EXCLUSIVEThe 12 ways Britain's new car buying tastes changed in a １０年間

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Much can change in a １０年間 ? and that 含むs the world of モーターing.

The last 10 years has seen a seismic 転換 for the 産業, 含むing the advent of mainstream electric cars, an 悪名高い 放出／発行s cheating スキャンダル, a にわか景気 in SUV sales and 出現 of new brands from the US and 中国.

Throw into the mix a 全世界の pandemic that 軍隊d 一時的な 終結 of factories and resulted in a two-year parts 供給（する） 不足, and the 自動推進の landscape looks 劇的な different to how it did before.

But what 衝撃 has all this had on the cars Britons buy from showrooms?

Our 分析 of 登録s data looks at 12 ways buying habits and 傾向s have developed between 2013 and 2023.

1. Demise of ディーゼル

The 落ちる in 需要・要求する for ディーゼル cars has been 井戸／弁護士席 文書d in 最近の years.

Since the ディーゼル 放出／発行s cheating スキャンダル 攻撃する，衝突する 前線 pages in 2015, sales of oil burners have gone into 逆転する.

This 人物／姿／数字s are also tempered by the fact many 製造業者s are 劇的な 減ずるing ? if not culling, like Volvo ? their ディーゼル engine 選択s in showrooms.

And our comparison to a １０年間 ago shows the 劇の 衝撃 it's had on ディーゼル sales.

In 2013, 49.8 per cent [yes, half!] of all new cars 登録（する）d were ディーゼルs.?

That was more than 石油s (48.8 per cent) while '代案／選択肢 燃料 乗り物s' ? both hybrids and electric 乗り物s (EVs) 連合させるd ? 代表するd the remaining 1.4 per cent of sales 10 years ago.

公式の／役人 登録 人物／姿／数字s?published by the Society of モーター 製造業者s and 仲買人s (SMMT) show that a mere 7.5 per cent of new car sales were ディーゼルs last year ? that's より小数の than one in 13 モーターs entering the road, 負かす／撃墜する from one in two a １０年間 earlier.

にもかかわらず the 抱擁する 拒絶する／低下する in ディーゼル appetite, 石油s 保持する at a 類似の market 株 as they did in 2013 as a consequence of a 劇の uptake of hybrids and EVs.

Unleaded-力／強力にするd models made up 47.4 per cent of 登録s last year, which is 1.4 百分率 points 負かす／撃墜する on a １０年間 ago.

As such, the rise in greener 乗り物 sales means the 普通の／平均（する） CO2 放出／発行 生産（高） for new cars has fallen by 15 per cent from 128.3g/km in 2013 to 108.9 last year.?

2. Brands that have disappeared, like Mitsubishi?

Checking 支援する to 2013 registr ation data shows a number of brands that are no longer 利用できる in the UK for one 推論する／理由 or another.

The most 著名な 見えなくなる is Mitsubishi, which in 2013 made up a fraction (0.4 per cent) of all 登録s with a shade over 9,000 sales that year ? which is almost on par with EV brand Polestar ーに関して／ーの点でs of total 部隊s last year.

Mitsubishi left the UK market in 2020 as part of a cost-saving 戦略 that 最初 伴う／関わるd 出口ing Europe altogether. While it 逆転するd that 決定／判定勝ち（する） and has since 簡素化するd its European presence to 17 markets, the UK isn't one of them.

Chrysler, Infiniti, 陽子, Perodua and Saab (with just four 登録s in 2013 having gone into 行政 two years earlier) are other 製造業者s that appeared in the sales charts a １０年間 ago but are no longer with us in Britain today.

Chevrolet is 価値（がある） について言及するing too.

支援する in 2013, repurposed General モーターs models ? like the Aveo, Captiva, 誘発する and Trax ? were on sale in the UK. With 11,600 登録s that year, it made up 0.5 per cent of the UK new car market.

In 2015, parent group GM chose to pull the brand from the UK high street 予定 to a combination of factors, 含むing challenging 条件s, low sales and the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 焦点（を合わせる） on other markets where the brand had stronger sales and growth 可能性のある.

Today, the UK arm of the US marque now only sells Britons the Corvette sports car ? and it 転換d 102 of them last 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語.

3. New kids on the 封鎖する (it's not just Tesla)

The most obvious 指名する on the UK car sales 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） that wasn't there a １０年間 ago is Tesla, which 公式に didn't start 申し込む／申し出ing EVs in Britain until 2014.

And many of the other new kids on the 封鎖する are also EV brands, 含むing the aforementioned Polestar, 中国's BYD and 広大な／多数の／重要な 塀で囲む モーター's Ora, 同様に as new US start-up Fisker.

A number of new spin-offs of 存在するing 製造業者s have also seen the market 拡大する, with the likes of Citroen's 高級な arm DS Automobiles, Alpine ? the 業績／成果 支店 of Renault ? and?Seat's sister marque Cupra all 現れるing in the last 10 years.

The latter was the biggest 販売人 of all the spin offs last year, with Cupra 一致するing an impressive 25,658 登録s, which is only marginally behind Seat (32,177). In fact, bosses said in 2023 that Cupra would likely 取って代わる the Seat brand before the end of the １０年間.

Genesis, a 賞与金 wing of Hyundai, is the 最新の spin-off example arriving in Britain in 2021.?

As such, there's a wider availability of brands across the UK's mainstream car market, rising from 41 製造者s in 2013 to 46 last year. More choice for us, so it seems...

4. UK new car market is n o longer 支配するd by a select few brands

In 2013, three brands were 支配するing the UK new car market; Ford, Vauxhall and Volkswagen.?

モーターs sold by these three companies alone accounted for one in every three 登録s (33.4 per cent) that year.

急速な／放蕩な 今後 a １０年間 and the 最高の，を越す three performers (VW, Ford and Audi) accounted for いっそう少なく than one in four (23.3 per cent) of UK sales by brand.

And the data shows that Ford's once 要塞／本拠地 on Britain's new car market has 弱めるd.

Not only has it slipped behind VW ーに関して／ーの点でs of sales 容積／容量s, its 13 per cent market 株 in 2013 was 負かす／撃墜する to 7.5 per cent in 2023.?

Essentially, this is a 拒絶する／低下する from around one in eight new モーターs per year to one in 14 in the 現在の day.

That's にもかかわらず Ford's Puma 存在 the nation's best-selling model last year.

The SMMT's data also shows that 買い手s are 購入（する）ing from a broader spectrum of brands.

In 2013, 22 makes had a market 株 of the UK market of 1 per cent of more; in 2023, this number grew to 26 製造業者s.

5. Small cars still the most 一般的に bought ? but SUVs are の近くにing the gap

Small cars remain the most popular across all 乗り物 types in the UK - as has been the 事例／患者 for a very long time.

However, SUVs are 徐々に の近くにing the gap as more drivers switch to larger, high-riding models.

In 2013, 公式の／役人 登録s data shows that two in five (39.5 per cent) of all new 乗客 cars entering the road were dinky city runarounds or superminis.

While they remain the most 一般的に 購入（する）d new cars today, their now 代表する just one in three (30.4 per cent) 登録s.

This is because SUV are eating into their market dominance.

A １０年間 ago, '二重の 目的' sports 公共事業（料金）／有用性 乗り物s 代表するd only 11 per cent of the market.

But a にわか景気 in 需要・要求する in 最近の years has seen SUVs 追いつく family hatches to become the nation's second most popular car type, making up 28.6 per cent of all 登録s.

にもかかわらず 存在 より勝るd by SUVs, medium-size hatchbacks, saloons and 広い地所s still 伸び（る）d 前進 in the 決裂／故障 of new cars bought in Britain, rising from a 26 per cent market 株 in 2013 to の近くに to one in three (28.2 per cent) モーターs last year.??

In contrast, appetite for larger family models has gone into 逆転する, as has the market 株 for MPVs, (n)役員／(a)執行力のある and 高級な saloons 同様に as sports cars.

6. The electrifying rebirth of MG (which now sells more cars in Britain than Skoda and Volvo)

The return of t he MG badge to the British market is going 広大な／多数の／重要な guns.

Having returned to the UK scene under SAIC モーター (Shanghai 自動推進の 産業 会社／団体) 所有権 in 2011, MG モーター UK in 2013 had just its much-maligned MG6 saloon on sale in Britain - which explains its paltry 0.02 per cent market 株 that year.

But in 最近の years, the brand's EV 移行 has seen its 人気 blossom.

Under Chinese 所有権, the 再発進するd marque today predominantly sells 予算-friendly electric models - and やめる a lot of them at that.

The MG4 was Britain's second most popular new EV in 2023 with 21,715 sold. Only the Tesla Model Y was 購入（する）d in greater numbers last year (35,899).

As such, MG is the biggest mover ーに関して／ーの点でs of 増加するd market 株 in the last １０年間.

From 存在 the 38th most popular brand a １０年間 ago, last year it was the 11th 全体にわたる, outselling the likes of Skoda, Peugeot, Land Rover, Volvo and Renault.

It even 転換s more モーターs in Britain than Tesla.

With a market 株 of 4.27 per cent in 2023, it has 増加するd its tyreprint in the UK by a staggering 19.094 per cent over a 10-year stint. That's the biggest rise across all brands over the period reviewed.

7. Dacia 二塁打ing its market 株 is その上の proof that we Britons love a 取引

Like MG, Dacia's 最近の growth is proof that us Britons love a 取引.

Our 10-year 分析 of the UK new car market 最高潮の場面d its 重要な rise in 人気.?

With the Romanian marque returning to the UK (under Renault's stewardship) in 2013, it took the 部門 by 嵐／襲撃する with its low-cost Sandero supermini and 予算-friendly Duster SUV.

In its first year 支援する on British 国／地域, Dacia clocked up just over 17,100 登録s, taking a brand market 株 of 0.8 per cent in 2013.

Roll on 10 years, the 解放（する） of new-世代 Sanderos and Dusters - 同様に other models 存在 追加するd to the 範囲, like the Jogger seven-seat 広い地所?- and the 製造業者 has offloaded a ４半期/4分の1 of a million of its 乗り物s to British 買い手s.

In 2023, 28,651 new Dacias entered the road, which is a stellar 業績／成果 given the wider 拒絶する／低下する in 登録s compared to a １０年間 earlier.

What could be 運動ing Dacia's success? 強化するing 予算s and 減ずるd 消費者 spending in the 最近の cost-of-living crunch might have something to do with it.?

As such, Dacia has 二塁打d its market 株 compared to 10 years ago, rising to 1.5 per cent in 2023.

8. Just two models from the best 販売人s 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） in 2013 appear in the 2023 order

Earlier, we について言及するd that Ford's Puma was Britain's most bought new car in 2023.

It showcases the 劇の 転換 in the car market in 最近の years, with 従来の family hatchbacks and saloon 取って代わるd at the 最高の，を越す of the sales league （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する by a throng of compact crossovers and large SUVs.

In fact, so much has changed that just two models in the 最高の，を越す 10 best 販売人s of 2013 appeared in the 2023 order.?

And that's not because those 2013 nameplates no longer 存在するs.

やめる the contrary.

Every one of the most popular models from 10 years ago were still in showrooms last year, be it in later 世代s.

One exception to the 支配する from this year will be the Fiesta, with Ford culling 生産／産物 of Britain's most bought car of all time (and 2013's best 販売人) last summer, which should see 売買業者 供給（する）s emptied in 2024.

Only the Vauxhall Corsa and Nissan Qashqai appear in the two 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）s separated by 10 years.

Once market-支配するing family hatches in 2013 - 含むing the Ford 焦点（を合わせる）, Vauxhall Astra, Volkswagen ゴルフ and BMW 1 Series - have slipped 負かす／撃墜する the つつく／ペックing order and out of the best 販売人s 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）.?

9. Porsches aren't that 排除的 anymore

Porsche is undoubtedly still a 賞与金 brand today. But the marque is far いっそう少なく 排除的 than it was a １０年間 ago.

In 2013, the 伝説の German 業績／成果 car 製造者 代表するd just 0.4 per cent of the UK market with 8,260 登録s - the 大多数 of which were its Cayenne SUV.

But roll 今後s to 2023 and Porsche's model line-up has 拡大するd - as has its sales 容積／容量s.

The arrival of the Macan has 拡大するd Porsche's SUV 範囲 (while also lowering the 入ること／参加（者） price point) and the Taycan EV has broadened the brand's 控訴，上告 to a greener audience.

As such, sales 攻撃する，衝突する 24,241 部隊s in 2023 - a 示すd growth of 194 per cent in a １０年間 that saw more British 運転者s buy more Porsches than Fiats, Lexus and Jaguars.

Porsche's market 株 has risen by 250 per cent in a １０年間, climbing from just 0.36 per cent in 2013 to 1.27 per cent last 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語. Only MG has 増加するd its 足跡 more in the last 10 years, the SMMT's data shows.

Audi is the 'number one selling 賞与金 brand' at the moment, with a total of 137,489 sales placing the four-（犯罪の）一味 logo third 全体にわたる in the new car charts.

It has a market 株 of 7.2 per cent?? a 記録，記録的な／記録する 人物／姿／数字 for the marque in the UK?? that isn't too far ahead of where it was in 2013 (6.3 per cent 株).

どこかよそで, the UK 株 of 登録s for 競争相手s BMW (6.0 per cent), Mercedes-Benz (4.9 per cent), Land Rover (2.4 per cent) and Jaguar (0.7 per cent) remain 比較して 一貫した with a １０年間 ago.

It 示唆するs the arrival of new 製造業者s hasn't had an 衝撃 on the major 賞与金 players from Europe...yet, anyway.

10. What's happened to Vauxhall?

Of all the former big players in the UK sales charts, Vauxhall's 落ちる from grace could be considered the most 劇の of all.

勝利，勝つd the clocks 支援する a １０年間 and it was the second biggest car 製造者 ーに関して／ーの点でs of 乗り物 sales, with the Astra duking it out at the 最高の，を越す of the sales charts with the Corsa.

In 2013, it sold almost 260,000 cars - that meant more than one in ten (11.46 per cent) new models entering the road would have been Vauxhalls th at year.

But it has 苦しむd a monumental 減少（する）-off in 人気 since.

In 2023, it has slipped behind Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Toyota and Kia ーに関して／ーの点でs of 完全な 登録s.

Last year, just one in 20 new cars were Griffin-badged モーターs, as Vauxhall's market 株 slipped to 5.28 per cent. And the 最新の-世代 Astra is nowhere to be seen in the 最高の，を越す 10 best selling models.

11. The rise of the Korean marques

Contrary to Vauxhall's poor 最近の form, Korean sister brands Hyundai and Kia have enjoyed big success in the last １０年間.

Already stamping their 当局 in Britain 支援する in 2013, the pair have gone from strength to strength since, climbing their way up the 最高位のs of the most popular brands の中で UK drivers.

Kia was the 12th best-selling 製造業者 10 years ago but has since jumped to sixth 全体にわたる as it now has a greater 株 of the UK's new car market than Vauxhall.

Hyundai has experienced 類似の success, climbing from 11th 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in 2013 to 10th last year as it took 持つ／拘留する of 4.6 per cent of the 2023 new car market.?

Both also had models 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） last year, with the Kia Sportage (fourth) and Hyundai Tucson (sixth) の中で the most ordered モーターs in 2023.

If there's one thing we know about Britain's car buying habits in 最近の times, it's that we're more than happy to be seen in a Korean-built モーター.?

12. Some big European bran ds are losing their 控訴，上告

While Britain's are buying more Korean, Chinese and US-branded cars today than they did a １０年間 ago, the same can't be said about a number of once popular European marques.

And, coincidentally, many of the biggest fallers 落ちる under the same 所有権 旗，新聞一面トップの大見出し／大々的に報道する of the enormous Stellantis Group.

The overarching 自動推進の 巨大（な） is the 旗，新聞一面トップの大見出し／大々的に報道する company for Vauxhall (since buying it from General モーターs in 2021) and its sister brands Alfa Romeo, Citroen, Fiat and Peugeot - all of which have seen disappointing 拒絶する／低下するs in UK sales over the １０年間.

Alfa is 負かす／撃墜する the most with いっそう少なく than 1,500 登録s in 2023 (負かす／撃墜する from almost 5,700 in 2013) and a paltry UK market 株 of いっそう少なく than 0.1 per cent. It has fallen from Britain's 29th favourite brand to 35th.?

Fiat, which in 2013 代表するd one in fifty new モーターs, in 2023 has seen its 足跡 on the UK market halved (slipping from 14th to 27th in 人気), while Citroen (負かす／撃墜する from 10th to 20th) and Peugeot (負かす／撃墜する from 8th to 13th) have also seen big 落ちるs in market 株 as a result of より小数の 登録s today.?

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