Revealed: the Cars We Buy on Finance
At The Car Loan Warehouse, we wanted to find out which leading car brands Brits trusted the most – so we conducted a survey to find out exactly that. On top of that, we analysed application data from The Car Loan Warehouse’s customer vaults to determine which brands and models were the most popular when it came to buying a car on finance.
Topline results and gender-specific data are included in full below.
Top brands and models overall:
| Brand | Popular models | Percentage |
| Vauxhall | Astra | 17.7 |
| Ford | Fiesta, Focus | 17.2 |
| BMW | 1 Series, 3 Series | 9.0 |
| Audi | A1, A3 | 6.4 |
| Volkswagen | Golf | 6.1 |
| Peugeot | 207 | 5.1 |
| Renault | Megane | 4.4 |
| Nissan | Qashqai | 4.0 |
| Citroen | C1, C4 | 3.7 |
| Mercedes-Benz | C-Class | 3.7 |
Top brands and models with men:
| Brand | Popular models | Percentage |
| Vauxhall | Astra | 19.5 |
| Ford | Fiesta | 16.2 |
| BMW | 3 Series | 10.7 |
| Audi | A3 | 6.3 |
| Volkswagen | Golf | 6.3 |
| Peugeot | 208 | 4.6 |
| Citroen | C4 | 4.3 |
| Mercedes-Benz | C-Class | 4.1 |
| Renault | Clio, Megane | 4.0 |
| Nissan | Qashqai | 3.0 |
Top brands and models with women:
| Brand | Popular models | Percentage |
| Ford | Fiesta | 19.6 |
| Vauxhall | Corsa | 14.2 |
| Audi | A3 | 6.6 |
| Nissan | Juke | 6.4 |
| Peugeot | 207 | 6.1 |
| Volkswagen | Golf | 5.6 |
| Renault | Clio, Megane | 5.4 |
| BMW | 1 Series | 5.1 |
| MINI | Cooper | 4.4 |
| FIAT | 500 | 3.9 |
Averages:
Average monthly payment: £249
Average sale price: £8152
Average sale price (for men): £8457
Average sale price (for women): £7498
Petrol vs. diesel:
| Percentage | |
| Petrol | 46.7 |
| Diesel | 52.2 |
Which of the following car brands do you trust the most?
- Mercedes-Benz: 44.7%
- Ford: 26.8%
- Bentley: 26.2%
- BMW: 20.1%
- Volkswagen: 20.1%
- Vauxhall: 19.4%
- Toyota: 18.4%
- Audi: 17.7%
- Skoda: 16.5%
- MINI: 11.6%
- Renault: 10.2%
- Peugeot: 9.9%
- Nissan: 9.1%
- Jeep: 8.3%
- Suzuki: 7.8%
- Hyundai: 6.2%
- Citroen: 5.7%
- FIAT: 5.2%
- SEAT: 4.5%
- Chevrolet: 3.9%