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2025 By Brand

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	December
	2025	2024	% change	Mkt share ’25	Mkt share ’24
BEV	47,139	43,656	8.0%	32.2%	31.0%
HEV	18,430	17,899	3.0%	12.6%	12.7%
PHEV	16,898	12,716	32.9%	11.6%	9.0%
PETROL	57,607	59,455	-3.1%	39.4%	42.2%
DIESEL	6,175	7,060	-12.5%	4.2%	5.0%
TOTAL	146,249	140,786	3.9

	Year to date
	2025	2024	% change	Mkt share ’25	Mkt share ’24
BEV	473,348	381,970	23.9%	23.43%	19.56%
HEV	280,185	261,398	7.2%	13.87%	13.39%
PHEV	225,143	167,178	34.7%	11.14%	8.56%
PETROL	937,938	1,019,128	-8.0%	46.42%	52.19%
DIESEL	103,906	123,104	-15.6%	5.14%	6.30%
TOTAL	2,020,520	1,952,778	3.5%

	December
	2025	2024	% change	Mkt share ’25	Mkt share ’24
Private	51,412	44,312	16.0%	35.2%	31.5%
Fleet	90,607	92,806	-2.4%	62.0%	65.9%
Business	4,230	3,668	15.3%	2.9%	2.6%
Total	146,249	140,786	3.9%	100.0%	100.0%

	Year to date
	2025	2024	% change	Mkt share ’25	Mkt share ’24
Private	779,587	746,276	4.5%	38.6%	38.2%
Fleet	1,194,545	1,163,855	2.6%	59.1%	59.6%
Business	46,388	42,647	8.8%	2.3%	2.2%
Total	2,020,520	1,952,778	3.5%	100.0%	100.0%

	December				% Change
MARQUE	2025	% Market share	2024	% Market share	% Change
Abarth	4	0.00	18	0.01	-77.78
Alfa Romeo	295	0.20	134	0.10	120.15
Alpine	373	0.26	24	0.02	1,454.17
Audi	8,259	5.65	7,175	5.10	15.11
Bentley	54	0.04	68	0.05	-20.59
Bmw	8,688	5.94	8,484	6.03	2.40
Byd	7,682	5.25	1,355	0.96	466.94
Changan	237	0.16	0	0.00	0.00
Chery	1,587	1.09	0	0.00	0.00
Chevrolet	1	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Citroen	1,648	1.13	1,935	1.37	-14.83
Cupra	3,033	2.07	3,054	2.17	-0.69
Dacia	1,608	1.10	2,764	1.96	-41.82
Ds	12	0.01	27	0.02	-55.56
Fiat	149	0.10	875	0.62	-82.97
Fisker	0	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Ford	9,694	6.63	7,729	5.49	25.42
Geely	125	0.09	0	0.00	0.00
Genesis	68	0.05	111	0.08	-38.74
Gwm	73	0.05	18	0.01	305.56
Honda	687	0.47	1,007	0.72	-31.78
Hyundai	5,554	3.80	5,098	3.62	8.94
Ineos	10	0.01	17	0.01	-41.18
Jaecoo	3,814	2.61	209	0.15	1,724.88
Jaguar	0	0.00	382	0.27	-100.00
Jeep	515	0.35	680	0.48	-24.26
Kgm	69	0.05	67	0.05	2.99
Kia	4,394	3.00	3,985	2.83	10.26
Land Rover	3,906	2.67	3,629	2.58	7.63
Leapmotor	1,289	0.88	0	0.00	0.00
Lexus	1,097	0.75	1,301	0.92	-15.68
Maserati	52	0.04	28	0.02	85.71
Maxus	1	0.00	28	0.02	-96.43
Mazda	1,149	0.79	2,331	1.66	-50.71
Mercedes	4,961	3.39	6,122	4.35	-18.96
Mg	9,846	6.73	6,705	4.76	46.85
Mini	4,333	2.96	5,947	4.22	-27.14
Nissan	5,878	4.02	6,601	4.69	-10.95
Omoda	1,804	1.23	800	0.57	125.50
Peugeot	3,060	2.09	3,657	2.60	-16.32
Polestar	1,733	1.18	898	0.64	92.98
Porsche	1,825	1.25	2,784	1.98	-34.45
Renault	5,148	3.52	5,164	3.67	-0.31
Seat	1,400	0.96	2,189	1.55	-36.04
Skoda	4,823	3.30	6,958	4.94	-30.68
Skywell	4	0.00	3	0.00	33.33
Smart	190	0.13	57	0.04	233.33
Subaru	150	0.10	171	0.12	-12.28
Suzuki	986	0.67	563	0.40	75.13
Tesla	6,286	4.30	8,645	6.14	-27.29
Toyota	5,253	3.59	7,272	5.17	-27.76
Vauxhall	4,129	2.82	5,677	4.03	-27.27
Volkswagen	11,596	7.93	12,002	8.52	-3.38
Volvo	6,297	4.31	5,624	3.99	11.97
Xpeng	150	0.10	0	0.00	0.00
Other British	221	0.15	345	0.25	-35.94
Other Imports	49	0.03	69	0.05	-28.99
Total Market	146,249	100	140,786	100	3.88

	YEAR-TO-DATE				% Change
MARQUE	2025	% Market share	2024	% Market share	% Change
Abarth	291	0.01	1,027	0.05	-71.67
Alfa Romeo	3,000	0.15	1,666	0.09	80.07
Alpine	1,742	0.09	371	0.02	369.54
Audi	111,115	5.50	122,431	6.27	-9.24
Bentley	993	0.05	919	0.05	8.05
Bmw	122,723	6.07	125,265	6.41	-2.03
Byd	51,422	2.54	8,788	0.45	485.14
Changan	357	0.02	0	0.00	0.00
Chery	5,517	0.27	0	0.00	0.00
Chevrolet	85	0.00	1	0.00	8,400.00
Citroen	20,732	1.03	30,371	1.56	-31.74
Cupra	41,214	2.04	30,398	1.56	35.58
Dacia	30,005	1.49	31,457	1.61	-4.62
Ds	1,015	0.05	1,152	0.06	-11.89
Fiat	8,764	0.43	14,253	0.73	-38.51
Fisker	0	0.00	259	0.01	-100.00
Ford	118,998	5.89	109,955	5.63	8.22
Geely	478	0.02	0	0.00	0.00
Genesis	1,225	0.06	1,210	0.06	1.24
Gwm	542	0.03	1,162	0.06	-53.36
Honda	23,017	1.14	30,636	1.57	-24.87
Hyundai	93,124	4.61	91,808	4.70	1.43
Ineos	263	0.01	350	0.02	-24.86
Jaecoo	28,232	1.40	209	0.01	13,408.13
Jaguar	1,725	0.09	16,617	0.85	-89.62
Jeep	10,616	0.53	9,041	0.46	17.42
Kgm	1,574	0.08	1,617	0.08	-2.66
Kia	113,436	5.61	112,252	5.75	1.05
Land Rover	60,720	3.01	61,290	3.14	-0.93
Leapmotor	4,273	0.21	0	0.00	0.00
Lexus	16,454	0.81	16,651	0.85	-1.18
Maserati	372	0.02	469	0.02	-20.68
Maxus	47	0.00	31	0.00	51.61
Mazda	31,443	1.56	28,429	1.46	10.60
Mercedes	89,267	4.42	102,757	5.26	-13.13
Mg	85,155	4.21	81,536	4.18	4.44
Mini	47,328	2.34	46,975	2.41	0.75
Nissan	90,102	4.46	100,446	5.14	-10.30
Omoda	19,855	0.98	3,629	0.19	447.12
Peugeot	83,044	4.11	68,905	3.53	20.52
Polestar	16,959	0.84	8,693	0.45	95.09
Porsche	18,805	0.93	20,000	1.02	-5.98
Renault	65,537	3.24	57,967	2.97	13.06
Seat	23,015	1.14	36,782	1.88	-37.43
Skoda	83,304	4.12	78,601	4.03	5.98
Skywell	31	0.00	6	0.00	416.67
Smart	1,770	0.09	1,981	0.10	-10.65
Subaru	2,144	0.11	2,419	0.12	-11.37
Suzuki	18,226	0.90	23,059	1.18	-20.96
Tesla	45,513	2.25	50,334	2.58	-9.58
Toyota	90,126	4.46	101,444	5.19	-11.16
Vauxhall	81,921	4.05	78,895	4.04	3.84
Volkswagen	178,607	8.84	166,304	8.52	7.40
Volvo	68,776	3.40	66,408	3.40	3.57
Xpeng	900	0.04	0	0.00	0.00
Other British	3,077	0.15	3,452	0.18	-10.86
Other Imports	1,544	0.08	2,100	0.11	-26.48
Total Market	2,020,520	100	1,952,778	100	3.47

	December
1	FORD	PUMA	4,680
2	TESLA	MODEL Y	3,737
3	VOLVO	XC40	3,319
4	MG	MG ZS	3,294
5	NISSAN	QASHQAI	2,887
6	JAECOO	7	2,863
7	MG	MG HS	2,803
8	MINI	MINI COOPER	2,581
9	TESLA	MODEL 3	2,549
10	NISSAN	JUKE	2,326

	Year-to-date
1	FORD	PUMA	55,488
2	KIA	SPORTAGE	47,788
3	NISSAN	QASHQAI	41,141
4	VAUXHALL	CORSA	35,947
5	NISSAN	JUKE	34,773
6	VOLKSWAGEN	GOLF	32,478
7	VOLVO	XC40	30,404
8	MG	MG HS	30,191
9	VOLKSWAGEN	TIGUAN	29,857
10	HYUNDAI	TUCSON	28,613

	Year-to-date BEVs
1	TESLA	MODEL Y	24,298
2	TESLA	MODEL 3	21,188
3	AUDI	Q4 E-TRON	14,433
4	AUDI	Q6 E-TRON	13,148
5	FORD	EXPLORER	12,237
6	BMW	I4	12,158
7	SKODA	ENYAQ	11,940
8	KIA	EV3	11,188
9	SKODA	ELROQ	10,713
10	VOLVO	EX30	10,289

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