Its that time of the Month again - UK April sales figures

JAGUAR

APRIL 2012 805 sales - APRIL 2013 1080 sales +34.16%
YTD 2012 4825 sales - YTD 2013 6058 sales +25.55%

LAND ROVER

APRIL 2012 2633 sales - APRIL 2013 3483 sales +32.28%
YTD 2012 18443 sales - YTD 2013 22248 sales +20.63%

JAGUAR COMPETITORS

BMW

APRIL 2012 9486 sales - APRIL 2013 8866 sales -9.95%
YTD 2012 39909 sales - YTD 2013 40188 sales +0.70%

MERCEDES

APRIL 2012 6721 sales - APRIL 2013 7631 sales +13.54%
YTD 2012 32297 sales - YTD 2013 36633 sales +13.43%

LEXUS

APRIL 2012 509 sales - APRIL 2013 551 sales -7.62%
YTD 2012 2770 sales - YTD 2013 3243 sales -14.59%

AUDI

APRIL 2012 8991 sales - APRIL 2013 10823 sales +20.38%
YTD 2012 44953 sales - YTD 2013 49085 sales +9.19%

RISERS ON PREVIOUS YEAR (YOY CUMULATIVE)

ABARTH +13.51%

CITROEN +15.27%
DACIA +0.00%

FIAT +15.16%

FORD +2.95%HONDA +16.66%
HYUNDAI +11.84%
KIA +11.20%

LOTUS +100.00%
MINI +10.06% 

MITSUBISHI +54.89%NISSAN +15.31%
PEUGEOT +8.24%
SEAT +10.35%
SKODA +14.72% 

SMART +0.00% 
SUZUKI +33.09%
TOYOTA +1.92%
VAUXHALL +16.88%

VOLKSWAGEN +3.46%

LOSERS THIS YEAR (YOY CUMULATIVE)

ALFA ROMEO -3.45%

ASTON MARTIN -2.99%BENTLEY -9.98%

CHEVROLET -33.40%

CHRYSLER -13.71%

INFINITI -23.89%

JEEP -20.12%

LOTUS -82.61% 
MASERATI -16.80%

MAZDA -1.93%MG -79.65%
PERODUA -30.29%

PORSCHE -1.32%PROTON -87.70%
RENAULT -6.41%
SAAB -97.81%
SSANGYONG -30.13%

SUBARU -21.54%
VOLVO -1.50%

Sorry for the break, I will try my best to continue these every month, now onto the figures, Jaguar and Land Rover continue the upward trend, the UK based firm has seen increased figures now each month for some considerable while and with new products (F-Type and Sport) coming on stream in the next few weeks the continued upward trend for some while to come.

Renault has turned a corner, yes YOY sales are down but April sales were up a storming 43%, It's sister companies Nissan and Dacia continue to perform very well, with Dacia selling 4,000 cars so far this year, which makes MG pathetic effort of 13 cars for April and less than 100 for the year, a laughing stock, Mg do not seem to want to sell cars here in the UK, and whilst they cant be bothered I won't even consider the brand, which considering the old Rover/MG company was one i was very fond of and all my cars bar the first were from that company until its demise in 2005, since then i have had a Jaguar (Brilliant car) a Vauxhall (not bad but not the best) and a Mini Countryman (dreadful ride and very hard seats (never again)).

Vauxhall has, after a poor start to the year, continued an upward sweep, with the brand having lots of new models, The ADAM, the Mokka and the Cascada this will be an upward sweep that will carry on for some while, they just need to get rid of the dirty diesel engines and less that frugal petrols for some decent engines and then they will be ripe to do some serious business, Ford, as always, carries the torch for sales, with teh Focus and Fiesta still in the top three, and it is nice to see something different in the top ten, the FIAT 500, Polo, Pug 208 and Qashqai, there is even an Audi, A3, that creeps in at ten.

With the UK being the odd one out for european sales, and it's continued growth month on month, there is a ray of hope that the awful few years of austerity has, or is now starting to weaken and the UK might be on the road to recovery, we can only hope.