Production in UK: The Nissan Qashqai is back again the most produced vehicle in the UK in 2023
- After being the most produced model in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2019, the Nissan Qashqai (C-segment SUV) regained its first place in 2023, thanks to the (late) launch of the third generation at the end of 2021, after a fall of its sales recorded in 2020 and 2021. The Qashqai, which had reached a peak of 300,000 units produced in 2012 and 2016, had fallen to 150,000 units in 2020 and just over 100,000 units in 2021. In 2023, The Qashqai recorded 200,000 units produced and regained the top spot in the UK, beating the Mini (B-segment sedan) by a few thousand units. But the Qashqai is still far from its production peak of 300,000 units recorded in 2012 and 2016.
- Compared to the Nissan Qashqai, the Mini benefits from a much more stable commercial career, its production volume hovering around 200,000 annual units each year. The new generation of the Mini being launched at the of 2024, its production for 2023 (185,000 units) remained however among the lowest of the decade.
- In third position, the Toyota Corolla (C-segment sedan) has recorded a relatively stable production volume for around ten years, between 100,000 and 150,000 units per year, if we combine its figures with those of the Toyota Auris which was a simple renamed Corolla marketed between 2007 and 2018.
- In fourth position, the Nissan Juke (B-segment SUV) saw its production volume increase to 100,000 units in 2023 thanks to the (late) launch of its second generation in 2019. But we are still far from the figures reached in 2012 (150,000 units produced) by the first generation.