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United Kingdom · 2020

How is DS doing in United Kingdom?

DS accounts for 0.1% of new car registrations in United Kingdom in 2020, with 2,355 cars.

Registrations 2020

2,355

−44.3% vs 2019

Market share

0.1%

0.0 pp vs 2019

Rank

#31

#31 in 2019

Average CO₂

105g/km

WLTP test cycle

Electric, hybrid or combustion?

Are all new cars electric?

Understand the powertrains

Fully electric cars account for 19.1% of this brand’s registrations in the selected market and period.

Share of new registrations in United Kingdom, 2020.

Plug-in cars

25.8%

607 new cars

+25.6 pp vs previous year

Non-plug-in cars

74.2%

1,748 new cars

−25.6 pp vs previous year

Plug-in cars can be charged from the grid: fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids. Split by powertrain:

Combustion engine

74.2%

1,748 new cars

−25.6 pp vs previous year

Battery electric

19.1%

450 new cars

+19.0 pp vs previous year

Plug-in hybrid

6.7%

157 new cars

+6.6 pp vs previous year

Fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids are separate categories. Petrol and diesel can also power hybrids; powertrain and fuel are different classifications. Hybrids include mild hybrids, and the line against combustion cars differs between countries, so compare hybrid shares within a country rather than between countries.

How has DS developed?

Registrations per year

Number of cars, United Kingdom

Lighter bars are provisional. Some periods have incomplete coverage, see the table.

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Period DS
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 8,608
2016 15,884
2017 9,053
2018 5,155
2019 4,230
2020 2,355
2021 incomplete –
2022 incomplete –
2023 incomplete –
2024 incomplete –
2025 provisional incomplete –

Market share per year

Percent of registrations, United Kingdom

Dashed lines are provisional. Some periods have incomplete coverage, see the table.

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Period DS
2010 0.0%
2011 0.0%
2012 0.0%
2013 0.0%
2014 0.0%
2015 0.3%
2016 0.6%
2017 0.4%
2018 0.2%
2019 0.2%
2020 0.1%
2021 incomplete –
2022 incomplete –
2023 incomplete –
2024 incomplete –
2025 provisional incomplete –

Position by market

2020, all reporting countries

DS by market
Country Rank Registrations vs previous year Share Share change
France 18 22,968 −16.1% 1.3% +0.1 pp
Italy 28 4,628 +3.9% 0.3% +0.1 pp
Spain 26 4,337 −1.1% 0.5% +0.1 pp
United Kingdom 31 2,355 −44.3% 0.1% 0.0 pp
Belgium 27 2,272 −4.7% 0.5% +0.1 pp
Netherlands 31 720 +9.6% 0.2% 0.0 pp
Norway 29 524 +539.0% 0.4% +0.3 pp
Portugal 28 481 −20.8% 0.3% +0.1 pp
Denmark 25 479 −41.9% 0.2% −0.1 pp
Luxembourg 27 342 −28.2% 0.8% −0.1 pp
Greece 25 278 +23.0% 0.3% +0.2 pp
Austria 32 254 +11.4% 0.1% 0.0 pp
Poland 32 247 −21.8% 0.1% 0.0 pp
Sweden 33 196 +17.4% 0.1% 0.0 pp
Slovakia 31 99 – 0.1% +0.1 pp
Czechia 32 92 +16.5% <0.1% 0.0 pp
Finland 30 68 +83.8% 0.1% 0.0 pp
Romania 33 43 +186.7% <0.1% 0.0 pp
Hungary 35 37 −11.9% <0.1% 0.0 pp
Slovenia 35 15 +150.0% <0.1% 0.0 pp
Bulgaria 36 12 +200.0% 0.1% 0.0 pp
Cyprus 39 1 – <0.1% 0.0 pp

Top models

Variants are grouped into model families

  1. DS 3 74.6%
  2. DS 7 24.9%

Largest brands in United Kingdom

2020

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These are new passenger car registrations, not sales contracts or used cars.

Source: European Environment Agency (EEA), CC BY 4.0. New passenger car registrations, 2020.