BusinessCar Award winner Lex has released its list of the most popular models in its fleet in 2007.

Although Ford‘s Focus came out on top of the overall 2007 sales figures list published by the SMMT, the Vauxhall Astra was the most popular car in Lex’s fleet of 273,503 vehicles.

Big rises in Lex’s survey were seen for the Audi A3 and Ford’s Mondeo, neither of which featured in the top 10 last time the survey was carried out in 2005.

The survey will not make for good reading at Volkswagen. Its Golf, which topped the list in both 2004 and 2005, now lies in ninth place.

Lex’s 2007 top 10 sellers
Position Make and Model 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
1 Vauxhall Astra 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 1st
2 Ford Focus 8th 2nd 1st 4th 3rd
3 Vauxhall Vectra 6th 7th 6th 7th 6th
4 Audi A3 – 8th – – –
5 Ford Mondeo – 3rd 2nd 1st 4th
6 Honda Civic 9th 10th – – –
7 Ford Fiesta – – – – –
8 BMW 3-series 3rd 5th 5th 3rd 2nd
9 VW Golf 1st 1st 4th 3rd 2nd
10 VW Passat 4th 9th 9th 8th 5th