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United Kingdom · 2020

How is Volvo doing in United Kingdom?

Volvo accounts for 2.9% of new car registrations in United Kingdom in 2020, with 46,359 cars.

Registrations 2020

46,359

−17.4% vs 2019

Market share

2.9%

+0.4 pp vs 2019

Rank

#14

#17 in 2019

Average CO₂

150g/km

WLTP test cycle

Electric, hybrid or combustion?

Are all new cars electric?

Understand the powertrains

The electric share is not available for this selection.

Share of new registrations in United Kingdom, 2020.

Plug-in cars

17.1%

7,925 new cars

+11.8 pp vs previous year

Non-plug-in cars

82.9%

38,434 new cars

−11.8 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

52.9%

24,509 new cars

−41.8 pp vs previous year

Hybrid (incl. mild hybrids)

30.0%

13,925 new cars

+30.0 pp vs previous year

Plug-in hybrid

17.1%

7,925 new cars

+11.8 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 Volvo 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 Volvo
2010 37,158
2011 32,461
2012 31,580
2013 32,545
2014 41,003
2015 43,366
2016 46,639
2017 46,051
2018 50,216
2019 56,147
2020 46,359
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 Volvo
2010 1.8%
2011 1.7%
2012 1.6%
2013 1.4%
2014 1.7%
2015 1.7%
2016 1.7%
2017 1.8%
2018 2.1%
2019 2.4%
2020 2.9%
2021 incomplete –
2022 incomplete –
2023 incomplete –
2024 incomplete –
2025 provisional incomplete –

Position by market

2020, all reporting countries

Volvo by market
Country Rank Registrations vs previous year Share Share change
Sweden 1 52,084 −19.1% 18.2% −0.2 pp
Germany 15 47,296 −11.3% 1.7% +0.2 pp
United Kingdom 14 46,359 −17.4% 2.9% +0.4 pp
Italy 22 17,048 −18.4% 1.2% +0.1 pp
France 21 16,740 −21.8% 1.0% 0.0 pp
Belgium 12 16,298 −24.1% 3.8% −0.1 pp
Netherlands 10 16,103 +12.7% 4.6% +1.0 pp
Spain 18 14,339 −13.5% 1.6% +0.3 pp
Poland 15 10,090 −7.8% 2.6% +0.6 pp
Norway 5 9,399 −6.4% 6.7% −0.4 pp
Finland 4 7,677 −14.1% 8.2% 0.0 pp
Denmark 18 4,182 −15.0% 2.1% −0.1 pp
Portugal 15 4,071 −23.4% 2.8% +0.4 pp
Austria 19 3,327 −25.0% 1.4% 0.0 pp
Hungary 16 2,211 +92.9% 1.7% +0.9 pp
Czechia 17 1,996 −13.0% 1.0% +0.1 pp
Luxembourg 9 1,492 −31.1% 3.4% −0.6 pp
Greece 20 1,476 −20.4% 1.9% +0.2 pp
Ireland 17 1,181 −20.7% 1.3% +0.1 pp
Slovakia 21 722 −14.3% 1.0% +0.1 pp
Romania 21 667 −28.4% 0.5% 0.0 pp
Lithuania 16 429 −2.7% 1.1% +0.1 pp
Iceland 9 414 +1.2% 4.5% +0.9 pp
Slovenia 20 382 −21.2% 0.7% 0.0 pp
Croatia 20 324 −30.2% 0.9% +0.2 pp
Estonia 15 303 −17.4% 1.6% +0.3 pp
Cyprus 13 249 −20.4% 2.5% −0.1 pp
Bulgaria 19 180 −30.5% 0.8% +0.1 pp
Latvia 21 126 −18.2% 1.0% +0.1 pp
Malta 15 99 −7.5% 2.2% +0.9 pp

Top models

Variants are grouped into model families

  1. XC40 53.9%
  2. XC60 17.7%
  3. XC90 11.3%
  4. V60 6.8%
  5. V90 5.5%
  6. S60 2.4%

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.