Britains Top Selling Cars 2015 .

[XR Martin]

Most of the vehicles in the Aussie top ten will still be running in 10 years time, the ones on the Euro list will be all on the scrap heap as they cost too much to fix.

[new2ford]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

Most of the vehicles in the Aussie top ten will still be running in 10 years time, the ones on the Euro list will be all on the scrap heap as they cost too much to fix.

Actually they're quite cheap to fix in Europe, just as I imagine an Australian car would be quite expensive to fix in Europe. Huge local networks support cars in their country/continent of origin, I imagine that's the same all over the world.

As I pointed out earlier, most cars sold in Europe are made in Europe and people keep coming back and buying them over again. The (allegedly) more reliable Asian cars are not high in the sales charts there. Tells you something.

European cars are becoming cheaper to look after here too as specialist independent mechanics are able to source information and parts cheaply by the internet and international networking.

[DanielXR8]

Originally Posted by Wretched

Ford is well respected in the UK (and much of Europe) for delivering decent cars.
Focus, Fiesta and Mondeo are considered the benchmarks for their respective categories.

We also have Ford Australia and the well respected and liked Ford Dealer Network in Australia, who will do a first class job of supporting our cars and winning over the punters.

[Davehoos]

average age of cars in the UK rose to 7.7 years.similar to that of Sydney/melb CBD. due to the recession it rose and is now falling.

average age in Australia was 10.1.
average age in US is 11.5.

their are around 200 holdens listed as road licenced--most have small capacity engines. there are 9 000 short wheel base ser 3 landrovers listed.
and similar number listed as not in use.

[98TLS]

Be bloody hard to be a car guy over there,average joe lives in 1/2 a house with a back yard the size of my loo and no garage so you park on the street.. no lets call it a lane barely wide enough to drive down without cars parked down one side let alone with.If your car survives its parking spot the crap they pour over the roads come winter will kill it anyway.

[Fordman1]

Originally Posted by DanielXR8

We also have Ford Australia and the well respected and liked Ford Dealer Network in Australia, who will do a first class job of supporting our cars and winning over the punters.

"They all do that"

"That is the way they are supposed to be"

"Nah, mate they don't make the XR8 anymore, you should be getting yourself into a Mondeo"

[cheap]

Top selling cars are a lot like top selling hamburgers, Big Mac, Whopper, Quarter Pounders...

Sure they sell, but these cars are the "built to a budget" hamburgers of the auto world. Big Macs do serve a purpose but living off them day after day does not improve your life, likewise for these "top selling cars".

[Ford_The_Win]

Originally Posted by 98TLS

Be bloody hard to be a car guy over there,average joe lives in 1/2 a house with a back yard the size of my loo and no garage so you park on the street.. no lets call it a lane barely wide enough to drive down without cars parked down one side let alone with.If your car survives its parking spot the crap they pour over the roads come winter will kill it anyway.

It's quite funny too a lot of the Brits that are lucky enough to have a "garage", it's not actually big enough to put a car in. I don't think I could handle living in those squalid damp little houses

[NX74205]

Originally Posted by FPV+fteT3

All the same cars, boring POS have they lost the will to live in the UK? Not one interesting car amongst them.

Golf GTi, Golf R, Polo GTi, Fiesta ST, Focus ST, Mini Cooper S, Mini JCW ...

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by FPV+fteT3

All the same cars, boring POS have they lost the will to live in the UK? Not one interesting car amongst them.

Anyone in Seppoland would probably say the same thing about our top 10 selling cars.

[xr6turboford]

Originally Posted by cheap

Top selling cars are a lot like top selling hamburgers, Big Mac, Whopper, Quarter Pounders...

Sure they sell, but these cars are the "built to a budget" hamburgers of the auto world. Big Macs do serve a purpose but living off them day after day does not improve your life, likewise for these "top selling cars".

We'll I have to totally disagree with that analogy as I currently own a fiesta Eco sports and a Focus ST and find them very nice to drive. My only complaint is what to trade the ST on next year, a Mustang, Focus RS or the XR6T Sprint.
As for comparing a Ford to a Big Mac same on you as that's just wrong now go and wash your mouth.

[Brazen]

Originally Posted by NX74205

Golf GTi, Golf R, Polo GTi, Fiesta ST, Focus ST, Mini Cooper S, Mini JCW ...

They hardly sell a lot of those in the UK. Proportionally Australia buys a lot more of those. Australia is one of the largest markets in the world for VW GTIs and RenaultSport.

Anything warm in the UK has insanely expensive insurance.

[Brazen]

Originally Posted by Ben73

Also it would be a lot easier for the UK to keep making cars since they have 3 times out population. Plus there are another 700,000,000 people close by n their continent.

UK is the second largest vehicle market in Europe and sells about 2.3 million a year. Australia is 1.1 million.

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Anyone in Seppoland would probably say the same thing about our top 10 selling cars.

Their's isn't much better. Filled with Japanese sedans and small SUVs. With three American pick ups taking the top places.

Originally Posted by Brazen

UK is the second largest vehicle market in Europe and sells about 2.3 million a year. Australia is 1.1 million.

So they sell twice the amount as us, but I'm sure it's easier for them to export vehicles to the rest of Europe since it's so close. Nothing like where we are located.

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by simon varley

there's nothing wrong with the Euro Fords. IMO they suffer here from an image problem,

This situation is unique to Australia. It stems from decades of people building up Holden's image while in parallel trashing anything that was a threat to Holden - namely Ford.

[Sprintey]

Originally Posted by Wretched

Only problem here is, you're wrong.

1) all those cars are global cars so UK, Europe, Asia, US, NZ and AU get them. If AU was LHD compliant I am sure there would be more we'd get.

2) They're not the only passenger vehicles available, Everest, Kuga, Mustang and soon to be Edge.

Yes I am aware they are globally imported platforms and have been here for a while

Mondeo - imported in 1990s, failed
Taurus - imported in 1990s, failed
Fiesta - dominates overseas, very low sales here
Focus - dominates model sales globally, very low sales here, sales crash from 2013 on
Mondeo - new model but sales not igniting, very low sales level

Sold through an extensive dealer network

For SUVs, for sure, going well. Passenger (low level) vehicles is what I'm referring to. Their sales here should be a lot better. There's always an excuse and it's sure to follow...

[98TLS]

Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

It's quite funny too a lot of the Brits that are lucky enough to have a "garage", it's not actually big enough to put a car in. I don't think I could handle living in those squalid damp little houses

If you didnt know any different then you would consider yourself fortunate to do so i guess.

[Gurbachen]

Does the UK do displacement-based insurance costs? I know small cars dominate in a lot of euro countries because they pay more the bigger the engine.

[tranquilized]

It's a much better looking top 10 than our own. Not a Toyota or dual-cab tractor to be seen!

[SumoDog68]

Top selling Fiestas strengths are fun to drive , economical and safe supermini car. Apparently build quality and reliability not first class. It seems UK market favours fun to drive factor higher than Australian market.
http://www.carbuyer.co.uk/reviews/fo...ck/reliability

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by Wretched

If AU was LHD compliant I am sure there would be more we'd get.

i'm hoping UK will change to LHD, thereby prompting Aus to follow as well.

Originally Posted by MethodX

They sell Opel's... they have made and make some nice rides.
Insignia OPC and VXR.

Don't they sell as Vauxhall in the uk

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by csv8

Top selling cars in Britain 2015. .number 1 Ford Fiesta. Number 3 Ford Focus .
http://www.topgear.com/car-news/best...ng-cars-2015#1

11 pages of clickbait

Top Gear site sucks...

[cycle myth]

Difficult to compare the UK and Australian markets due to the way taxes work.

- taxes based on CO2 output - so small engines and small cars rule and a higher level of diesels

- the tax and therefore price of fuel is different - diesel is apparently much cheaper

- more diesels mean the Japanese brands don't get a look in versus a solid history of better performing diesels from others

- a large car in densely populated cities is more of a luxury than v practical

- insurance plays a part too

But a good crystal ball to the future ~ 10yrs?

Surely the government will need to revise luxury car tax, won't want to give up the revenue, will want to look green and would introduce an emissions based pricing model?

[Davehoos]

crystal ball

News radio today, GM announced in USA a partnership to construct a short term hire and self driving rental car system.

Ford and google have already announced their plans and other companies likewise.

They plan to turn away from privately purchased vehicles as they see the need in cities for people that don't have need to own a vehicle.

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by XRtowcar

Read Sprintys post.
Also because we are losing Falcon and Commodore which suit the task ideally.

So does any SUV or 4 door ute.

Originally Posted by NX74205

Golf GTi, Golf R, Polo GTi, Fiesta ST, Focus ST, Mini Cooper S, Mini JCW ...

Yes but only the traffic light GP matters. Thats what a 'real car' is.

[b0son]

Originally Posted by XRtowcar

Read Sprintys post.
Also because we are losing Falcon and Commodore which suit the task ideally.

Plenty of SUVs that suit that task even better. THAT's why we are losing the Falcadore.

[SpoolMan]

The UK's biggest export is car manufacturing so there must a lot of models built there, of those named in there top 10 I know the Nissan Qashqai (no:5) was designed and it built in the UK what about the other models?