Nissan’s Qashqai SUV has become the first British-built vehicle to top the UK’s annual best-selling car rankings for 24 years.
The Japanese carmaker’s family car clocked-up 42,704 registrations in 2022 to become the first British creation to top the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) rankings since Dagenham’s new Ford Fiesta hatchback hit the roads in 1998.
Nissan’s Qashqai was designed in Paddington, engineered in Cranfield and is built in Sunderland.
It beat the Vauxhall Corsa, Tesla Model Y, Ford Puma and Mini to the best-seller title in 2022.
A gold-wrapped version of the car was created to celebrate its success in a year that saw 157,619 Qashqai built in the UK during 2022, taking total production since 2007 to 3.8 million units.
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