TMW - Its that time of the month - August UK sales figures

JAGUAR

AUGUST 2012 178 sales - AUGUST 2013 260 sales +46.07%
YTD 2012 8177 sales - YTD 2013 10073 sales +23.19%

LAND ROVER

AUGUST 2012 591 sales - AUGUST 2013 806 sales +36.38%
YTD 2012 30102 sales - YTD 2013 34385 sales +14.23%

JAGUAR LAND ROVERS COMPETITORS

BMW

AUGUST 2012 3449 sales - AUGUST 2013 4401 sales +27.60%
YTD 2012 75265 sales - YTD 2013 78005 sales +3.64%

MERCEDES

AUGUST 2012 2378 sales - AUGUST 2013 3058 sales +28.60%
YTD 2012 56783 sales - YTD 2013 65386 sales +15.12%

LEXUS

AUGUST 2012 197 sales - AUGUST 2013 231 sales +17.26%
YTD 2012 5526 sales - YTD 2013 5037 sales -8.85%

AUDI

AUGUST 2012 4008 sales - AUGUST 2013 3904 sales -2.59%
YTD 2012 79107 sales - YTD 2013 88432 sales +11.79%

RISERS ON PREVIOUS YEAR (YOY CUMULATIVE)

ABARTH +21.27%

ASTON MARTIN +5.39%

CITROEN +12.17%
DACIA +100.00%

FIAT +16.81%

FORD +11.83%

HONDA +7.71%
HYUNDAI +9.60%
KIA +10.38%

LOTUS +27.18%
MASERATI +6.03%
MAZDA +6.06%

MINI +4.06% 

MITSUBISHI +40.57%

NISSAN +14.28%

PEUGEOT +6.05%

RENAULT +0.29%

SEAT +18.79%
SKODA +15.14% 

SMART +7.89% 
SUZUKI +33.32%
TOYOTA +5.46%
VAUXHALL +12.95%

VOLKSWAGEN +5.32%

LOSERS THIS YEAR (YOY CUMULATIVE)

ALFA ROMEO -32.41%

BENTLEY -1.85%

CHEVROLET -21.09%

CHRYSLER -24.80%

INFINITI -18.13%

JEEP -16.70%

MG -69.77%

PERODUA -36.40%

PORSCHE -1.28%

PROTON -91.89%

SAAB -98.55%

SSANGYONG -34.35%

SUBARU -11.53%

VOLVO -1.67%

Yet another great month in the UK for sales, with another a near 11% increase on the month and 10% on the year, the car manufacturers are having a good time, and this will continue with many new models coming on stream over the next three months from the MG3 to Seat's Leon ST, Skoda's new Yeti, Superb face lift and Octavia VRs, to New Insignia, Nissan Note, 308 and Kia Soul to name but a tiny amount.

Dacia is the new darling of the UK sales with nearly 9,000 already sold and that's with four model lineup, whereas on the other hand MG continue to be embarrassed by it tiny sales, 13 again, and I suspect that some if not all of those were pre-registered MG3 models ready to be used for press reviews, I will be reviewing the MG3 in the next week, after the MG6, Mazda6 and Mazda CX-5, so keep an eye out for these.

The usual suspects are in the top ten sales charts, Fiesta, Focus, Astra, Corsa, Golf, Polo, Qashqai, 1 and 3 series and surprisingly the Vauxhall Insignia, surprising because it is currently on run out ready for the next gen version, so maybe either a lot of pre-reg or some very cheap deals, those are readily available, again i will be doing a report on these in the next month or two.

The UK has seen an unprecedented 18 month of continuous rise in sales, during which the world has seen continued difficulties in labour, financial and personal circumstances, can the UK carry on with these rises, or will there be another collapse like the collapse that occurred in both June 2009 and December 2011, will there be anymore corporate collapses like MG-Rover and SAAB, as pricing gets more competitive, and margins get slimmer, can the smaller brands compete in an ever more difficult market.