The Year in Cars 2013

2013 THE YEAR IN CARS 2013 was a bumper year for car sales in the UK, with sales up 10.8% on 2012. The big winners were city cars and SUVS, with superminis and family cars also doing well with 12% growth. Find out which brands won big in 2013 and look ahead to future tech in 2014 and beyond #yeardotcar FORD The redeveloped Fiesta ST gave a boost to the ever popular Fiesta with sales up 11.6% in 2013 EO62 CRS The Ford Focus continues to be a Ford top seller in the UK - it's been hugely popular since 2009 2014 will see the first release of the It's been another great year for Ford. Fiesta and Focus were ranked 1st and Mustang in Europe - will it excite buyers? 2nd for new car registrations. 4.56% of cars financed in 2013 Environmentalists will were Fords, and they have some innovative developments planned for 2014. rejoice at Ford's solar powered prototype, the C-Max Solar Energi The Corsa was the most popular Vauxhall and ranked 3rd for new registrations in 2013 VAUXHALL 5.28% of all cars financed by Car Loan 4U in 2013 were Vauxhall - more than any other brand Watch out for the much anticipated Monza in 2014, Vauxhall's futuristic new concept car The Astra had a While the Vauxhall Corsa great year - up 8% from 2012 dropped from 2nd to 3rd most popular, Vauxhall topped Car Loan 4U's list of most financed cars in 2013. VOLKSWAGEN Having placed in the top 10 sellers since 1999, the VW Golf was named World Car of the Year in 2013 Skoda sales performed particularly well for VW - up 11% on 2012 The most fuel efficient and aerodynamic car in the world, the VW XL1 will launch soon offering 313mpg The car giant maintained the largest share of the European market with their combined VW gave the Taigun the green light in 2013 - watch out for this compact SUV in 2016 brands of Audi, Skoda, Seat and VW. BEST OF THE REST BENTLEY Bentley have announced a new concept car, the EXP 9F, which will be their first ever SUV. Production of the car will create 1000 new jobs in the UK. LAND ROVER Land Rover has big plans, with 40 model launches in the next 5 years. Look out for the DC100 concept which will replace the Defender. JAGUAR Jaguar has continued to impress, winning Top Gear Convertible of the Year and World Car Design of the year. Look out for the 2014 F-Type R Coupe in March. BENTLE AUDI The Audi A3 was Car Loan 4U's 3rd most finance vehicle in 2013. Look out for the Quattro Laserlight powered by Google and driven by Nvidia chips in 2014. 1 3 4 2 MLG 140 528 S CC 3205 7 MERCEDES BENZ Mercedes continue BMW NISSAN Green is the new black for many manufacturers, Nissan has been their success, with UK market share a surprise winner in recent years thanks to its new including BMW. The zero emissions increasing to 4.49% in 2013. generation of crossover vehicles. The Qashqai was the UK's 6th best seller. i3 launched in 2013 and sold out Watch out for the 2014 C-Class, their most efficient and instantly, and now has a 5 month test dynamic model to date. drive waiting list. PRESENTED BY carloan 4U Sources: Images: Wikimedia images courtesy of: Bentley EXP 9F - Norbert Aepli, Switzerland, 2013 Jaguar F-Type - Michael Gil, Skoda Yeti and VW XL1 - Rudolf Simon Data: Car Loan 4U customer data 1/1/2013 to 31/12/2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DeLarge/Top_10_best_selling_cars_in_Britain http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/new-car-market-winners-and-losers-2013 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/car-manufacturers/vauxhall/10520766/Vauxhall-Monza-concept-review.html http://www.nextgreencar.com/review/6394/Volkswagen-XL1-review http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23416214 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ford-to-reveal-solarpowered-cmax-solar-energi- concept-car-9035204.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Monza http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25632668 http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/content/en/the_group/production_plants.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMw_i3 http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/i3/84776/bmw-i3-waiting-list-five-months-a-test-drive http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/about-us/news/491