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According to sales figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the Volkswagen Polo was the eighth best-selling car in the UK last month. Repeating the top 10 success it has enjoyed during the first half of the year, 5457 Polos were sold by Volkswagen UK in June 2015. Once again, the Ford Fiesta was the most popular new model.

New car registrations were up 7.0 per cent in the first half of 2015 to 1,376,889, according to the SMMT. The organisation states that it was the highest half-year performance on record. June also marked the 40th consecutive month of growth in the UK. The UK’s top 10 best-selling passenger cars during June 2015 and the year so far (sales figure and position in brackets) are as follows:

1 Ford Fiesta: 12,543 (71,990, 1st)
2 Vauxhall Corsa: 9561(50,125, 2nd)
3 Ford Focus: 9089 (45,078, 3rd)

4 Volkswagen Golf: 7575 (38,261, 4th)
5 Nissan Qashqai: 7140 (34,501, 5th)
6 Vauxhall Astra: 6428 (29,686, 6th)
7 Mini: 5551 (23,455, 10th)
8 Volkswagen Polo: 5457 (28,980, 7th)
9 Vauxhall Mokka: 5026
10 Vauxhall Insignia: 4478


(The 2015 top 10 best-selling cars absent from last month’s sales figures are the Audi A3 in eighth place with 25,765 cars sold and the Mercedes-Benz C Class in ninth place, selling 24,676 units.)