11.2% decline seems in accordance. Not surprisingly, the leading luxury automaker was BMW; Audi trailed only slightly. The UK's best-selling Japanese brand was Toyota, way back in seventh position. Apart from GM-run Vauxhall, the top British brand was Land Rover, an Indian-owned sport-utility builder. Then of course there's Mini, whose parent company is Munich-based BMW. Jaguar, a Tata property just like Land Rover, sat in 24th spot. 

Eventually, a scroll down the list will reveal other British automakers, all owned by off-island companies like Proton (Lotus's parent), Investment Dar (Aston Martin's fund source), Volkswagen (Bentley's overlord), and China (MG's a part of the Nanjing/SAIC partnership). 

Yup, it's America's Blue Oval atop the standings. Ford, to many Britons and Europeans, isn't just an American company. Multitudes of Ford Motor Company products have been developed and manufactured on their side of the Atlantic.

Rank	Automaker	January 2011	% Change
#1	Ford	19,657	-11.2
#2	Vauxhall	15,311	-4.3
#3	Volkswagen	11,041	-26.2
#4	BMW	8726	+67.2
#5	Audi	8302	+5.2
#6	Peugeot	6842	-18.3
#7	Toyota	5557	-24.4
#8	Mercedes-Benz	5195	+24.6
#9	Nissan	5174	-10.1
#10	Citroen	5126	+3.6
#11	Hyundai	3974	-45.4
#12	Honda	3957	-8.6
#13	Renault	3867	-33.8
#14	Kia	3100	-38.4
#15	Skoda	3061	+7.3
#16	Land Rover	2530	+0.5
#17	Fiat	2488	-37.4
#18	Seat	2400	+4.7
#19	Mazda	2189	-23.5
#20	Volvo	2116	-20
#21	Mini	1614	-24.4
#22	Suzuki	1069	+0.8
#23	Chevrolet	939	-15.6
#24	Jaguar	856	-17.8
#25	Mitsubishi	760	+40.2
#26	Alfa Romeo	595	+59.1
#27	Lexus	469	-27.2
#28	Saab	452	+253.1
#29	Porsche	360	-21.7
#30	smart	203	-52.1
#31	Subaru	181	-17
#32	Jeep	80	-52.9
#33	Abarth	78	+14.7
#34	Bentley	75	-7.4
#35	Chrysler	56	-52.5
#36	Aston Martin	55	+5.8
#37	Proton	34	-49.3
#38	Infiniti	31	+158.3
#39	Perodua	31	-45.6
#40	Lotus	19	-26.9
#41	Ssangyong	3	-76.9
#42	Daihatsu	2	-90.9
#43	MG	2	-90.9

Source: Automakers & SMMT

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