Ford continues to reign supreme in the fleet sales market with 7671 units sold in February compared to 6932 for the same month last year.

While Vauxhall comfortably holds the second position from Volkswagen, there was a 28% decrease in registrations for the Luton-based carmaker.

French manufacturers are showing the most marked improvement with Peugeot, Citroen and Renault all improving sales from last February by at least 71%.

Unsurprisingly, the Ford Focus still is the most popular fleet car with 2674 sold, a slight fall on last year’s 2808 units.

The equally ubiquitous Fiesta is in second place with an almost 10% improvement on volume from February 2009.

Ford has even managed to outsell the supermini Corsa with its upper segment Mondeo which sold 1322 models compared to only 828 units for the same month last year.

The Citroen C4, in seventh place, has also done well, increasing fleet sales from 487 to 988 cars.

Overall, fleet sales have remained fairly stable with 34,074 units sold in February 2009, compared to 35,540 vehicles in the same month this year – an increase of 4.3%.

Top 10 fleet manufacturers – February 2010
Manufacturer Feb ’09 Feb ’10 % change
1 Ford 6932 7671 10.7
2 Vauxhall 8077 5801 -28.2
3 Volkswagen 3533 3614 2.29
4 Peugeot 1138 2164 90.2
5 BMW 1587 2141 34.9
6 Audi 1847 2069 12.0
7 Citroen 1020 1843 80.7
8 Renault 959 1643 71.3
9 Nissan 1419 1160 -18.3
10 Toyota 1580 1130 -28.5
Top 10 fleet models – February 2010
Model Feb ‘09 Feb ‘10 % change
1 Ford Focus 2808 2674 -4.8
2 Ford Fiesta 2078 2268 9.1
3 Vauxhall Astra 2533 2045 -19.3
4 VW Golf 1267 1560 23.1
5 Ford Mondeo 828 1322 59.7
6 Vauxhall Corsa 2376 1314 -44.7
7 Citroen C4 487 988 102.9
8 Peugeot 207 469 811 72.9
9 BMW 3-Series 649 798 23.0
10 VW Polo 745 723 -3.0

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