Scrappage breakdown: who's selling what

Ford performance

Market leader Ford with a 17 per cent share of the UK new car market in the year to July, saw 10,953 scrappage orders since the scheme started in May, the highest in the UK.

Korean car maker Hyundai, with a 2.4 per cent market share, a fraction of Ford's market share, saw scrappage orders of 9,823 in the three months the scheme has been in action. Its i10 sold 3,084 units in July alone, making it into the top 10 best sellers for the first time.

Kia Picanto

Another Korean carmaker Kia, too, with a UK market share of just 2.1 per cent in the year to date saw 5,978 vehicles sold on scrappage in the three months as buyers flocked primarily to buy Picanto.

Suzuki, with a year-to-date market share of just 1.5 per has sold 4,282 cars on scrappage since the start of the scheme.

And Fiat/Alfa Romeo/Abarth with a combined market share of 3 per cent in the year to July saw 5,419 registrations since scheme-launch,

The majority of car makers have benefited from scrappage. Even sports carmaker Porsche sold 10 cars between May and July.

Nor surprisingly, given the impact of scrappage, sales of cars in the mini segment more than trebled in July and supermini sales rose by 16 per cent and accounted for more than a third of registrations.

The latest government figures indicate orders for 144,308 cars and light vans are being processed.

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