UK Vehicle Intelligence · Updated weekly
What a car, van or bike will actually cost you.
Depreciation, running costs, and the parts most likely to fail — for the 310 best-selling cars, 30 top vans and 110 most-shopped bikes in Britain. Including older discontinued models still on the road. Search a make or model to begin.
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UK fleet, year-on-year change vs 2024
The UK car market · SMMT
Full data →New cars registered · August 2026
94,236
+13.7% year-on-year
Used cars sold · Q2 2026
2,009,318
0.7% year-on-year
Best-selling new · August 2026
- 1Tesla Model 31,296
- 2Tesla Model Y884
- 3Vauxhall Frontera875
- 4Jaecoo E5855
- 5Mercedes-Benz CLA821
Best-selling used · Q2 2026
- 1Ford Fiesta76,745
- 2Vauxhall Corsa62,201
- 3Volkswagen Golf56,236
- 4Ford Focus54,662
- 5Nissan Qashqai42,214
More than a quarter of new cars are now electric (29.8% in August 2026), but barely one in twenty used sales are (5.5% in Q2 2026) — the second-hand EV market runs years behind.
New = August 2026 registrations · Used = Q2 2026 transactions · Source: SMMT
Britain's best-selling
- 01Ford Puma56,554 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 02Kia Sportage49,115 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 03Nissan Qashqai42,179 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 04Jaecoo 738,395 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 05Vauxhall Corsa35,040 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 06Volkswagen Golf33,680 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 07Nissan Juke32,893 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 08Volvo XC4031,117 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 09MG HS29,624 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 10Volkswagen Tiguan28,962 units sold last yearsold/yr→
Figures are new-vehicle registrations in the UK over the last 12 months, sourced from SMMT. Use the search above to find any of the remaining 300 cars.
The UK used-car data index
All rankings →The whole catalogue, ranked on the numbers that decide what ownership costs — drawn from the same DVSA and DfT data behind every profile.
Best used buys
Dependable, past the steep drop
- 1Lexus NX−1.00%/yr
- 2Aston Martin DBX−1.30%/yr
- 3Hyundai i10−1.50%/yr
- 4Toyota Camry−1.70%/yr
- 5Kia Picanto−2.00%/yr
Best time to sell
Still wanted, steepest fall ahead
- 1Vauxhall Insignia−27.10%/yr
- 2Tesla Model Y−23.60%/yr
- 3Ford Mondeo−21.80%/yr
- 4Mazda 6−19.00%/yr
- 5Volkswagen ID. Buzz−17.50%/yr
Ranked across the catalogue by each model's forward annual depreciation, weighed against its UK parc trend and reliability — the smallest losses make the best buys, the steepest the best sells. Indicative, not advice. How these are ranked →
Most reliable — top 10 (from real DVSA MOT records)
- 1Lexus UX96 / 100
- 2Toyota bZ4X96 / 100
- 3Honda Jazz95 / 100
- 4Honda HR-V95 / 100
- 5Aston Martin Vantage95 / 100
Most economical — top 10 (combustion mpg)
- 1Toyota Yaris67 mpg
- 2Renault Clio65 mpg
- 3Toyota Yaris Cross65 mpg
- 4Suzuki Swift64 mpg
- 5Honda Jazz62 mpg
Cheapest to insure — top 10 (lowest insurance group)
- 1Hyundai i10group 5
- 2Nissan Micragroup 5
- 3Fiat Pandagroup 5
- 4Vauxhall Vivagroup 5
- 5Renault Twingogroup 5
Fastest-growing used EVs by cars added — top 10 (DfT licensing, year on year)
- 1BYD Seal+34,057 taxed (+1235.3%)
- 2Tesla Model Y+23,205 taxed (+22.6%)
- 3Tesla Model 3+21,061 taxed (+18.8%)
- 4BMW iX+15,600 taxed (+53.7%)
- 5Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron+13,865 taxed (+31.8%)
How our estimates work
Market value
Calculated from each variant's launch price, segment-specific depreciation curves, mileage-band adjustments, and year of registration — not scraped from listing sites or pulled from trade-guide subscriptions.
Running costs
Service costs from manufacturer schedules. Fuel costs from VCA CO₂ tables and our weekly UK forecourt averages. Insurance from industry group ratings against typical driver-profile premiums.
Reliability
MOT pass rates and failure categories aggregated from millions of DVSA test records per model. Population stats from DfT VEH0124 vehicle licensing data.
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