The UK sales charts have for a while now not been a measure of who has been able to sell cars that month but rather of who has been able to fulfil orders that were made long ago.
The ongoing shortage of semiconductor chips has, as we all know, led to an increase in waiting times and seriously constricted supply, making the sales charts a bit of an irrelevance month to month as an indicator of which manufacturer has done well.
Yet over a longer period of time, some stories and trends can still emerge.
