Multiple brands post record results in September, Q3, and/or year-to-date.

Audi

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  • Best-ever September sales figure, best-ever single month sales figure.
  • Year-to-date record also set.
  • Paul Sansom, head of sales, Audi UK: "The scale of demand for Audi in the UK has never been stronger or more consistent."

Ford

  • Fiesta is the UK’s best-selling model for September and year-to-date, Focus is second best-seller year-to-date.
  • Retail market share 12.6% (September), up 0.1ppts.
  • Retail market share 13.3% (year-to-date), up 1.0ppts.
  • Mark Ovenden, chairman and managing director, Ford of Britain: "Ford’s market leadership is founded on our best-ever vehicle range supported by the expertise of Ford Credit and our outstanding UK dealer network."

Jaguar Land Rover

  • Best-ever September sales.
  • Land Rover sales stability due to "outstanding residual values" (company statement).
  • Jaguar XF best-selling model for September (2,523 registrations) and year-to-date (10,291 registrations).
  • Land Rover Range Rover Evoque best-selling model for September (3,599 registrations) and year-to-date (15,624 registrations).

Kia

  • Best-ever September sales figure, best-ever single month sales figure.
  • Sportage is biggest seller, also best-ever month, 3,356 units (beating March 2013: 3,312 units).
  • Record for approved used car scheme, 857 units.
  • Record month, quarter and year-to-date for dealer fleet sales.
  • Paul Philpott, president and chief executive, Kia Motors (UK): "Throughout 2013 our dealer network has been building on the momentum established over the last few years and now both they and we are really seeing the results of all that hard work."

Mazda

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  • Best sales month since September 2010.
  • 45.1% year-on-year rise for month, beats brand aim of 42%.
  • Peter Allibon, sales director, Mazda Motors UK: "Our current offers with no-deposit finance are striking a chord with consumers who find it refreshing that there isn’t a catch. It also means we are attracting younger buyers because our cars are so accessible."
  • CX-5 crossover model biggest year-on-year gain for brand: up 145% in September to 1,514 units.
  • Biggest-selling model was Mazda2, 2,091 registrations.

Mercedes-Benz

  • Best-ever month for Mercedes-Benz Cars and AMG (681 registrations, up 69%), and best-ever quarter.
  • Best-ever month and year-to-date for A-Class (3,584 and 13,114 new cars registered) and B-Class (1,601 and 6,028 new cars registered).
  • Best-ever year-to-date for CLS (3,542 new registrations), C-Class (25,665 new registerations) and E-Class (22,719 new registrations).
  • September’s 21,177 total new registrations exceeds total for brand’sfirst full-year of operation.

Mitsubishi

  • Biggest year-on-year gain of any brand in September (beside Lotus, which rose 270% to 37 units): up 54.2% to 2,185 registrations.
  • £5,000 price reduction of Shogun "has transformed the sales performance of this vehicle" (company statement).
  • L200 takes 26% of September pick-up market share, 23.4% year-to-date.
  • Lance Bradley, managing director, Mitsubishi Motors in the UK: "New products have certainly helped us, as have the price reductions we’ve just announced."

Seat

  • Best-ever sales month, best-ever sales quarter, following best-ever half-year sales.
  • September retail performance up 17.1% year-on-year.
  • Record market share of 1.9%.

Škoda

  • Best-ever September sales figure, on target for record annual sales.
  • Alasdair Stewart, brand director Škoda UK: "The appeal of our products continues to grow as we enter new segments."

Toyota

  • Verso sales up 32.3%, growth split equally between private retail and business fleet.
  • Rav4 sales up 66.9% year-to-date, fleet sales more than doubled.

Vovlo

  • Order books at three-year high.
  • Jon Wakefield, sales director, Volvo Car UK: "With new product fuelling this growth… we seek to increase annual sales to 40,000 cars over the next two years. It’s clear from the latest figures that the new showroom models are also attracting new customers to Volvo."

richard.brown@timetric.com