The best-selling car brands in the UK

Confused.com takes a look at the UK’s most popular four-wheeled friends

Assuming you’re reading this in a UK town, city or suburb, take a minute to have a look at the cars on the street outside. Note cars in driveways, on the curb side, and those driving past. Go on, we’ll wait here while you take a peek...

...Back yet? Good, now here are some no-brainer statements:

• Some of the cars you saw were the same model
• Even more were the same make
• Few, if any, of the cars were British
• Almost certainly, none of them was a Maybach

The reason there’s a good chance that those bullet points are true is because the UK car industry is overwhelmingly dominated by a clutch of well-known brands, each with their own ubiquitous best-selling models.

The third bullet point is likely to be true because Britain has been out of the domestically-owned, mass-market car game since 1994 (when BMW put Rover on a leash). These days, ‘British car’ means coach-built enthusiast marques such as Bristol, Morgan, Noble, or kit-car fave, Caterham.

Anyway, here’s the list of the best-selling car brands in the UK, with a little more information on each brand following on...