New cars registered each year ’10 ’12 ’14 ’16 ’18 ’20 1,620,502 ’10 ’13 ’16 ’19 ’20 1,620,502 Year New cars Change Petrol Diesel Hybrid Electric CO₂ g/km 2020 1,620,502 −29.7% 69% 20% 5% 7% 135 2019 2,305,155 −2.1% 70% 27% 2% 2% 153 2018 2,355,803 −7.0% 66% 32% 2% 1% 125* 2017 2,532,790 −5.7% 56% 42% 1% 1% 122* 2016 2,687,083 +2.4% 51% 48% 1% 0% — 2015 2,623,265 +6.3% 50% 49% 1% 0% — 2014 2,467,648 +9.4% 49% 50% 0% 0% — 2013 2,255,251 +10.7% 50% 50% 0% 0% — 2012 2,037,132 +5.2% 49% 51% 0% 0% — 2011 1,937,317 −4.4% 49% 51% 0% 0% — 2010 2,026,329 — 54% 46% 0% 0% —
Hybrid: petrol or diesel with an electric motor, plug-in or not. CO₂ is the average type-approval value: WLTP, or NEDC where marked * (the two tests are not comparable).
Most registered models in the United Kingdom, 2020 # Model New cars Share vs 2019 1 Ford Fiesta 49,092 3.0% −36.8% 2 Vauxhall Corsa 46,320 2.9% −14.7% 3 Ford Focus 39,270 2.4% −30.1% 4 Mercedes-Benz A-Class 37,488 2.3% −30.2% 5 Volkswagen Golf 34,985 2.2% −22.8% 6 Nissan Qashqai 33,912 2.1% −35.4% 7 Volkswagen Polo 26,894 1.7% −28.1% 8 Ford Puma 26,269 1.6% — 9 Volkswagen Tiguan 25,826 1.6% −32.0% 10 Volvo XC40 25,004 1.5% +62.2% 11 BMW 1 Series 24,889 1.5% −13.2% 12 BMW 3 Series 23,180 1.4% −15.0% 13 Tesla Model 3 22,345 1.4% +110.0% 14 Toyota Yaris 20,945 1.3% −27.0% 15 Kia Sportage 19,315 1.2% −43.9% 16 Vauxhall Crossland 18,643 1.2% +13.2% 17 Vauxhall Grandland 18,477 1.1% −17.5% 18 Kia Niro 18,368 1.1% +98.0% 19 Toyota Corolla 18,102 1.1% +17.6% 20 Nissan Juke 17,982 1.1% −6.5%
All models in 2020
Most registered makes in the United Kingdom, 2020 Make New cars Share vs 2019 Ford 151,804 9.4% −35.7% Volkswagen 147,451 9.1% −26.9% BMW 115,185 7.1% −32.1% Mercedes-Benz 110,521 6.8% −35.6% Audi 107,649 6.6% −22.5% Vauxhall 95,148 5.9% −40.2% Toyota 91,341 5.6% −12.9% Nissan 71,862 4.4% −22.1% Kia 69,729 4.3% −28.2% Land Rover 58,278 3.6% −23.7%
European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars (monitoring of every new car registered) · re-use permitted with acknowledgement