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Top 10 most popular new cars

20 Jan 2012

Unsurprisingly given the current economic climate and high cost of motoring, the numbers of new cars sold in 2011 dropped. But which motors proved the most popular new car buys with UK consumers?

According to data released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the top ten best-sellers of 2011 were dominated by Ford, the full top 10 listing being as follows:


Make and Model
Number sold
1
Ford Fiesta Zetec
17,933
2
Ford Focus Zetec
13,340
3
Volkswagen Polo Match
8,944
4
Vauxhall Corsa SXI
6,020
5
Volkswagen Golf Match TDI Bluemotion
5,816
6
Ford Focus Zetec TDCi
5,680
7
Fiat 500 Lounge
5,495
8
Ford Fiesta Titanium
5,494
9
Ford Fiesta Edge
5,472
10
Vauxhall Corsa Excite AC
5,467

Most of these cars are superminis. Indeed almost half of all new car registrations in 2011 were superminis. Again, an obvious consequence of rising motoring costs is to buy more economic vehicles to run.

When it comes to the best superminis in terms of their reliability, the picture is slightly different as we reported recently: Which are the most reliable superminis?

Of the cars listed above, the Fiat 500 POP is the cheapest (albeit in the context of ever-rising car insurance prices) for a brand new driver to insure according to research we reported earlier: Cost of new driver insurance for popular first cars doubles.


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