TMW - Its that time of the Month - September UK sales.

JAGUAR

AUGUST 2012 2962 sales - AUGUST 2013 3183 sales +7.46%
YTD 2012 11139 sales - YTD 2013 13256 sales +19.01%

LAND ROVER

AUGUST 2012 8745 sales - AUGUST 2013 9531 sales +8.99%
YTD 2012 38847 sales - YTD 2013 43916 sales +13.05%

JAGUAR LAND ROVERS COMPETITORS

BMW

AUGUST 2012 22427 sales - AUGUST 2013 27308 sales +21.76%
YTD 2012 97692 sales - YTD 2013 105313 sales +7.80%

MERCEDES

AUGUST 2012 16618 sales - AUGUST 2013 21256 sales +27.91%
YTD 2012 73401 sales - YTD 2013 86624 sales +18.01%

LEXUS

AUGUST 2012 1541 sales - AUGUST 2013 2013 sales +30.63%
YTD 2012 7050 sales - YTD 2013 7067 sales -0.24%

AUDI

AUGUST 2012 22283 sales - AUGUST 2013 25289 sales +15.91%
YTD 2012 101390 sales - YTD 2013 114261 sales +12.69%

RISERS ON PREVIOUS YEAR (YOY CUMULATIVE)

ABARTH +18.64%

CITROEN +9.20%

DACIA +100.00%

FIAT +19.63%

FORD +10.99%

HONDA +3.06%
HYUNDAI +9.07%
KIA +10.22%

LOTUS +17.50%
MAZDA +14.59%

MINI +5.58% 

MITSUBISHI +49.61%

NISSAN +11.86%

PEUGEOT +6.01%

PORSCHE +1.06%
RENAULT +6.42%

SEAT +16.51%
SKODA +19.40% 

SMART +6.86% 
SUBARU +0.69%
SUZUKI +29.68%
TOYOTA +5.72%
VAUXHALL +11.50%

VOLKSWAGEN +5.33%

VOLVO +2.48%

LOSERS THIS YEAR (YOY CUMULATIVE)

ALFA ROMEO -26.48%

ASTON MARTIN -1.76%

BENTLEY -3.68%

CHEVROLET -14.63%

CHRYSLER -23.70%

INFINITI -18.45%

JEEP -12.80%

MASERATI -0.42%

MG -56.74%

PERODUA -43.73%

PROTON -90.86%

SAAB -98.60%

SSANGYONG -26.60%

September has shown that the UK is ignoring the financial woes that are effecting many other countries around the world, with a 12% increase in sales over last year and near 11% for the year, and increasingly more manufacturers are showing positive yearly results, there are are only 13 companies showing decreases on 2012, of which 3 no longer sell cars, they are clearing out old stocks.

MG continues to struggle, yes they have 104 registrations for September, but those figures are very misleading, as 50 MG6 Magnette's were pre registered at the beginning of the month and sold to Motorpoint at a massive discount, that leaves 54, with 47 dealers currently names on MG's website, each will have one new MG3, that leaves 7, and the demos used for testing via MG, would take up 3-4, so when you break down the sales figures, they are really very poor.

Mitsubishi and Suzuki are both having a great time in the UK and both have new cars coming on stream to carry the sales momentum forward, Chevy is a weird one, they have some great cars, especially the Cruze, but some of the smaller ones like the Spark are truly dreadful, and recent reports on the Spark have shown how bad it is, PAG continue its dominance, with VW, SEAT, Skoda and AUDI all out performing last years figures.

The Corsa, Focus and Fiesta lead both the monthly sales chart as well as the yearly one, BMW are creeping on with the 1-Series and 3-Series edging higher on the chart, The  Golf, Astra, Polo, Qashqai and Peugeots 208 round out the yearly top ten, out of the 1.8 million cars this year sold, over half a million is taken by the top ten, as per usual Ford and Vauxhall continue to dominate as they have for decades, but their lead is slowly but surely being eaten away, and it wont be long before either the Golf or BMW 1 or 3-Series takes the top spot, and when that happens it will be a very sad day for the UK motor industry.

Lastly, jaguar and Land Rover, how great it is to see this once lame duck (under Ford ownership) flourishing and showing the world that the UK can design and build stunning cars, both in looks and performance, and it is not just in the UK, US sales (elsewhere on the blog) have again shown an upward sales swing, the new Range Rover,RR Sport and F-Type are all performing extremely well, and with new models in the pipeline, the new Discovery 5/Freelander 3, XF, XT, and C-X17 SUV the sales flight will continue for some years to come.

Jon Mower

TMW - Its that time of the month - August UK sales figures

JAGUAR

AUGUST 2012 178 sales - AUGUST 2013 260 sales +46.07%
YTD 2012 8177 sales - YTD 2013 10073 sales +23.19%

LAND ROVER

AUGUST 2012 591 sales - AUGUST 2013 806 sales +36.38%
YTD 2012 30102 sales - YTD 2013 34385 sales +14.23%

JAGUAR LAND ROVERS COMPETITORS

BMW

AUGUST 2012 3449 sales - AUGUST 2013 4401 sales +27.60%
YTD 2012 75265 sales - YTD 2013 78005 sales +3.64%

MERCEDES

AUGUST 2012 2378 sales - AUGUST 2013 3058 sales +28.60%
YTD 2012 56783 sales - YTD 2013 65386 sales +15.12%

LEXUS

AUGUST 2012 197 sales - AUGUST 2013 231 sales +17.26%
YTD 2012 5526 sales - YTD 2013 5037 sales -8.85%

AUDI

AUGUST 2012 4008 sales - AUGUST 2013 3904 sales -2.59%
YTD 2012 79107 sales - YTD 2013 88432 sales +11.79%

RISERS ON PREVIOUS YEAR (YOY CUMULATIVE)

ABARTH +21.27%

ASTON MARTIN +5.39%

CITROEN +12.17%
DACIA +100.00%

FIAT +16.81%

FORD +11.83%

HONDA +7.71%
HYUNDAI +9.60%
KIA +10.38%

LOTUS +27.18%
MASERATI +6.03%
MAZDA +6.06%

MINI +4.06% 

MITSUBISHI +40.57%

NISSAN +14.28%

PEUGEOT +6.05%

RENAULT +0.29%

SEAT +18.79%
SKODA +15.14% 

SMART +7.89% 
SUZUKI +33.32%
TOYOTA +5.46%
VAUXHALL +12.95%

VOLKSWAGEN +5.32%

LOSERS THIS YEAR (YOY CUMULATIVE)

ALFA ROMEO -32.41%

BENTLEY -1.85%

CHEVROLET -21.09%

CHRYSLER -24.80%

INFINITI -18.13%

JEEP -16.70%

MG -69.77%

PERODUA -36.40%

PORSCHE -1.28%

PROTON -91.89%

SAAB -98.55%

SSANGYONG -34.35%

SUBARU -11.53%

VOLVO -1.67%

Yet another great month in the UK for sales, with another a near 11% increase on the month and 10% on the year, the car manufacturers are having a good time, and this will continue with many new models coming on stream over the next three months from the MG3 to Seat's Leon ST, Skoda's new Yeti, Superb face lift and Octavia VRs, to New Insignia, Nissan Note, 308 and Kia Soul to name but a tiny amount.

Dacia is the new darling of the UK sales with nearly 9,000 already sold and that's with four model lineup, whereas on the other hand MG continue to be embarrassed by it tiny sales, 13 again, and I suspect that some if not all of those were pre-registered MG3 models ready to be used for press reviews, I will be reviewing the MG3 in the next week, after the MG6, Mazda6 and Mazda CX-5, so keep an eye out for these.

The usual suspects are in the top ten sales charts, Fiesta, Focus, Astra, Corsa, Golf, Polo, Qashqai, 1 and 3 series and surprisingly the Vauxhall Insignia, surprising because it is currently on run out ready for the next gen version, so maybe either a lot of pre-reg or some very cheap deals, those are readily available, again i will be doing a report on these in the next month or two.

The UK has seen an unprecedented 18 month of continuous rise in sales, during which the world has seen continued difficulties in labour, financial and personal circumstances, can the UK carry on with these rises, or will there be another collapse like the collapse that occurred in both June 2009 and December 2011, will there be anymore corporate collapses like MG-Rover and SAAB, as pricing gets more competitive, and margins get slimmer, can the smaller brands compete in an ever more difficult market.

TMW - Its that time of the month - July UK sales figures

JAGUAR

JULY 2012 892 sales - JULY 2013 1155 sales +29.48%
YTD 2012 7999 sales - YTD 2013 9813 sales +22.68%

LAND ROVER

JULY 2012 3436 sales - JULY 2013 3459 sales +0.67%
YTD 2012 29511 sales - YTD 2013 33579 sales +13.78%

JAGUAR LAND ROVERS COMPETITORS

BMW

JULY 2012 7302 sales - JULY 2013 8390 sales +14.90%
YTD 2012 71816 sales - YTD 2013 73604 sales +2.49%

MERCEDES

JULY 2012 6615 sales - JULY 2013 7673 sales +15.99%
YTD 2012 54405 sales - YTD 2013 62310 sales +14.53%

LEXUS

JULY 2012 578 sales - JULY 2013 692 sales +19.72%
YTD 2012 5329 sales - YTD 2013 4806 sales -9.81%

AUDI

JULY 2012 9094 sales - JULY 2013 10761 sales +18.33%
YTD 2012 75099 sales - YTD 2013 84528 sales +12.56%

RISERS ON PREVIOUS YEAR (YOY CUMULATIVE)

ABARTH +19.38%

ASTON MARTIN +4.74%

CITROEN +13.69%
DACIA +100.00%

FIAT +16.56%

FORD +11.89%

HONDA +7.93%
HYUNDAI +9.25%
KIA +10.58%

LOTUS +23.23%
MASERATI +4.30%
MAZDA +5.81%

MINI +3.41% 

MITSUBISHI +40.41%

NISSAN +13.75%

PEUGEOT +6.72%

RENAULT +1.05%

SEAT +19.04%
SKODA +15.45% 

SMART +8.23% 
SUZUKI +33.13%
TOYOTA +5.81%
VAUXHALL +12.60%

VOLKSWAGEN +5.59%

LOSERS THIS YEAR (YOY CUMULATIVE)

ALFA ROMEO -32.04%

BENTLEY -6.91%

CHEVROLET -22.70%

CHRYSLER -23.52%

INFINITI -19.59%

JEEP -16.59%

MG -71.79%

PERODUA -39.34%

PORSCHE -0.19%

PROTON -91.38%

SAAB -98.50%

SSANGYONG -36.11%

SUBARU -12.98%

VOLVO -1.34%

With a 13 point increase on the month (10 point on the year) the UK car sales are still bucking the Euro trend, and with nearly all car makers showing increases on the monthly sales (July) it was a great month, Ford had a huge increase in July with a near 40 point increase, the new Fiesta ST has had a big impact in the UK.

MG continues its "revival" with another month of poor sales, only 27 cars registered in the month, I wonder how many of those are dealer cars ?, it has the new MG3 from September, so hopefully from then we will see a concerted effort by MG UK to advertise the products, because without the advertising, they wont sell anything near what they should.

Out of the premium brands, Jaguar has the biggest point increases, due mainly to the new and stunning F-Type, I just hope that the recent post in this blog about the F-Type burning to nothing is just a blip and nothing to be really concerned about, because if there is some sort of issue with the car, and I am not saying that there is, the sales will just drop like a stone, and this car deserves to be a world beater.

Mitsubishi is the latest manufacturer to announce significant price cuts across the Shogun range, this along with Vauxhall and Nissan and the VAT reduction for MG and Suzuki, it is an aggressive time for dealers to tempt buyers and keep the sales flowing, and with the September plate change, there will be a lot of competition for those sales,

I have to mention once again DACIA, with 8,297 sales so far this year, and they only started in March, they have already taken 0.63% on the UK market, with the aggressive pricing and continued advertising, along with competent cars, it will continue, maybe MG should look at the corporate model for DACIA and take on board some of those techniques, because at the moment they are failing epically.