One in every of Ford’s hottest fashions remains to be the best-selling used automobile within the UK regardless of the mannequin being axed again in 2023.
The Ford Fiesta is the perfect promoting second hand automobile within the UK (Picture: Getty)
A preferred Ford discontinued by the American model is the UK’s best-selling second-hand automobile, based on new knowledge. Statistics from the Society of Motor Producers and Merchants (SMMT) discovered the Ford Fiesta topped the checklist of used automobile gross sales in 2025, with greater than 300,000 fashions swapping fingers.
A complete of 303.090 Fiesta automobiles have been offered, over 50,000 greater than the Vauxhall Corsa which was the second best-selling used automobile with 247,853 transactions. The Volkswagen Golf was third with 226,082 altering house owners, adopted by the Ford Focus (218,962) and the BMW 3 Collection (157,343).
Over 300,000 used Ford Fiesta automobiles modified fingers in 2025 (Picture: Getty)
After a 47-year manufacturing run, the Ford Fiesta is without doubt one of the hottest picks on the highway, with thousands and thousands of automobiles offered worldwide. Nevertheless, the American automobile large formally discontinued the mannequin over two and a half years in the past, with manufacturing at Ford’s Cologne plant in Germany ceasing again in July 2023.
Paul Barker, editor of AutoExpress, defined the information confirmed how a lot the Fiesta was nonetheless “missed” by motorists, with a alternative regarded as a minimum of two years away.
Paul stated: “The Ford Fiesta as soon as once more tops the used gross sales charts, which once more is not any shock as its long-term place because the UK’s primary promoting automobile means there are such a lot of on the market to select from. Nevertheless it does present how in style Ford’s child nonetheless is, and the way a lot it’s missed from Ford’s new automobile line-up forward of any all-electric alternative doubtlessly coming in 2028.”
SMMT knowledge revealed the UK’s used automobile market has grown by 2.2% in 2025, with a complete of greater than 7.8million transactions. In response to the SMMT, the rise marks three consecutive years of development, with a major rise in curiosity for electrical and hybrid fashions.
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Battery electrical fashions surged 45.7% year-on-year with a staggering 274,815 transactions, with plug-in hybrid (PHEV) gross sales up by 6.3%.
Paul added: “With new automobile registrations additionally growing, this isn’t merely a case of motorists choosing used over new, it factors to a more healthy market total. The sharp 45.7% rise in used electrical automobile gross sales, reaching a file 274,815 transactions and a 3.5% market share, displays the rising provide of EVs getting into the second-hand market.”
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