Ford Puma was the most popular car of 2025!

• Ford Puma was most-registered new car in 2025
• Popular crossover triumphs three years running
• Beat the Kia Sportage to top spot
• Puma was NOT our most popular lease car
• Select’s No.1 lease car in 2025 was… the Jaecoo 7

The Ford Puma was the most-registered new car in the UK in 2025, industry stats have revealed.

The Puma - first launched in the UK back in 2020 - beat the Kia Sportage and Nissan Qashqai to the number one spot.

With 55,488 registrations, Ford’s unstoppable crossover also out-sold both the Tesla Model Y (24,298 registrations) and the Tesla Model 3 (21,188) combined.

Significantly, it’s also the THIRD year in a row that the Puma has topped the charts, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

You have to go all the way back to 2022 to find another winner, when the Nissan Qashqai was the UK’s best-selling car - and even then the Ford Puma was still in fourth place.

It’s good to point out here that a ‘new car registrations’ refer to cars newly licensed for use in the UK - and covers everything from private buyers to business fleets and, crucially, lease cars.

While there’s a degree of similarity between the SMMT’s list of the most-registered new cars and our own list of the most LEASED cars of 2025, there are some key differences.

Select’s own most popular lease car of last year was… the Jaecoo 7, which has come from nowhere to dominate proceedings.

While there’s not a single electric car in the SMMT’s Top 10, our own list features two of them - the Tesla Model 3 and the Volkswagen ID.4. You can read our full run-down here.

1. Ford Puma (55,488 registrations). Lease now from £199.99 per month*

2. Kia Sportage (47,788 registrations). Lease now from £207 per month* 

3. Nissan Qashqai (41,141 registrations). Lease now from £212.75 per month*

4. Vauxhall Corsa (35,947 registrations). Lease from 217.55 per month*

5. Nissan Juke (34,773 registrations). Lease from £183.14 per month*

6. Volkswagen Golf (32,478 registrations). Lease from £224.23 per month*

7. Volvo XC40 (30,404 registrations). Lease from £282.23 per month*

8. MG HS (30,191 registrations). Lease from £228.17 per month*

9. Volkswagen Tiguan (29,857 registrations). Lease from £297.62 per month*

10. Hyundai Tucson (28,613 registrations). Lease from £241.55 per month*

The most popular fully electric cars of 2025, according to SMMT data:

1. Tesla Model Y (24,298)
2. Tesla Model 3 (21,188)
3. Audi Q4 e-tron (14,433)
4. Audi Q6 e-tron (13,148)
5. Ford Explorer (12,237)
6. BMW i4 (12,158)
7. Skoda Enyaq (11,940)
8. Kia EV3 (11,188)
9. Skoda Elroq (10,713)
10. Volvo EX30 (10,289)

*Prices include VAT. Credit is Subject to Status, Ts and Cs and Arrangement Fees apply. Excess mileage may apply. Stock levels and prices correct as of 06/01/26.

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