Most popular vehicle searches

We have gathered search statistics from April, May and June to compile the data shown in this blog post, in these 3 months we had over half a million free searches performed via the Rapid Car Check initial search, which anyone can perform free by entering a registration here.

We wanted to get an insight in to what the most popular vehicles being searched for via the website were, including most popular colours, fuel types and more.

Most popular searches by vehicle make and model

Rank	Make and Model	Searches
1	Ford Fiesta Zetec	3706
2	Ford Fiesta Zetec S	1623
3	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi	1609
4	Mini Cooper	1448
5	Audi A3 Sport Tdi	1403
6	Bmw 520D M Sport Auto	1333
7	Vauxhall Corsa Limited Edition	1230
8	Audi A3 S Line Tdi	1195
9	Ford Transit 350	1183
10	Vauxhall Astra Sri	1101
11	Volkswagen Golf Gti	1090
12	Ford Fiesta St-Line Turbo	1040
13	Mini Cooper S	1004
14	Bmw 118D M Sport	979
15	Volkswagen Golf	976
16	Mini Mini Cooper	957
17	Bmw 320D M Sport Auto	948
18	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi 140	937
19	Mercedes-benz Sprinter 313 Cdi	927
20	Ford Fiesta St-2 Turbo	905

Explanation of above data:

• Rank – The search popularity ranking.
• Make and Model – The make and model of vehicle.
• Searches – amount of searches for this vehicle make & model in April, May & June 2021.

Most popular searches by vehicle make, model & colour

Rank	Make, Model & Colour	Searches
1	Ford Transit 350 White	977
2	Ford Fiesta Zetec White	771
3	Mercedes-benz Sprinter 313 Cdi White	768
4	Ford Fiesta Zetec Black	718
5	Ford Fiesta Zetec Red	699
6	Ford Fiesta Zetec Blue	622
7	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi Black	566
8	Vauxhall Corsa Limited Edition White	528
9	Ford Fiesta Zetec Silver	503
10	Audi A3 Sport Tdi Black	457
11	Bmw 520D M Sport Auto Black	452
12	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi Silver	449
13	Daf trucks Not Available White	427
14	Ford Fiesta Zetec S Black	426
15	Audi A3 S Line Tdi Black	383
16	Ford Fiesta Zetec S White	364
17	Volkswagen Golf Gti Black	338
18	Vauxhall Astra Sri Black	333
19	Bmw 520D M Sport Auto Grey	323
20	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi 140 Black	319

Explanation of above data:

• Rank – The search popularity ranking.
• Make, Model & colour – The make, model & colour of vehicle.
• Searches – amount of searches for this vehicle make, model & colour in April, May & June 2021.

Most popular searches by vehicle make, model, colour & fuel type

Rank	Make, Model, Colour & Fuel type	Searches
1	Ford Transit 350 White Diesel	977
2	Mercedes-benz Sprinter 313 Cdi White Diesel	768
3	Ford Fiesta Zetec White Petrol	768
4	Ford Fiesta Zetec Black Petrol	712
5	Ford Fiesta Zetec Red Petrol	697
6	Ford Fiesta Zetec Blue Petrol	617
7	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi Black Diesel	566
8	Vauxhall Corsa Limited Edition White Petrol	528
9	Ford Fiesta Zetec Silver Petrol	498
10	Audi A3 Sport Tdi Black Diesel	457
11	Bmw 520D M Sport Auto Black Diesel	452
12	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi Silver Diesel	449
13	Daf trucks Not Available White Diesel	427
14	Audi A3 S Line Tdi Black Diesel	382
15	Ford Fiesta Zetec S Black Petrol	371
16	Ford Fiesta Zetec S White Petrol	359
17	Volkswagen Golf Gti Black Petrol	336
18	Vauxhall Astra Sri Black Petrol	327
19	Bmw 520D M Sport Auto Grey Diesel	323
20	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi 140 Black Diesel	319

Explanation of above data:

• Rank – The search popularity ranking.
• Make, Model, colour & fuel type – The make, model, colour and fuel type of vehicle.
• Searches – amount of searches for this vehicle make, model, colour & fuel type in April, May & June 2021.

Most popular searches by vehicle make, model, colour, fuel type & year

Rank	Make, Model, Colour, Fuel type & Year	Searches
1	Ford Transit 350 White Diesel 2018	194
2	Ford Transit 350 White Diesel 2016	193
3	Ford Transit 350 White Diesel 2015	175
4	Mercedes-benz Sprinter 314Cdi White Diesel 2017	174
5	Ford Transit 350 White Diesel 2017	171
6	Ford Fiesta Zetec White Petrol 2013	166
7	Ford Fiesta Zetec Red Petrol 2013	161
8	Mercedes-benz Sprinter 313 Cdi White Diesel 2014	152
9	Ford Fiesta Zetec White Petrol 2012	149
10	Ford Transit 350 Leader Ecoblue White Diesel 2020	147
11	Mercedes-benz Sprinter 313 Cdi White Diesel 2015	142
12	Mercedes-benz Sprinter 314 Cdi White Diesel 2019	140
13	Ford Fiesta Zetec S Red Edition Red Petrol 2015	138
14	Ford Fiesta St-Line Turbo Grey Petrol 2018	137
15	Ford Fiesta Zetec Red Petrol 2014	135
16	Ford Fiesta Zetec S Red Edition Red Petrol 2016	130
17	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi Black Diesel 2003	124
18	Ford Transit 350 White Diesel 2019	123
19	Ford Fiesta Zetec White Petrol 2014	123
20	Ford Fiesta St-Line Turbo Black Petrol 2018	118
21	Ford Fiesta Zetec Black Petrol 2013	117
22	Ford Transit Custom 290 White Diesel 2017	115
23	Ford Fiesta St-Line Turbo White Petrol 2018	115
24	Ford Fiesta Zetec S Black Edition Black Petrol 2015	113
25	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi Black Diesel 2002	112
26	Ford Fiesta Zetec S Black Edition Black Petrol 2016	111
27	Vauxhall Corsa Limited Edition White Petrol 2011	111
28	Mercedes-benz Sprinter 313 Cdi White Diesel 2013	110
29	Ford Fiesta St-Line Turbo Blue Petrol 2018	107
30	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi Silver Diesel 2002	104
31	Vauxhall Corsa Sxi Silver Petrol 2010	102
32	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi Black Diesel 2005	101
33	Ford Fiesta Zetec Blue Petrol 2013	100
34	Ford Transit 350 Lwb White Diesel 2005	100
35	Volkswagen Golf Se Bluemotion Tech Tdi Black Diesel 2013	99
36	Vauxhall Astra Sxi Black Petrol 2007	99
37	Ford Transit 350 Leader Ecoblue White Diesel 2021	98
38	Vauxhall Corsa Sxi Black Petrol 2010	97
39	Mercedes-benz Sprinter 313 Cdi White Diesel 2011	97
40	Ford Fiesta Zetec Black Petrol 2014	96
41	Ford Fiesta Zetec Blue Petrol 2014	96
42	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi Silver Diesel 2003	96
43	Volkswagen Golf S Silver Petrol 2009	93
44	Ford Fiesta Zetec Black Petrol 2012	91
45	Ford Fiesta St-Line Turbo Red Petrol 2018	91
46	Vauxhall Corsa Limited Edition White Petrol 2014	91
47	Volkswagen Golf Match Tdi 105 Black Diesel 2008	90
48	Ford Fiesta Zetec Climate Black Petrol 2007	90
49	Mercedes-benz Sprinter 313 Cdi White Diesel 2012	89
50	Volkswagen Golf Gt Tdi Black Diesel 2004	87

Explanation of above data:

• Rank – The search popularity ranking.
• Make, Model, colour, fuel type & year – The make, model, colour, fueltype & year of vehicle.
• Searches – amount of searches for this vehicle make, model, colour, fuel type & year in April, May & June 2021.

Most popular vehicle colours

Rank	Colour	Searches
1	Black	136092
2	White	109278
3	Blue	91491
4	Silver	89159
5	Grey	87159
6	Red	53825
7	Green	11612
8	Yellow	4913
9	Orange	4222
10	Beige	2323
11	Brown	2318
12	Purple	1818
13	Gold	1638
14	Bronze	1194
15	Multi-colour	491
16	Maroon	470
17	Cream	371
18	Turquoise	362
19	Pink	251
20	Not stated	94

Explanation of above data:

• Rank – The search popularity ranking.
• Colour – The vehicle colour.
• Searches – amount of searches performed for vehicles that had this colour in April, May & June 2021.

Most popular fuel types

Rank	Fuel Type	Searches
1	Petrol	299613
2	Diesel	282162
3	Hybrid electric	11629
4	Electricity	3846
5	Electric diesel	1087
6	Gas bi-fuel	416
7	Petrol/gas	279
8	Gas	24
9	Steam	12
10	Other	7
11	Gas diesel	5

Explanation of above data:

• Rank – The search popularity ranking.
• Fuel Type- The fuel type of vehicle.
• Searches – amount of searches performed for vehicles that had this fuel type in April, May & June 2021.

BHP search statistics

We gathered BHP search statistics to find the lowest, highest and average BHP.

• The average BHP of all searches: 155
• The lowest BHP: 1 ( Italjet F50, Niu N1s & Niu Nqi Gt Pro Cargo )
• The Highest BHP: 1165 ( Bugatti Veyron )

About this data

How many unique registrations were included?

We removed any duplicate registrations and filtered any data that was missing, this gave us a total of just under 600,000 unique registrations that were searched for in April, May and June 2021.

When was this data collected?

The data in this blog post is from free searches performed via the Rapid Car Check website in April, May and June 2021.

Got a question?

Feel free to get in touch via email: enquiries@rapidcarcheck.co.uk