11:20 am, May 25, 2021
Used car sales were up a whopping 18 per cent in April compared to March as dealerships opened their doors to a rush of customers.
The most stocked car dealer for the month was once again Arnold Clark with 29,430 cars in stock, followed by Pendragon’s Evans Halshaw in second with 8,914 cars.
One of the biggest risers on the our exclusive list – produced by used car data experts CarCondor.co.uk – was Wilsons of Epsom who leapt 29 places to 40th with 1,447 used cars in stock.
The full list can be seen by members of the Car Dealer website below.
The data from CarCondor.co.uk shows there were 196,195 used car sales among the top 200 dealers – up 18 per cent on March’s 166,216 sales.
Revenue rose in line with sales up nearly 16 per cent to £3.3bn.
New stock, though, fell three per cent as dealers across the country struggled to replenish supplies.
CarCondor.co.uk’s William Gomes said: ‘Dealers were back with people visiting the forecourts in April and the dealers that made the largest improvements in sales were by far car supermarkets month on month with one getting more than 100 per cent more sales than the previous month and many others close.
‘Traditional dealers also in general had (10-20%) improvements month on month on sales.
‘In general, larger luxury focused dealers had a worse month in April vs March.
‘Online only performed below average compared to all other types. Suggesting that the pent up demand was for customers that wanted to visit the forecourts.’
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Members of the Car Dealer website get free access to detailed used car data from CarCondor.co.uk. By signing up to an account with your name and email address you can access the information – full details are in the My Benefits section of this website once you have signed up.
The data also showed the average price of a used car among the top 200 dealers was up marginally by 0.28 per cent to £16,011.
While the average number of days to sell was down nearly two days to 53 days.
The fastest selling car for the month was the Volkswagen Touareg – previously it was the Nissan Navara.
| Rank | Dealer Name | Avg Stock | Rank Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arnold Clark | 29,430 | |
| 2 | Evans Halshaw | 8,914 | |
| 3 | Sytner | 8,777 | |
| 4 | Bristol Street Motors | 8,713 | |
| 5 | Inchcape | 7,007 | |
| 6 | Car Shop | 6,755 | |
| 7 | Marshall | 5,981 | +1 |
| 8 | Motorpoint | 5,775 | -1 |
| 9 | Lookers | 5,672 | |
| 10 | Lancaster | 5,541 | |
| 11 | Cinch | 4,706 | |
| 12 | Group 1 Automotive | 4,233 | +1 |
| 13 | Available Car | 4,226 | -1 |
| 14 | Big Motoring World | 3,525 | +2 |
| 15 | Cazoo | 3,492 | |
| 16 | JCT600 | 3,456 | -2 |
| 17 | Motorline | 2,860 | +1 |
| 18 | Cargiant | 2,855 | -1 |
| 19 | Car Base | 2,695 | +5 |
| 20 | Stoneacre | 2,665 | +2 |
| 21 | Listers | 2,597 | -2 |
| 22 | Trust Ford | 2,578 | -1 |
| 23 | John Clark | 2,547 | |
| 24 | Peter Vardy | 2,456 | +3 |
| 25 | Robins & Day | 2,433 | |
| 26 | Pentagon Motor Group | 2,371 | |
| 27 | Stratstone | 2,370 | -7 |
| 28 | Motor Depot | 2,271 | +8 |
| 29 | Steven Eagell | 2,262 | -1 |
| 30 | CarStore EvansHalshaw | 2,188 | +7 |
| 31 | Glyn Hopkin | 2,164 | +3 |
| 32 | Parks Motor Group | 2,079 | -3 |
| 33 | Hendy Group | 1,990 | -3 |
| 34 | Perrys | 1,867 | -3 |
| 35 | Johnson Cars Limited | 1,851 | |
| 36 | Fords of Windsford | 1,810 | -4 |
| 37 | Mercedes-Benz Retail Group | 1,680 | -4 |
| 38 | Eastern Western | 1,646 | |
| 39 | Snows Group | 1,570 | +1 |
| 40 | Wilsons of Epsom | 1,447 | +29 |
| 41 | Allen Motor Group | 1,399 | |
| 42 | Dick Lovett | 1,360 | -3 |
| 43 | Sinclair Group | 1,344 | -1 |
| 44 | Drive Vauxhall | 1,322 | +3 |
| 45 | Carzam | 1,311 | -2 |
| 46 | RRG Group | 1,303 | +2 |
| 47 | Harwoods Group | 1,283 | +5 |
| 48 | Williams | 1,254 | +3 |
| 49 | V12 Sports and Classics | 1,248 | -5 |
| 50 | Lloyd Motor Group | 1,238 | -1 |
| 51 | Helston Garages Group | 1,186 | -5 |
| 52 | Hilton Garage | 1,182 | -2 |
| 53 | Rybrook Holdings Ltd | 1,149 | |
| 54 | Carworld | 1,132 | |
| 55 | Robinsons Motor Group | 1,131 | +2 |
| 56 | Eden Motor Group | 1,124 | +10 |
| 57 | Agnew Group | 1,115 | +2 |
| 58 | HPL Motors | 1,092 | -3 |
| 59 | Bridgend Motor Group | 1,085 | -1 |
| 60 | Motorparks | 1,080 | |
| 61 | Ron Skinner & Sons | 1,069 | +4 |
| 62 | Holdcroft | 1,050 | -6 |
| 63 | Yeomans | 1,043 | -1 |
| 64 | SW Car Supermarket | 1,002 | -1 |
| 65 | Heritage Automotive | 1,001 | -1 |
| 66 | Howards Motor Group | 1,001 | +2 |
| 67 | Frank G Gates Ltd | 937 | +6 |
| 68 | Donnelly Group | 918 | +2 |
| 69 | Worcester Car Sales | 910 | +2 |
| 70 | Swansway | 903 | -3 |
| 71 | Hartwell | 849 | -26 |
| 72 | Halliwell Jones | 842 | |
| 73 | Citygate Automotive Ltd | 840 | +2 |
| 74 | LSH Auto | 808 | +5 |
| 75 | West Way | 791 | -1 |
| 76 | Saxton 4×4 | 784 | +4 |
| 77 | Quality Part X | 770 | +6 |
| 78 | Thurlow Nunn | 761 | +4 |
| 79 | Car Time | 757 | -3 |
| 80 | Motor Range | 741 | |
| 81 | Sandicliffe | 731 | +4 |
| 82 | Peoples | 730 | -4 |
| 83 | Mon Motors | 728 | -6 |
| 84 | Penton Motor Group | 726 | -3 |
| 85 | Chorley Group | 721 | -1 |
| 86 | Chapel House Motor Group | 706 | +15 |
| 87 | Formula 1 Car Centre | 702 | +21 |
| 88 | Endeavour Automotive Group | 678 | -1 |
| 89 | Marriot Motor Group | 668 | -3 |
| 90 | Caffyns | 660 | -2 |
| 91 | The Hughes Group | 616 | +8 |
| 92 | Day’s Motor Group | 608 | +3 |
| 93 | Vantage Motorgroup | 603 | +1 |
| 94 | St Leonards Motors Group | 601 | +12 |
| 95 | Norton Way Honda | 598 | -6 |
| 96 | David Hayton | 598 | |
| 97 | Richmond Motor Group | 596 | +5 |
| 98 | JCB Group | 587 | -6 |
| 99 | Fish Brothers | 584 | -9 |
| 100 | Sandown Motor Group | 571 | -2 |
| 101 | Vospers Motor House Ltd | 570 | -10 |
| 102 | Gravells | 570 | -2 |
| 103 | Brindley Garages | 565 | -6 |
| 104 | Motorvogue | 561 | |
| 105 | Dace Motor Group | 556 | -2 |
| 106 | Hammond Cars | 551 | -13 |
| 107 | Hatfields | 545 | +8 |
| 108 | Read Motor Group | 542 | +31 |
| 109 | Sherwoods Motor Group | 531 | +3 |
| 110 | The Car Group | 527 | |
| 111 | Motorhub | 522 | -4 |
| 112 | Wessex Garages | 508 | -8 |
| 113 | EMG Motor Group | 501 | -8 |
| 114 | Carsa | 497 | |
| 115 | Acorn Group Ltd | 494 | -5 |
| 116 | WJ King Group | 479 | -7 |
| 117 | Barretts | 476 | -3 |
| 118 | J. F. & E. Hadwin Group | 475 | +35 |
| 119 | Jemca Group | 466 | -1 |
| 120 | Arbury | 464 | -9 |
| 121 | Desira Group PLC | 454 | -1 |
| 122 | Cox Motor Group | 454 | -5 |
| 123 | Brayleys | 447 | |
| 124 | Eddie Wright Car Supermarket | 445 | -5 |
| 125 | Cotswold Motor Group | 442 | -12 |
| 126 | Autotrade South West | 442 | +5 |
| 127 | W R Davies | 440 | |
| 128 | Stephen James Group | 432 | -4 |
| 129 | Sutton Park Group | 424 | -8 |
| 130 | Stebbings | 417 | -2 |
| 131 | Bassetts | 414 | -6 |
| 132 | TC Harrison Ford | 409 | -3 |
| 133 | Riverside Motor Group | 403 | -3 |
| 134 | Right Car Supermarket | 401 | +3 |
| 135 | FG Barnes | 400 | -1 |
| 136 | Bowker Motor Group | 399 | -10 |
| 137 | Northwest Autos | 397 | +1 |
| 138 | Drift Bridge Group | 385 | +10 |
| 139 | Direct Cars Limited – Sheffield | 385 | +1 |
| 140 | Birchwood Group | 385 | -8 |
| 141 | Cars2 | 384 | -8 |
| 142 | Pulman Motor Group | 383 | -1 |
| 143 | Sascron | 382 | -8 |
| 144 | John Grose | 381 | -8 |
| 145 | Jeff White Motors | 379 | -29 |
| 146 | Startin Group | 379 | |
| 147 | Peter Cooper Motor Group | 376 | -25 |
| 148 | Trust Group UK | 372 | |
| 149 | Burrows Motor Company | 363 | |
| 150 | Sandles Car Supermarket | 363 | -27 |
| 151 | Premier Car Supermarket | 357 | -7 |
| 152 | G H Motors | 357 | |
| 153 | Island Car Centre Limited | 354 | +25 |
| 154 | P&A Motor Vehicles | 348 | -9 |
| 155 | Foray Motor Group | 344 | +3 |
| 156 | Martins Group | 340 | -6 |
| 157 | Formula 1 Car Supermarket | 337 | |
| 158 | Ancaster | 333 | -12 |
| 159 | Auto 100 | 331 | +16 |
| 160 | Pinetree Car Superstore | 325 | -13 |
| 161 | Nick King Car Sales | 320 | -2 |
| 162 | Richard Hardie | 319 | -5 |
| 163 | FRF Motors | 318 | |
| 164 | Wilmoths Group | 318 | -12 |
| 165 | TMS Motor Group | 316 | -14 |
| 166 | Ballyrobert | 311 | -24 |
| 167 | J & J Motors | 311 | -3 |
| 168 | Toomey Motor Group | 308 | -6 |
| 169 | Hadwins Motor Group | 308 | -26 |
| 170 | Ocean Automotive | 306 | -16 |
| 171 | Skyman Motors | 299 | +22 |
| 172 | Mitchell Group | 294 | -16 |
| 173 | Furrows Group | 293 | -18 |
| 174 | Boc Car Centre | 288 | |
| 175 | Hippo Motor Group | 279 | -5 |
| 176 | Delgarth Motor Group | 275 | -11 |
| 177 | FJ Chalke and Vale Motors | 270 | -10 |
| 178 | Hilton Car Supermarket | 266 | -12 |
| 179 | Eastbourne Motoring Centre | 266 | -19 |
| 180 | Smiths Motor Group | 262 | -12 |
| 181 | GMO Cars | 261 | -7 |
| 182 | GreenHous | 259 | -21 |
| 183 | Wembley Prestige Cars | 259 | |
| 184 | Ron Brooks | 258 | -15 |
| 185 | Rates | 257 | -12 |
| 186 | Holden Group | 256 | -6 |
| 187 | Hills of Woodford | 255 | -4 |
| 188 | Lakeview Cars | 255 | +8 |
| 189 | Blackbird Crossroads Motors | 253 | -13 |
| 190 | Trenton Motors | 253 | -19 |
| 191 | Reed Autos | 249 | -9 |
| 192 | Redline Specialist Cars | 248 | +2 |
| 193 | CCR Motor Co. | 248 | |
| 194 | Winchester Motor Group | 244 | -22 |
| 195 | JT Hughes | 244 | -16 |
| 196 | Picador PLC | 242 | -15 |
| 197 | Sturgess Motor Group | 240 | -8 |
| 198 | Budgen Motor Group – Telford | 239 | |
| 199 | Croyland Car Megastore | 236 | -22 |
| 200 | White Dove Motorgroup | 234 |
