Graham Hill Names The Top Ten Selling Cars Of 2010
Tuesday, 8. February 2011
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Who wants to know the best selling cars of 2010? No-one? Well tough I’m going to tell you anyway! The Fiesta tops the chart for the second year but the Nissan Qashqai has popped into the top ten as a result of Nissan’s car sales hike from 77,924 in 2009 to 87,396 in 2010, a jump of 15%. This made Nissan the most popular Japanese car maker in the UK overtaking Toyota who suffered badly with its massive recall dropping sales by 15%. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) who prepared the figures pointed out also that Honda sales slumped by 15% and Suzuki by 25%. Total sales increased by 1.8% over 2009 so a good year helped by fleet sales that increased by 10%. OK on to the results of the top 10 selling cars in 2010:
| Car | Sold |
| Ford Fiesta | 103,013 |
| Vauxhall Astra | 80,646 |
| Ford Focus | 77,804 |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 77,398 |
| VW Golf | 58,116 |
| VW Polo | 45,517 |
| Peugeot 207 | 42,185 |
| BMW 3 Series | 42,020 |
| MINI | 41,883 |
| Nissan Qashqai | 39,048 |
Whilst sales were up in 2010 the SMMT is expecting sales to fall back in 2011 by 5% but to be on the road to recovery during the second half of the year. By Graham Hill
