Eighth place for Polo in UK top 10 best-sellers list
April 2014 was another successful month for Volkswagen’s Polo in the UK sales charts. As the first drives of the refreshed model are published, buyers are still flocking to buy the current car. Last month 3449 Polos were sold according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). That puts VW’s evergreen supermini in eighth place in the top 10.
The SMMT reports that new car registrations rose 8.2 per cent in April to 176,820 units, the 26th consecutive month of growth. Volumes for the year-to-date reached 864,942, an increase of 12.5 per cent. Therefore, the SMMT has revised its 2014 market forecast from 2.3 million to more than 2.4 million registrations.
The UK’s top 10 best-selling passenger cars during April 2014 and the year so far (sales figure and position in brackets) are as follows:
1 Ford Fiesta: 10,250 (49,490, 1st)
2 Ford Focus: 6772 (31,531, 2nd)
3 Volkswagen Golf: 5302 (24,462, 4th)
4 Vauxhall Corsa: 3949 (27,788, 3rd
5 Audi A3: 3754 (15,337, 8th)
6 Nissan Qashqai: 3753 (16,690, 7th)
7 Vauxhall Astra: 3562 (21,027, 5th)
8 Volkswagen Polo: 3449 (17,080, 6th)
9 Nissan Juke: 3053
10 Fiat 500: 2928 (14,613, 9th)
(The 2014 top 10 best-selling car absent from last month’s sales figures is the BMW 3 Series with 13,523 units sold.)