Citroen has a great month of May, with increased sales.

• Citroën increases UK passenger car sales by 18.96% in May 2013
• Market share increases to 3.99%, up from 3.72% in May last year
• Citroën DS3 Hatchback continues as best-selling model with almost 43,000 examples sold since launch

Citroën UK has delivered another strong passenger car sales performance in May. Sales of Citroën cars took a 3.99% share of the market with 7,184 registrations. This represents a year-on-year increase for May of no less than 18.96%, a significant increase compared to the market, which grew by 10.98%

Year-to-date, Citroën has sold 35,898 new cars, an increase of 16% compared to the first five months of 2012 in a market that has grown by 9.27%.

In May, DS3 Hatchback continued as Citroën’s best-selling model in the UK with 1,782 deliveries. Almost 8,700 DS3s have already been sold in Britain year-to-date. The distinctive supermini’s increasing popularity has resulted in more than 43,000 sales in the UK since the model’s launch in 2010.

Going from strength to strength, Citroën DS3 was recently ranked ‘Best Supermini’ in the 2013 What Car? JD Power Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Survey. Despite this being the model’s first appearance in the study, DS3 came 4th in the overall results out of a total 116 models. Owners gave DS3 an 82.2% satisfaction score with maximum five-star ratings for Performance, Service and Running Costs.

Linda Jackson, Citroën UK’s Managing Director, said; “Our strong sales performance in May has further demonstrated the growing appeal of the Citroën range, especially for DS3 which, as we’ve seen from the JD Power Survey, is giving buyers a really positive ownership experience. With the restyled C3 Picasso and New DS3 Cabrio just launched, and the New C4 Picasso not far away, we’re looking forward to even more demand for Citroën product as the year goes on.”