The new car market winners and losers of 2. The final numbers for the 2. UK car market show a growth in the overall market to more than 2. The two factors that traditionally drive the growth in car sales – house prices and unemployment figures – were both positive last year and there was an additional one- off boost from the Payment Protection Insurance compensation.
The latter factor will not be repeated in 2. Within the market, the big trend was fragmentation. The two biggest segments (superminis and small family cars) both grew at about the same rate as the whole market with growth of 1. SUVs (up 1. 9%) grew rapidly, while the traditional upper medium car really suffered (down 2. It may be that in a couple of years, Ford’s principal large family car will actually be the Kuga, not the Mondeo. The other form of fragmentation was the growth of both premium brands and value brands. For example, Audi and Skoda both had excellent years, but mainstream brands simply fought to maintain their share as best they could.
What the premium and the value brands have in common is that they clearly stand for something – one is for prestige and the other is for value. The problem for mid- market brands is carving out a similarly clear identity. Some have managed it – for example, Ford is identified with driving dynamics - but many have no strong image at a manufacturer level, having to rely on the strengths of individual models instead. Read through the list below to see just how each manufacturer fared, and whether its market share grew or shrunk. Alfa Romeo (Down: 2. Talk of selling 3. UK is long gone: sales are now below 6,0.
The 4. C will be a wonderful halo car – it’s just a shame there is nothing to bask in the light it will generate. Aston Martin (Down: 2. The new investor has a lot of work to do – market share has halved since 2. The technology tie- up with AMG will be critical: Aston is simply not big enough to generate the R& D budget it requires.
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Audi (Up: 2. 01. 2 = 6. Likely to finish 2. UK’s fourth largest brand. The key- fob du jour, as Audis are now seen as the coolest premium brand, if not always the best to drive. Bentley (Down: 2. Sales are stable – but at a lower level than before the crash, when Continental GTs were ubiquitous and market share was around 0.
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BMW (Down: 2. 01. A quiet year by BMW’s standards, but still on target to sell over 1. It has been overtaken by Audi, because Audi has the B- segment A1, and BMW leaves that segment to Mini. Chevrolet (Down: 2. The emerging brand that stubbornly refused to emerge. With sales around one sixth of Hyundai or Kia’s levels, GM decided it was time to pull the plug.
Chrysler (Down: 2. The “rebadged Lancia†strategy has failed utterly. If the Jeep division can be turned around, will Chrysler be quietly dropped from the UK? Citroen (Down: 2. Compared to Peugeot and Renault, Citroen has been a success story in recent years, The DS3 showed that Citroens could be sold on the quality of the car rather than the size of the discount. Dacia (Up: 2. 01. NA; 2. 01. 3 = 0.
The best first year result ever recorded by a new brand. Base models have stunning prices, but Laureate models are less of a bargain. Ferrari (Stable: 2. The most stable of all the supercar manufacturers – it has sailed through the crisis, with record 2. Fiat (Up: 2. 01. 2 = 2. The Panda, 5. 00 and 5. L now account for over 8.
Fiat sales. The intention is that larger cars will be left to Alfa, but that is like sending an unarmed man into battle. Ford (Down: 2. 01.
Share is effectively stable which, for a market leader under ferocious attack, is not a bad result. It seems like the worst is over for Ford in Europe – losses are reducing and it should be back in the black by 2. Honda (Down: 2. 01.
Honda’s expected recovery in 2. The 1. 6 DTEC diesel enables the company to effectively re- enter the family car and SUV segments. Hyundai (Down: 2.
Hyundai in static market share shockâ€. Hyundai is not declining, it is just drawing breath for its next assault on the UK car market.
It plans to get past five per cent, and few would bet against it. Infiniti (Down: 2. Infiniti said at launch it was only targeting around 1. UK sales per year, but it has not reached half that number.
With three German premium brands plus JLR, British people just don’t see the need. Jaguar (Up: 2. 01. Land Rover profits will be used to transform Jaguar into a company big enough to be viable.
Ford tried exactly the same thing with disastrous results, but this plan is far more plausible. Jeep (Down: 2. 01.
Jeep’s last chance to re- establish itself in the UK with the new Cherokee and Fiat 5. X- based “baby Jeepâ€. If they fail, Jeep will become the Lancia of off- roaders. Kia (Down: 2. 01. Like Hyundai, Kia paused in 2.
However, it won’t stay at that level for long. It too wants to get to 1. UK (around five per cent market share). Land Rover (Up: 2. Overall share is not relevant. Land Rover simply wants to dominate the off- road segments in which it operates, and make some of the best profit margins in the global car industry. Tick both boxes. Lexus (Down: 2.
Lexus is in a chicken- and- egg situation. Low sales mean it makes no financial sense to orientate Lexus design towards Europe, but it can’t sell in decent numbers here until it does. Lotus (Stable: 2. The good news is that it still exists, and a recent £1. UK government will help. Owners are still to decide if Lotus is about purist enjoyment (e. Elise) or about fighting Porsche (Evora suggests not).
Maserati (Down: 2. Maserati’s expansion plans call for 5. UK. The 2. 01. 3 figures aren’t important but the figures for 2. Mazda (Up: 2. 01. The fall in the value of the yen has given Mazda a new lease of life in the UK, which it hopes will continue with the new Mazda 3. It wants to get back to the two per cent share it once had. Mercedes- Benz (Up: 2.
The new A- class at the bottom and stupendous S- class at the top signals that Mercedes is back on form. However, it is now a long way behind Audi and BMW, and is unlikely to overtake either.
MG Motor (Down: 2. There is much noise about new models, but precious little sales activity. Registrations have actually halved since 2.
Mini (Down: 2. 01. Relatively stable share shows the strength of the brand – 2. Mini hatch buyers don’t mind that their new car is already obsolete, so long as it is a Mini. Mitsubishi (Up: 2.
Like Mazda, it is being helped by the fall in the value of the yen. However, the line- up of cars looks pretty random – it is hardly a coherent range. Nissan (Down: 2. 01.
The best turnaround story of the century so far. From selling Almeras and Primeras to Jukes and Qashqais in one generation – they should call the next model the Phoenix. Peugeot (Down: 2. The 2. 08 is doing okay, but stronger competition means it can’t single- handedly transform the company the way the 2. The future may lie in a tie- up with Chinese company Dongfeng. Porsche (Down: 2. Like Land Rover, so long as each model has a strong share of its sub- segment and enjoys big profit margins, the company is happy.
Growth will come through further integration with Volkswagen. Renault (Up: 2. 01. Renault might finally have hit bottom, having fallen like a stone from seven per cent in 2.
The Clio and Captur give it a solid foundation, but it is hard to see how it can ever get back above three to four per cent. Rolls- Royce (Down: 2. The apparent fall in 2. Sales are very stable and are likely to rise in 2. Seat (Up: 2. 01. 2 = 1. The problem child of the VW Group is finally starting to improve. However, Seat still needs to find a clear proposition: “German engineering plus Latin soul†is still a bit woolly.
Skoda (Up: 2. 01. Skoda is no longer really a value brand, but more of a sensible brand – not a million miles away from where Volvo used to be.
Smart (Down: 2. 01. An owner once said that smart is the “and†car – you buy another car and a smart. That is a limited market, so hopes are pinned on the co- production with Renault for a Twingo replacement. Ssang. Yong (Down: 2. With the new Korando, Ssang.
Yong might have hoped for better, but it is very difficult for a new brand to break through in today’s super- competitive market. Subaru (Stable: 2. Sales in the USA are soaring and will hit 4. Subaru is building a US factory to meet demand. It makes you wonder if the piffling amount sold in the UK is really worth the effort. Suzuki (Up: 2. 01.
The mirror image of Subaru – surprisingly strong in Europe (it is neck- and- neck with Honda), but dead in the USA. Expect more small crossovers soon to build on Suzuki’s 4x. Toyota (Down: 2. 01. The GT8. 6 shows where Toyota wants to get to, but the latest Auris shows how far it has to travel. The man at the top wants dynamic cars, but the message has to permeate through a corporation used to making automotive white goods. Vauxhall (Up: 2. 01.
The Adam is meant to herald a new dawn, but the jury is still out on whether it can have the impact of the Citroen DS3 or Fiat 5. Vauxhall thinks (or dreams?) the next Corsa can topple the Fiesta.
Volkswagen (Down: 2. Don’t be misled by a slight fall this year. VW has the unique combination of massive economies of scale and a semi- premium brand. That means it can make its cars for less and sell them for more. Volvo (Down: 2. 01.
The Chinese owners hope to transform the business with clever new platforms and engines. The key new model will be the next XC9. Volvo estate. The leader of the pack. As everyone knows, Ford is the UK market leader, and has been for over 3.
However, if you look at the figures at a group level, VW is easily Number One. The combined market share of Audi, Seat, Skoda and VW (excluding the partly- integrated Porsche), is 1. Ford on 1. 3. 8 per cent. As individual brands, VW is now No. Audi is No. 5, while Skoda is just outside the Top 1.