UK Vehicle Intelligence · Updated weekly
What a car, van or bike will actually cost you.
Depreciation, running costs, and the parts most likely to fail — for the 310 best-selling cars, 30 top vans and 110 most-shopped bikes in Britain. Including older discontinued models still on the road. Search a make or model to begin.
Trending models
UK fleet, year-on-year change vs 2024
The UK car market · SMMT
Full data →New cars registered · May 2026
160,662
+7.1% year-on-year
Used cars sold · Q1 2026
2,016,232
-0.2% year-on-year
Best-selling new · May 2026
- 1Ford Puma4,019
- 2Kia Sportage3,439
- 3Vauxhall Corsa3,075
- 4Jaecoo 73,027
- 5Nissan Qashqai2,859
Best-selling used · Q1 2026
- 1Ford Fiesta76,745
- 2Vauxhall Corsa62,201
- 3Volkswagen Golf56,236
- 4Ford Focus54,662
- 5Nissan Qashqai42,214
More than a quarter of new cars are now electric (27.3% in May 2026), but barely one in twenty used sales are (4.3% in Q1 2026) — the second-hand EV market runs years behind.
New = May 2026 registrations · Used = Q1 2026 transactions · Source: SMMT
Britain's best-selling, this week
- 01Ford Puma55,376 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 02Kia Sportage47,774 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 03Nissan Qashqai41,115 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 04Volkswagen Golf35,065 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 05MG HS30,204 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 06Hyundai Tucson26,929 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 07Tesla Model Y24,315 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 08Ford Kuga23,456 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 08Jaecoo 726,057 units sold last yearsold/yr→
- 09Vauxhall Corsa35,976 units sold last yearsold/yr→
Figures are new-vehicle registrations in the UK over the last 12 months, sourced from SMMT. Use the search above to find any of the remaining 300 cars.
The UK used-car data index
All rankings →The whole catalogue, ranked on the numbers that decide what ownership costs — drawn from the same DVSA and DfT data behind every profile.
Best used buys
Dependable, past the steep drop
- 1Caterham Seven−2%/yr
- 2Audi A3−5%/yr
- 3Ford Focus−5%/yr
- 4BMW 1 Series−5%/yr
- 5Mercedes-Benz A-Class−5%/yr
Best time to sell
Still wanted, steepest fall ahead
- 1Volkswagen ID. Buzz−18%/yr
- 2Fiat 500e−18%/yr
- 3Tesla Model 3−17%/yr
- 4Polestar 2−17%/yr
- 5Volkswagen ID.3−17%/yr
Ranked across the catalogue by each model's forward annual depreciation, weighed against its UK parc trend and reliability — the smallest losses make the best buys, the steepest the best sells. Indicative, not advice. How these are ranked →
Most reliable — top 10 (from real DVSA MOT records)
- 1Lexus UX94 / 100
- 2Mazda CX-3092 / 100
- 3Lexus ES92 / 100
- 4Porsche Macan91 / 100
- 5Toyota bZ4X91 / 100
Most economical — top 10 (combustion mpg)
- 1Toyota Aygo X62 mpg
- 2Honda Jazz61 mpg
- 3Toyota Corolla61 mpg
- 4Suzuki Swift61 mpg
- 5Renault Austral60 mpg
Cheapest to insure — top 10 (lowest insurance group)
- 1Fiat 500group 8
- 2Toyota Aygo Xgroup 8
- 3Hyundai i10group 8
- 4Nissan Micragroup 8
- 5Kia Picantogroup 8
Fastest-growing used EVs by cars added — top 10 (DfT licensing, year on year)
- 1BYD Seal+34,543 taxed (+1252.9%)
- 2Tesla Model Y+23,205 taxed (+22.6%)
- 3Tesla Model 3+21,061 taxed (+18.8%)
- 4BMW iX+15,600 taxed (+53.7%)
- 5Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron+13,865 taxed (+31.8%)
How our estimates work
Market value
Calculated from each variant's launch price, segment-specific depreciation curves, mileage-band adjustments, and year of registration — not scraped from listing sites or pulled from trade-guide subscriptions.
Running costs
Service costs from manufacturer schedules. Fuel costs from VCA CO₂ tables and our weekly UK forecourt averages. Insurance from industry group ratings against typical driver-profile premiums.
Reliability
MOT pass rates and failure categories aggregated from millions of DVSA test records per model. Population stats from DfT VEH0124 vehicle licensing data.
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