The stereotype of the ‘Chelsea Tractor’ is real, data suggests.
MailOnline analysis shows Range Rovers are the 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 a luxury 4×4.
Unsurprisingly, Range Rovers, which can cost upwards of £100,000, are also very popular in Virginia Water, Surrey, and in Sandbanks – the millionaire’s paradise in Dorset.
Meanwhile, Romanian budget brand Dacia, whose cars start at £13,795 and can be acquired for £125 a month, share almost 6 per cent of the market in Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Of the 10 postcodes where Dacias are most prevalent, nine are located in Scotland or Wales, our interactive map reveals.
MailOnline got the data through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request sent to the DVLA.
It broke down the number of 15 popular brands of car registered by postcode area.
Our analysis, however, excluded some manufacturers, including Audi, Toyota, Kia and exotic motors such as Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini and Aston Martin.
We excluded postcodes with fewer than 1,000 cars because some areas only have a handful registered, which can dramatically skew the results.
All of the figures relate to cars registered in the UK whether on the road or subject to a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN).
For BMW, their most popular location is on the outskirts of Doncaster, the childhood home of Jeremy Clarkson.
The area, which includes the towns of Thorne and Moorends, has a BMW ownership of 38.59 per cent. Of the 16,375 cars registered in the postcode district, 6,319 come from Munich.
Clarkson has often praised BMWs in reviews but has been less complimentary about those who purchase the Bavarian brand. The ex-Top Gear presenter once suggested they are ‘designed by Germans… driven by t*****s’.
Like Range Rovers, Teslas, which cost up to £110,000, are most popular in the most affluent areas 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
It is a similar story for Mercedes. Almost 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 most popular location in the country is LU2 in Luton, home to Vauxhall’s commercial vehicle manufacturing plant. Figures show 21.6 per cent 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 out of 10 of the most popular locations for Ford are in the Essex area where their popularity ranges from 31.23 per cent (SS17) and 25.74 per cent (SS7).
Ford opened its plant in Dagenham, Essex in 1931 and produced more than 10million vehicles at the plant until production ceased in 2002. The plant currently produces more than 1million diesel engines a year for the company.
The other most popular locations for Ford surround the company’s Halewood plant in Merseyside (LL26) and neighbouring (LL27) where 27.57 per cent and 26.55 per cent of cars sport the blue oval.
For Nissan, one in 10 cars (10.85 per cent) in Frizington (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 marque in the postcode area, with 10.34 per cent of cars, behind both Ford (12.25 per cent) and Vauxhall (12.62).
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