Ford Fiesta crowned Britain's best-selling car for 12th time

The Ford Fiesta took the number one spot in Britain’s best-selling new cars chart for 2020. The achievement marked the 12th successive year it had outsold all other models in the country.

More than 49,000 Ford Fiestas were sold last year, with nearly 1.3 million sold to customers in Britain since 2009. Ford was also Britain’s top-selling passenger vehicle brand in 2020, a position it has held for the past 44 consecutive years.

Other model highlights include the relatively new Ford Puma, which saw nearly 26,300 sold in its first year on sale.

The Ford Fiesta was the third best-selling car in December 2020, pipped by both the Tesla Model S and Volkswagen Golf. However, the Golf was sold in lower overall numbers (43,109) - falling behind the Fiesta (49,174) and Vauxhall Corsa (46,439) year-to-date.

>>> Top 10: Best-selling cars in December 2020

“I want to thank our customers for continuing to show their confidence and trust in the Ford brand in what was an unprecedented difficult year,” said Lisa Brankin, managing director of Ford of Britain and Ireland.

“The new lockdown measures announced earlier this week mean there will be a slow start to the much-needed recovery in the new vehicle sales market as we begin 2021, though thankfully the UK-EU and UK-Turkey trade agreements signed just ahead of the new year have avoided an even worse potential situation. We hope that the current circumstances will have changed enough by the all-important March sales month to help give the industry the kick-start it needs."

Best-sellers in Britain, year-to-date: