The best-selling new cars and brands of 2023: Is your モーター の中で the 10 most popular models?

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The 最高の，を越す 10 best-selling new cars of 2023 have been 確認するd by 公式の／役人 産業 人物／姿／数字s - and it 確認するs Ford's return to 最高の，を越す 位置／汚点／見つけ出す... but not with the Fiesta.

登録s data collated by the Society of モーター 製造業者s and 仲買人s (SMMT) 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）s the 最高の，を越す models by sales 人物／姿／数字s in Britain last year - and の中で the 10 most in-需要・要求する モーターs is three British-built cars.

The 人物／姿／数字s also 明らかにする／漏らす which brands were most popular, the 主要な electric 乗り物s (EVs) by sales and even the most 一般的に bought 先頭s.

Here's the rundown of the 10 most-bought new cars of last year...

10. Vauxhall Mokka ? 29,984 sold (up 35%)

Price: from £24,310

Vauxhall's Mokka crossover has broken into the 最高の，を越す 10 best 販売人s 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）, having amassed almost 30,000 登録s in 2023. It now 公式に outsells the Astra family hatchback

Vauxhall’s Mokka compact crossover has broken into the 最高の，を越す 10 best 販売人s, though only 辛うじて 行方不明になるd out on ninth 位置／汚点／見つけ出す, having been overtaken in December by the next car in this 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）.

Starting from £23,300, Mokka’s 人気 の中で 運転者s this year comes as little surprise given the continued 増加する in appetite for compact SUVs ? and the sizable 割引s Vauxhall 売買業者s are willing to 申し込む／申し出 on its cars.

While the 大多数 of sales are 石油 見解／翻訳／版s, the Mokka Electric has also helped to 一致する up total 登録s for the nameplate (though not enough to make the 最高の，を越す 10 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of best-selling EVs in 2023).

ーに関して／ーの点でs of brand 株, Mokkas made up three in ten (30 per cent) of all Vauxhall 登録s last year - and it now outsells the Astra.

9. Audi A3 ? 30,159 sold (up 45%)

Price: from £28,650

The Audi A3 is the only C-segment family hatchback to make it into the 最高の，を越す 10 best 販売人s, which comes as やめる the shock given the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） in previous years has been 支配するd by the likes of the Ford 焦点（を合わせる） and VW ゴルフ

Incredibly, the Audi A3 is the only 従来の ‘C-segment’ [medium-size] hatchback to make the 最高の，を越す 10 most popular cars of the last year. That’s a major shock when you 22 per cent) consider that cars like the Ford 焦点（を合わせる）, Mercedes A-Class, Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen ゴルフ have 支配するd the best-販売人s 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） for the last two １０年間s.

証明するing that 賞与金 badges are still very popular, the A3 now leads all its 部門 競争相手s ーに関して／ーの点でs of UK sales with just over 30,150 部隊s last year. This is にもかかわらず its わずかに inflated pricing, with the cheapest variant 現在／一般に costing £28,650.

Audi has now moved up to third 全体にわたる ーに関して／ーの点でs of brand sales, with only Volkswagen and Ford 配達するing more モーターs to Britons in 2023.

The A3 makes up one in five (22 per cent) of Audi’s 年次の UK sales for the previous 12 months, the 公式の／役人 data shows.

There was also success for the German 製造業者’s Q4 e-tron SUV, which was the third most popular EV in 2023 with 16,757 登録s.

READ MORE: New cars sales grew 18% in 2023 場内取引員／株価 best year for 登録s since the pandemic - but low EV 需要・要求する could bite 製造業者s

Some 1.9million new cars entered the UK's roads last year, によれば the Society of モーター 製造業者s and 仲買人s. But there are その上の 調印するs of 消費者 EV 需要・要求する going into 逆転する at a pivotal time for 製造業者s

New car sales have bounced 支援する to their highest level since the pandemic, with some 1.9million models entering the road in 2023, 公式の／役人 登録 人物／姿／数字s show.

The new car market in Britain grew by almost 18% 毎年 against a difficult 経済的な 背景, the Society of モーター 製造（する）s and 仲買人s said this morning.

But while the data shows that the number of e lectric 乗り物 登録s in 2023 越えるd the previous two years 連合させるd, the numbers mask the fact sales dipped below 予測（する）s and appetite for 殴打／砲列 cars has dwindled.

The 統計（学） show only one in 11 私的な 買い手s in Britain 購入（する）ing new cars last year chose an EV, which could （一定の）期間 trouble for 製造業者s as binding 的s to 増加する 殴打／砲列 model sales - else 直面する hefty 罰金s - have been introduced into 法律 this week.?

> Read our 十分な 報告（する）／憶測 of 2023 new car sales 人物／姿／数字s?

8. Nissan Juke ? 31,745 sold (up 89%)

Price: from £20,985

The first of three British-built cars to make it into the 最高の，を越す 10 best 販売人s 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） is the Nissan Juke. With almost 31,750 登録s in 2023, it means one in three Nissans entering the road last year was the compact crossover

The first of three British-built cars to make the 最高の，を越す 10 販売人s 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） is the Nissan Juke, which is 組み立てる／集結するd at the Japanese 製造業者’s UK 生産／産物 施設 in Sunderland.

Amassing 31,745 登録s in 2023, it comfortably 固く結び付けるd itself in the league （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する of popular new models.

The crossover ? a 競争相手 to the Vauxhall Mokka ? is competitively 定価つきの, with the least-expensive model starting at a shade under £21,000.

It 代表するd over a third (35 per cent) of all Nissans sold in Britain last year… but it wasn’t the most popular car for the marque, as you will find out very すぐに...

7. 小型の ? 33,385 sold (up 3%)

Price: from £22,935

小型の 売買業者s in the UK sold almost 33,400 examples of the three and five-door hatchback. 小型の has recently 明かすd its next 世代 見解／翻訳／版 (pictured 権利) 同様に as 計画（する）s to turn its Oxford factory into an EV 生産／産物 場所／位置

小型の not only 申し込む／申し出s the hatchback as a three and five-door example, the 殴打／砲列-力／強力にするd 小型の Electric is also 含むd in total sales for the hatch. And?it continues to be popular の中で Britons across the board, にもかかわらず the fact the 小型の's British roots are now in the 手渡すs of BMW 所有権.

While it was the fifth most-bought new car of 2022, the third 世代 'BMW 小型の' has slipped 負かす／撃墜する the つつく／ペックing order to seventh - にもかかわらず the fact 売買業者 sold more on them in in 2023 (33,385) than they did the 12 months previous (32,387).

It shows that 需要・要求する for most of the models in the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） in 前線 of it was greater than 12 months ago, but 小型の could reestablish its position soon as the brand 準備するs to begin 配達／演説／出産s of the next-世代 小型の later this year.

Bosses at the car 製造者 also 確認するd 支援する in September that?it will build its next-世代 electric 小型のs in Oxford after 安全な・保証するing a 政府 基金ing 一括. The German-owned brand will pump £600million 投資 to transform 小型の's Cowley factory - a move 述べるd by both BMW and the 政府 as 'a 信任投票 in Britain' and one that will 保護（する）／緊急輸入制限 a 国家の 自動推進の icon.

6. Hyundai Tucson - 34,469 sold (up 24%)

Price: from £31,500

Hyundai's Tucson is the sixth best-selling new car of 2023, によれば the SMMT's 公式の／役人 人物／姿／数字s. 売買業者s sold around 6,600 more examples of the SUV than they did in the previous year, SMMT data shows

The 最新の-世代 Hyundai Tucson is a 質 中央の-size SUV. It's the sister car to the Kia Sportage (which we will get to very すぐに) and epitomises the rise of these Korean brands in 最近の years through the 解放（する） of competitively-定価つきの - and 質 - 乗り物s.

This Mk4 example was 明かすd in 2020 and comes with a unique look that might not be to all tastes - 特に the '直面する' of the car, with its enormous 取調べ／厳しく尋問する that 会社にする／組み込むs the headlight clusters.

Sold w ith a choice of hybrid - and plug-in hybrid - engines, lots of specification as 基準 and a tech-rammed 内部の, we're not surprised to see it in this 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） with 34,469 登録s in 2023 - some 6,600 more than the year previous (27,839).

5. Tesla Model Y ? 35,899 sales (up 1%)

Price: from £44,990

Tesla's Model Y has fallen two places in the 最高の，を越す 10 best 販売人s 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） compared to a year ago. With almost 35,900 登録s, sales have remained flat against 2022 人物／姿／数字s. That said, three in four new Teslas bought in 2023 were the Y SUV

Tesla’s SUV has held の上に its 栄冠を与える as Britain’s most 登録（する）d electric 乗り物, with almost 35,900 sold in 2023.

にもかかわらず the Model 3 存在 cheaper, the Y 代表するs almost three ４半期/4分の1s (72 per cent) of all Tesla sales for last year, with company car drivers snapping them up with the 援助（する） of salary sacrifice 計画／陰謀s to take advantage of low 利益 in 肉親，親類d 課税 on EVs.

While this will be celebrated as a success, given the growth of the new car market in the last 12 months, the Model Y’s sales are barely 改善するd on 2022, when the US 製造者 転換d 35,551 examples. This has seen it 減少（する） 負かす／撃墜する the 最高の，を越す 10 order, 落ちるing two places from third last year to fifth across all 燃料 types in 2023.

This is にもかかわらず Tesla’s 井戸／弁護士席-文書d price 削減（する）s for the Model Y ? and Model 3 ? in the 早期に months of last year, which saw the brand 削除する up to £9,000 off the Y in January.

It paints wider picture of 落ちるing 需要・要求する for Teslas last year, which saw its 登録s slide by 9.3 per cent year-on-year.

The Model Y 現在／一般に costs from between £44,990 and £59,990, with 公式の／役人 範囲s of 283 to 331 miles depending on the variant chosen.

4. Kia Sportage - 36,135 sold (up 22%)

Price: from £29,375?

One in every three Kias that entered the UK's roads last year was a Sportage SUV, such is its growing 人気. And for good 推論する／理由, too, given it is an all-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 最高の，を越す performer

Like its Hyundai Tucson sister car, the Sportage has sold in big numbers in 2022. However, unlike its Korean sibling, this has been the 事例／患者 for the Kia SUV for some time, with the Sportage often appearing in and around the 10 best 販売人s in 最近の years.

The fifth-世代 example in showrooms today is proof of how far the Korean 製造業者 has come in 最近の years, with the Sportage packed with 道具, handsome looks and 精製するd ride.

Like the Tucson, it has 独特の styling - 特に those boomerang-形態／調整d headlights. Sold with a choice of pet rol, 従来の hybrid and plug-in hybrid drivetrains, there's plenty of choice for 顧客s, too.?

The 36,135 entering the road last year was almost 6,500 more than in 2022 (29,655) and 代表するs a third (34 per cent) of all Kia sales over the 12-month period.?

3. Vauxhall Corsa - 40,816 sold (up 14%)

Price: from £19,275

Vauxhall's Corsa continues to be the most popular small car in Britain. A facelifted 見解／翻訳／版 of the small hatchback has just gone on sale 申し込む／申し出ing 詐欺師 looks and more 科学（工学）技術 in a 企て，努力，提案 to keep it に向かって the 首脳会議 of the sales chart

Having overtaken the Fiesta ーに関して／ーの点でs of 人気 in 2021, the Corsa continues to be the small car of choice の中で Britons, with Vauxhall 配達するing som e 40,800 new examples to UK 顧客s in 2023.

With 需要・要求する for the once popular Astra flagging in comparison, the Corsa is by far the brand's biggest 販売人, making up two in five (41 per cent) of all new Vauxhalls entering the road last year.

The availability of the Corsa Electric has also helped 支える 登録s, though it is 石油 models that are 運動ing the 本体，大部分／ばら積みの of 需要・要求する.

A facelifted 見解／翻訳／版 of both the 従来の and 殴打／砲列-力／強力にするd supermini has just gone on sale in Britain, 申し込む／申し出ing 詐欺師 looks and more tech than before to in a 企て，努力，提案 to help the Corsa 保持する its 肩書を与える as the nation's favourite small car.

2. Nissan Qashqai - 42,321 sold (up 1%)

Price: from £27,120?

Last year's best 販売人 has slipped to second place: The Nissan Qashqai couldn't やめる replicate its sales chart-topping 業績／成果 of 2022 - but it didn't 行方不明になる out by much

Last year's best-selling car of 2022 has slipped one place, with Nissan's Qashqai SUV amassing just over 42,300 登録s in 2023, which is just 383 部隊s short of last year.

It is still by far Nissan's most popular car, accounting for almost half (47 per cent) of the Japanese brand's sales in the UK last 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語.

Not only has it 保持するd its 栄冠を与える as the most popular family SUV model - a 記録，記録的な／記録する it has held since the first 世代 model arrived on the market in 2007 - it is the best selling 国内で-built モーター, with 生産／産物 of Qashqai 位置を示すd in Sunderland, where the Juke and Leaf EV are also 製造（する）d.?

The 最近の introduction of an 'e-力／強力にする' hybrid Qashqai has helped to keep it at the sharp end of the sales league （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する.?

1. Ford Puma - 49,591 sold (up 41%)

Price:?from £25,640?

The Ford Puma was Britain's best-selling new car in 2023, amassing almost 49,600 登録s over the 12 months. It sees Ford return to the 最高の，を越す of the model sales charts, having been dethroned in the previous two years に引き続いて a 50-year stay in the number one slot

Ford has jumped 支援する to the number one 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in the UK new car sales chart. But it's not the Fiesta - Britain's most-owned 乗り物 on the road today - that has 埋め立てるd the 栄冠を与える...

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Having amassed 49,591 sales, Ford's Puma has 公式に dethroned the Nissan Qashqai as the most popular new モーター in the UK in 2023.

But before it 公式に received its 栄冠を与える as the UK's 最高の，を越す choice モーター, we've spent a week 運動ing one to tell you if it is worthy of the 肩書を与える...

> Read our Ford Puma review?

The Puma crossover has taken up the mantle as the nation's favourite new model, propelling Ford 支援する to the 最高の，を越す of the order after a two-year hiatus.

The rise in 人気 of the Puma is partly 負かす／撃墜する to the demise of the Fiesta, with Ford last summer 中止するing 生産／産物 of Britain's best-販売人 for 12 連続した years between 2009 to 2020.

Its rise to the number one 位置／汚点／見つけ出す also 固く結び付けるs its position as the nation's go to compact crossover - a gong it has held for four years straight, outperforming the likes of the Nissan Juke, Skoda Kamiq Vauxhall Mokka.

The 49,591 sold in 2023 is 14,500 more than Ford 売買業者s 転換d the year previous (35,088), which goes to show the sizable 衝撃 of the Fiesta disappearing. One in three (34 per cent) of all new Fords entering the road last year were Pumas, the numbers show.?

顧客s have been drawn to its stylish looks, engaging 扱うing and 上げる to practicality and elevated 運動ing position over a 従来の hatchback.

Prices start from just over £25,600 in the UK for the Titanium 削減する-level. All 従来の Pumas come with a 1.0-litre Ecoboost 石油 engine with 穏やかな hybrid tech. And it is also 利用できる as a potent 200 horsepower ST hot-hatch with a 1.5-litre turbo 石油, 広げるing the model's 顧客 控訴，上告.