The most popular cars in the UK in 2024

The Ford Puma was the most popular, for the 2nd year running. By how many were registered new.

New cars
1,980,840
2024
Most popular
Puma
48,333 Fords
Top electric
Model Y
32,872 registered

The top 20, 2024

How many were registered, and how each moved since 2023.

  1. 1FordPuma48,333Same place
  2. 2KiaSportage47,158Up 3
  3. 3NissanQashqai42,444Down 1
  4. 4ToyotaYaris42,302Down 1
  5. 5VolkswagenGolf34,696Up 5
  6. 6NissanJuke34,462Up 2
  7. 7TeslaModel Y32,872Down 1
  8. 8VolkswagenTiguan32,473Up 5
  9. 9HyundaiTucson31,115Down 2
  10. 10MiniCooper30,491Down 1
  11. 11VolkswagenPolo30,453Up 7
  12. 12VolvoXC4030,229Up 5
  13. 13MGHS30,213Up 1
  14. 14VauxhallCorsa27,148Down 10
  15. 15AudiA327,023Same place
  16. 16FordKuga25,699Down 4
  17. 17VolkswagenT-roc25,055Up 3
  18. 18BMW1 Series24,982Up 3
  19. 19MGZS23,883Same place
  20. 20HyundaiKona20,511Up 14

Electric and hybrid

The most registered of each in 2024. Hybrids include plug-ins.

Electric

  1. 1TeslaModel Y32,872
  2. 2AudiQ417,633
  3. 3TeslaModel 317,447
  4. 4BMWi412,959
  5. 5ŠkodaEnyaq11,816
  6. 6Mercedes-BenzEqa Class11,621
  7. 7HyundaiKona10,854
  8. 8VolvoEX309,899
  9. 9VolkswagenID.48,924
  10. 10Mercedes-BenzEQB-Class8,826

Hybrid

  1. 1FordPuma46,920
  2. 2NissanQashqai42,422
  3. 3ToyotaYaris42,018
  4. 4KiaSportage40,585
  5. 5VolvoXC4025,532
  6. 6HyundaiTucson22,797
  7. 7FordKuga22,315
  8. 8Mercedes-BenzA-Class18,742
  9. 9FordFocus16,950
  10. 10VolkswagenTiguan16,167

Over the years

Where 2024's top ten placed each year since 2015. Tap a year for its list.

Car2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Ford Puma–––––98511
Kia Sportage2912101011169752
Nissan Qashqai5545565123
Toyota Yaris17202215131511234
Volkswagen Golf43222339105
Nissan Juke121313233322212886
Tesla Model Y–––––––467
Volkswagen Tiguan313821128101415138
Hyundai Tucson–282019143116879
Mini Cooper14151189776910

Cars registered for the first time in the UK, from the Department for Transport (table VEH0160).

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