During this period, the BMW 3 Series was searched for more than 171 million times, making it the most popular model in the UK. The 5 Series also made it into the top 10 with just over 62 million searches.
Ford scored second place with just over 387 million searches, followed by Volkswagen in third position with more than 383 million.
Top 10 most searched for manufacturers
1. BMW: 438,821,925
2. Ford: 387,042,541
3. Volkswagen: 383,162,141
4. Audi: 332,584,929
5. Vauxhall: 320,242,380
6. Mercedes: 254,345,858
7. Peugeot: 209,613,898
8. Toyota: 194,480,564
9. Renault: 164,436,983
10. Honda: 161,751,202
Land Rover, Nissan and Citroen all narrowly missed-out on the top 10.
By Rhian Angharad Jones
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Autotrader.co.uk is the UK’s largest motoring website and ranks as the second largest ABCe audited UK website with over 360,000 vehicles listed at any one time. It has a 38% share of the automotive classified market (Hitwise, August 2007).
