Used car sales jumped by 6.8 per cent in March for Top 200 dealers

Used car sales for the UK’s Top 200 dealers appeared to recover in March, new figures show.

Data from our used car partner CarCondor.co.uk showed sales of second-hand cars jumped by 6.8 per cent last month to 178,262.

Revenue shot up by over 10 per cent, too, with the Top 200 dealers raking in £3.81bn from used car sales.

New stock was the highest rising metric, however, with numbers climbing by just under 30 per cent on February – 153,009 versus March’s 198,035.

March’s numbers reversed a heavy slump in February which saw sales fall by 10.55 per cent revenue slide by 9.69 per cent.

Arnold Clark remained the most stocked dealer in the 200-strong list, with 24,690 second-hand cars in stock.

Marshall maintained its second place with 8,554 cars while Evans Halshaw and Sytner swapped places with 8,045 and 7,562 used cars in stock, respectively.

Cinch stayed tenth place with 4,567 cars while Cazoo dropped four places with 4,557 cars in stock.

March’s fastest selling used car for the Top 200 dealers was the Mazda CX-5, while the top-selling car remained the Ford Fiesta.

The full list can be viewed below – members of the Car Dealer website can access the data as part of their membership.

Rank	Dealer Name	Avg Stock	Rank Change
1	Arnold Clark	24,690
2	Marshall	8,554
3	Evans Halshaw	8,045	+1
4	Sytner	7,562	-1
5	Car Shop	7,011
6	Bristol Street Motors	6,003
7	Inchcape	5,525	+2
8	Lookers	5,495
9	Big Motoring World	4,583	+3
10	Cinch	4,567
11	Cazoo	4,557	-4
12	Available Car	4,024	-1
13	Motorpoint	3,381
14	Steven Eagell	3,102	+3
15	Jardine Motors	3,057	-1
16	Group 1 Automotive	3,020
17	JCT600	2,816	-2
18	Peter Vardy	2,596	+1
19	Stoneacre	2,553	-1
20	CarStore	2,319
21	Robins & Day	2,113	+5
22	John Clark	1,958	+3
23	Fords of Windsford	1,929	-1
24	Parks Motor Group	1,916
25	Stratstone	1,914	-4
26	Johnson Cars Limited	1,806	+2
27	Listers	1,791	-4
28	Car Base	1,685	-1
29	Car Supermarket	1,620
30	Glyn Hopkin	1,526	+1
31	Snows Group	1,474	-1
32	V12 Sports and Classics	1,418	+2
33	Cargiant	1,400	+5
34	Perrys	1,385	-2
35	Trust Ford	1,385	-2
36	Drive Vauxhall	1,338	+1
37	Hendy Group	1,307	-1
38	Eastern Western	1,297	-3
39	Pentagon Motor Group	1,231	+7
40	Lloyd Motor Group	1,224	-1
41	Allen Motor Group	1,216	+4
42	Eden Motor Group	1,202	-1
43	RRG Group	1,190	-1
44	Rybrook Holdings Ltd	1,154	-1
45	Hilton Garage	1,059	-1
46	Bridgend Motor Group	1,048	+1
47	Sinclair Group	1,028	+1
48	Vindis	1,019	-8
49	Dick Lovett	1,019	+1
50	Carworld	991	+1
51	Yeomans	978	+2
52	Motorparks	975	-3
53	Saxton 4×4	965	+2
54	Holdcroft	891	+7
55	Williams	870	-1
56	Heritage Automotive	842	+1
57	Carsa	837	+3
58	Agnew Group	835	-6
59	HPL Motors	829	-1
60	Motor Range	825	-1
61	Swansway	817	-5
62	Renault Retail Group	811
63	Citygate Automotive Ltd	767
64	Formula 1 Car Supermarket	742	+1
65	Car Time	705	+2
66	Ron Skinner & Sons	703	-2
67	Endeavour Automotive Group	700	+3
68	Vospers Motor House Ltd	690	+10
69	Quality Part X	683	-3
70	Thurlow Nunn	668	+2
71	Wilsons of Epsom	658	+4
72	Harwoods Group	654	-3
73	Mon Motors	651	-5
74	Donnelly Group	649	+3
75	Norton Way Honda	648	+1
76	Vantage Motorgroup	626	+10
77	Motor Market Limited	626	+8
78	Cars 4 You Ltd	616	+6
79	Halliwell Jones	604	-5
80	Chorley Group	601	+8
81	Dace Motor Group	601	-2
82	Gravells	596	-11
83	Frank G Gates Ltd	594	-2
84	Penton Motor Group	592	-11
85	Hartwell	587	-3
86	Worcester Car Sales	580	-6
87	Hammond Cars	566	+6
88	Richmond Motor Group	565	+4
89	Howards Motor Group	556	-6
90	Riverside Motor Group	549	+8
91	Cars2	534	+8
92	Northwest Autos	531	-5
93	Brindley Garages	526	+3
94	Premier Car Supermarket	519	-5
95	EMG Motor Group	518
96	Berry Chiswick BMW	515	-2
97	Sandicliffe	510	+3
98	Jemca Group	501	+21
99	Motorhub	497	-2
100	Marriot Motor Group	495	+4
101	Caffyns	478	+2
102	St Leonards Motors Group	477	+14
103	Peoples	457	+3
104	JCB Group	451	-3
105	Cotswold Motor Group	442	-14
106	Startin Group	439	+9
107	Toomey Motor Group	436	+15
108	Vanstar	436	-6
109	The Car Group	434	+12
110	Anchor Vans	431
111	Eddie Wright Car Supermarket	427	-2
112	DM Keith	424	-7
113	SG Petch	424
114	Motorvogue	422	-2
115	Day’s Motor Group	421	-8
116	Hawkins Motor Group	420	-5
117	Barretts	418	-9
118	Burrows Motor Company	411	+28
119	Pinetree Car Superstore	409	+1
120	Right Car Supermarket	407	+3
121	Fish Brothers	406	+48
122	Desira Group PLC	406	-5
123	LSH Auto	396	-33
124	Shelbourne Motors	395	+5
125	Drift Bridge Group	394	+2
126	Parkway Volkswagen	388	-8
127	Hatfields	387	+22
128	Southern Vauxhall	385	+8
129	Murray Group	381	+10
130	Chapel House Motor Group	381	-6
131	Arbury	380	+3
132	Ancaster	376
133	Parkside Motorstore	374	-7
134	Cox Motor Group	373	+8
135	TC Harrison Ford	371	-5
136	Peter Cooper Motor Group	363	-11
137	Roadside Motors	362	-9
138	Waylands	359	+5
139	Bassetts	358	-8
140	Stephen James Group	357	-3
141	Acorn Group Ltd	353	-1
142	Nuneaton Car Sales	353	-1
143	W R Davies	345	+5
144	Sascron	343	+10
145	Corner Park Garages	341	-7
146	Pulman Motor Group	336	+4
147	West Way	332	+6
148	Hippo Motor Group	325	-15
149	Direct Cars Limited – Sheffield	325	-5
150	Blackbird Crossroads Motors	324	+5
151	Read Motor Group	323	+14
152	Wessex Garages	322	+4
153	Sherwoods Motor Group	322	+17
154	Brayleys	320	+5
155	Motorfair Hyundai Birmingham	317	-41
156	Martins Group	313	+18
157	John Grose	312	+14
158	Birchwood Group	311	-11
159	Platinum Motor Group	310	-1
160	Stebbings	306	+2
161	Auto 100	298
162	John Banks Group	297	-2
163	Vision Motors Direct	295	-6
164	Dales Cornwall	293	+19
165	David Hayton	291	-14
166	Nick King Car Sales	289	+9
167	P&A Motor Vehicles	289	+13
168	Harvey’s Autos	287	-1
169	H.R. Owen	287	-6
170	Jeff White Motors	283	-18
171	SERE Motors	276	+1
172	Big Van World	275	+4
173	Prestige Cars GB	275
174	Autozone	274	-6
175	Tustain Motors	273	+11
176	Holden Group	272	+1
177	Mangoletsi Holdings Ltd	266	+2
178	Colin Francis Cars	265	+4
179	The Car Co	260	-13
180	Sandal Group	260	-16
181	DB Automotive	260	+6
182	WJ King Group	259	+10
183	Prestige Cars Kent	259	+5
184	TMS Motor Group	254	+7
185	Budgen Motor Group	252	+11
186	Horsepower Motor Centre Ltd	251	-8
187	Sandown Motor Group	250
188	Sutton Park Group	250	-4
189	Rix Motor Company	250	-44
190	Ron Brooks	249
191	Sandles Car Supermarket	248	+6
192	Smiths Motor Group	247
193	FG Barnes	247	-8
194	Bowker Motor Group	243	-13
195	Broad Oak Motor Group	243
196	Redline Specialist Cars	242	-7
197	Richard Hardie	239
198	Lakeview Cars	238
199	Trenton Motors	237	-9
200	FRF Motors	237