The ‘Chelsea Tractor’ stereotype is real, data shows.
An analysis by MailOnline shows that Range Rovers are most common in London’s most affluent postcodes.
Up to 7.6 percent of cars – or one in thirteen – registered in Chelsea, Belgravia, Holland Park and South Kensington are luxury 4x4s.
Unsurprisingly, Range Rovers, which can cost more than £100,000, are also very popular in Virginia Water, Surrey and in Sandbanks – Dorset’s millionaire’s paradise.
Meanwhile, Romanian budget brand Dacia, whose cars start at £13,795 and retail for £125 a month, shares almost 6 per cent of the market in Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
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Of the ten postcodes where Dacias are most common, nine are in Scotland or Wales, according to our interactive map.
MailOnline obtained the data through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request sent to the DVLA.
The number of registered popular car brands of fifteen was registered, per postal code area.
However, our analysis excluded some manufacturers, including Audi, Toyota, Kia and exotic engines such as Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini and Aston Martin.
We excluded zip codes with fewer than 1,000 cars because some areas have only a handful of cars registered, which can dramatically skew the results.
All figures refer to cars registered in Great Britain, regardless of whether they are on-road or subject to a Statutory Off-Road Notification (SORN).
For BMW, their 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 percent BMW ownership. Of the 16,375 registered cars in the postal code area, 6,319 come from Munich.
Clarkson has often praised BMWs in reviews, but has been less complimentary about those who buy the Bavarian brand. The ex-Top Gear presenter once suggested they were ‘designed by Germans… driven by t*****s’.
Like Range Rovers, Teslas, which cost up to £110,000, are most popular in the most affluent parts of London, including High Street Kensington, Hampstead Heath and Primrose Hill.
Unsurprisingly, the data shows that Range Rovers, such as this Range Rover Sport, are most popular in Central and West London.
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A similar story applies to Mercedes. Nearly one in four cars in Marylebone, Belgravia and Knightsbridge are from the Stuttgart manufacturer.
In Clayhall, outside Ilford, almost 14 per cent of cars are Mercedes.
For Vauxhall, the country’s most popular location is LU2 in Luton, home to Vauxhall’s commercial vehicle factory. Figures show that 21.6 percent of cars in the region come from the manufacturer.
Luton is followed by Ellesmere Port (21.4 percent), home to the Vauxhall car factory.
Eight of the ten most popular locations for Ford are in the Essex region, where their popularity ranges from 31.23 percent (SS17) to 25.74 percent (SS7).
Ford opened its factory in Dagenham, Essex in 1931 and produced more than 10 million vehicles at the factory until production ceased in 2002. The plant currently produces more than 1 million diesel engines per year for the company.
The other most popular locations for Ford surround the company’s Halewood plant in Merseyside (LL26) and the adjacent factory (LL27), where 27.57 percent and 26.55 percent of cars have the blue oval.
One for Nissan in 10 cars (10.85 percent) in Frisington (CA26) on the edge of the Lake District are Nissans.
Nissan has a production plant in Sunderland (SR5), yet the Japanese manufacturer is the third most popular brand in the postcode area, with 10.34 percent of cars, behind both Ford (12.25 percent) and Vauxhall (12.62 percent) .
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