Data suggests the ‘Chelsea tractor’ stereotype is real.
MailOnline analysis shows Range Rovers are most prevalent in London’s most affluent postcodes.
Up to 7.6 per cent of cars (or one in 13) registered in Chelsea, Belgravia, Holland Park and South Kensington are luxury 4x4s.
It’s no surprise that Range Rovers, which can cost upwards of £100,000, are also very popular in Virginia Water, Surrey and Sandbanks, the millionaires’ paradise in Dorset.
Meanwhile, Romanian budget brand Dacia, whose cars start at £13,795 and can be had for £125 a month, shares almost 6 per cent of the market in Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
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Of the 10 postcodes where Dacias are most common, nine are in Scotland or Wales, our interactive map reveals.
MailOnline obtained the data through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted to the DVLA.
It broke down the number of 15 popular car brands registered by zip code area.
Our analysis, however, excluded some manufacturers, including Audi, Toyota, Kia, and exotic motors like Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, and Aston Martin.
We excluded ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 cars because some areas only have a handful registered, which can drastically skew the results.
All figures refer to cars registered in the UK, either on the road or subject to a Statutory Off-Road Notification (SORN).
For BMW, its most popular location is on the outskirts of Doncaster, Jeremy Clarkson’s childhood home.
The area, which includes the towns of Thorne and Moorends, has 38.59 per cent BMW ownership. Of the 16,375 cars registered in the postal district, 6,319 come from Munich.
Clarkson has often praised BMWs in his reviews, but has been less complimentary of those who buy the Bavarian brand. The former Top Gear presenter once suggested they are “designed by Germans… powered by idiots”.
Like Range Rovers, Teslas, which cost up to £110,000, are most popular in more affluent areas of London, including High Street Kensington, Hampstead Heath and Primrose Hill.
Unsurprisingly, the data shows that Range Rovers, like this Range Rover Sport, are most popular in central and west London.
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Mercedes’ story is similar. Almost one in four cars in Marylebone, Belgravia and Knightsbridge are from the Stuttgart manufacturer.
In Clayhall, on the outskirts of Ilford, almost 14 per cent of the cars are Mercedes.
For Vauxhall, the most popular location in the country is LU2 in Luton, where Vauxhall’s commercial vehicle manufacturing plant is located. Figures show that 21.6 percent of cars in the area are from the manufacturer.
Luton is followed by Ellesmere Port (21.4 per cent), which is home to Vauxhall’s car manufacturing plant.
Eight in 10 of the most popular locations for Ford are in the Essex area, where its popularity ranges between 31.23 per cent (SS17) and 25.74 per cent (SS7).
Ford opened its plant in Dagenham, Essex in 1931 and produced more than 10 million vehicles at the plant until production ceased in 2002. The plant currently produces more than 1 million diesel engines a year for the company.
The other most popular locations for Ford surround the company’s Halewood plant in Merseyside (LL26) and neighboring (LL27), where 27.57 per cent and 26.55 per cent of cars sport the blue oval.
For Nissan, one In Frizington (CA26), on the edge of the Lake District, ten cars (10.85 per cent) are Nissans.
Nissan has a production plant in Sunderland (SR5), but the Japanese manufacturer is the third most popular brand in the postcode area, with 10.34 per cent of cars, behind Ford (12.25 per cent). and Vauxhall (12.62).
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