Ford Fiesta
A total of 156,737 new cars were registered in May 2021 - up 674.1 per cent on the same month last year, but still around 13.2 per cent below the 10-year May average.
The first national lockdown meant new cars could only be sold via click-and-collect in May 2020, so there were only 20,247 registrations in that month. It was therefore inevitable that May 2021’s figure would be significantly higher, yet this is still 14.7 down on May 2019.
So far in 2021, 723,845 new cars have been registered - 42.5 per cent higher than the same period last year, but 29.1 per cent lower than the 10-year average for January to May. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), which published the figures, predicts there will be a total of 1.86 million registrations this year.
Total registrations stood at 156,737 - a huge increase on the 20,247 in May 2020
Business demand boosted sales as the economy showed signs of recovery
VW Golf was the best-selling car last month, ahead of the Vauxhall Corsa
Corsa is now 3,000 registrations ahead of the Fiesta this year - which could end a 12-year stay for the Ford at the top of the UK sales charts