Plug-in cars
6.9%
10,131 new cars
+4.8 pp vs previous year
United Kingdom · 2020
How is Volkswagen doing in United Kingdom?
Volkswagen accounts for 9.1% of new car registrations in United Kingdom in 2020, with 147,444 cars.
Registrations 2020
147,444
−26.9% vs 2019
Market share
9.1%
+0.3 pp vs 2019
Rank
#2
#2 in 2019
Average CO₂
137g/km
WLTP test cycle
Electric, hybrid or combustion?
Are all new cars electric?
Fully electric cars account for 5.3% of this brand’s registrations in the selected market and period.
Share of new registrations in United Kingdom, 2020.
Non-plug-in cars
93.1%
137,313 new cars
−4.8 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
90.1%
132,781 new cars
−7.9 pp vs previous year
Battery electric
5.3%
7,756 new cars
+3.4 pp vs previous year
Hybrid (incl. mild hybrids)
3.1%
4,532 new cars
+3.1 pp vs previous year
Plug-in hybrid
1.6%
2,375 new cars
+1.5 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 Volkswagen 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 | Volkswagen |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 174,478 |
| 2011 | 179,232 |
| 2012 | 182,804 |
| 2013 | 193,786 |
| 2014 | 214,172 |
| 2015 | 223,463 |
| 2016 | 205,747 |
| 2017 | 207,055 |
| 2018 | 201,965 |
| 2019 | 201,786 |
| 2020 | 147,444 |
| 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 | Volkswagen |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 8.6% |
| 2011 | 9.3% |
| 2012 | 9.0% |
| 2013 | 8.6% |
| 2014 | 8.7% |
| 2015 | 8.5% |
| 2016 | 7.7% |
| 2017 | 8.2% |
| 2018 | 8.6% |
| 2019 | 8.8% |
| 2020 | 9.1% |
| 2021 incomplete | – |
| 2022 incomplete | – |
| 2023 incomplete | – |
| 2024 incomplete | – |
| 2025 provisional incomplete | – |
Position by market
2020, all reporting countries
| Country | Rank | Registrations | vs previous year | Share | Share change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 518,024 | −21.6% | 18.3% | −0.4 pp |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 147,444 | −26.9% | 9.1% | +0.3 pp |
| Italy | 2 | 127,865 | −27.6% | 9.3% | 0.0 pp |
| France | 5 | 101,721 | −32.1% | 5.8% | −0.7 pp |
| Spain | 2 | 74,113 | −30.4% | 8.1% | +0.2 pp |
| Netherlands | 1 | 44,267 | +12.0% | 12.6% | +2.6 pp |
| Sweden | 2 | 42,670 | −12.5% | 14.9% | +1.0 pp |
| Belgium | 1 | 39,881 | −25.0% | 9.2% | −0.4 pp |
| Austria | 1 | 37,455 | −28.5% | 15.2% | −0.7 pp |
| Poland | 3 | 33,491 | −32.8% | 8.6% | −0.7 pp |
| Denmark | 1 | 24,598 | −19.9% | 12.6% | −1.2 pp |
| Norway | 1 | 19,225 | +1.8% | 13.6% | +0.3 pp |
| Czechia | 2 | 16,560 | −19.1% | 8.4% | +0.1 pp |
| Ireland | 1 | 10,761 | −20.9% | 12.1% | +0.5 pp |
| Finland | 3 | 9,671 | −14.2% | 10.3% | 0.0 pp |
| Romania | 4 | 9,571 | −9.5% | 7.6% | +1.1 pp |
| Hungary | 6 | 9,415 | −5.7% | 7.3% | +0.3 pp |
| Slovenia | 2 | 8,537 | −30.0% | 15.6% | −1.4 pp |
| Greece | 3 | 6,899 | −27.1% | 8.6% | +0.4 pp |
| Portugal | 9 | 6,817 | −33.8% | 4.7% | +0.1 pp |
| Slovakia | 4 | 6,242 | −30.1% | 8.2% | −0.5 pp |
| Croatia | 1 | 5,634 | −33.1% | 16.0% | +2.5 pp |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 5,006 | −24.8% | 11.4% | −0.8 pp |
| Lithuania | 4 | 2,728 | −33.1% | 6.8% | −2.1 pp |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1,910 | −36.9% | 8.6% | 0.0 pp |
| Latvia | 3 | 1,643 | −40.7% | 13.3% | −3.3 pp |
| Estonia | 7 | 1,140 | −44.1% | 6.2% | −1.3 pp |
| Cyprus | 3 | 987 | −10.4% | 10.0% | +0.8 pp |
| Iceland | 5 | 617 | −13.8% | 6.7% | +0.5 pp |
| Malta | 3 | 407 | −23.4% | 9.2% | +2.3 pp |
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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.