2014-03-11

The Toyota Hilux is still king of the desert in the Middle-East… Picture by 3zoz_1

* See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman *

The Gulf Cooperation Council area includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and is one of the most dynamic car markets in the world: up a fantastic 10% year-on-year (or 140,000 units!) to 1,632,908 registrations. This brings the region at roughly the same level as markets like France (1.79 million) or Canada (1.74 million). Toyota is ultra dominant here, monopolising the models podium and placing 9 models inside the Top 12! The Hilux remains the most popular vehicle in the region but sees its sales drop by 5% this year to 129,101 units and 7.9% share, over one percentage point below its 2012 market share. Reversely both the Toyota Corolla up 20% to 95,308 units and Prado up 21% and 2 spots on 2012 to 71,701 sales make significant progress in 2013, with the Prado snapping up the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain markets this year.

…But the Toyota Corolla is catching up fast.

In 4th place the Hyundai Elantra is even more impressive, up 61% and 3 ranks year-on-year to 67,669 sales, passing the Toyota Land Cruiser (-2%), Camry (-4%) and its lil sister the Hyundai Accent (-1%). Below the Toyota Land Cruiser P/U-HT and Yaris stable at #8 and #9 respectively, the Nissan D22 Pick-up is enjoying a bit of a renaissance in the region, back up 87% and 10 spots on 2012 to #10 and 32,798 units, becoming the brand’s best-seller in the Gulf.

The Chevrolet Impala is the 2nd most popular all-new model in the Gulf in 2013…

Other solid performers in the region this year include the Honda Accord up 25% to #13, the Nissan Patrol up 33% to #18, Hyundai Santa Fe up 26% to #23, Mitsubishi Pajero up 58% and 12 spots to #27, the Ford Taurus up 59% to #31, Lexus ES up 52% to #40 and Renault Duster up 194% to #59. Among newcomers, let’s salute the Nissan Sentra landing at #39 with 9,945 sales, the Chevrolet Impala at #115 and 2,119 units, the Hyundai i10 at #125 and 1,963 sales and the Peugeot 301 at #127 and 1,878 units.

The A8 is Audi’s best-selling sedan in the Gulf…

Finally let’s point out a trend that is specific to the Middle East (and potentially Russia as well): when it comes to premium/luxury brands, the larger models tend to be the best-sellers of the range. Case in point: the Q7 and A8 are Audi’s best-sellers, the 5 and 7 Series, X5 and X6 all outsell the 3 Series in the BMW range, the Lexus LS (#111) is above the IS (#122) and Mercedes sells two S Class for each C Class that find a buyer in the region!

Previous post: Gulf July 2013: Toyota Corolla and Camry shine

Previous year: Gulf Full Year 2012: Toyota Hilux, Corolla and Land Cruiser rock on

Full Year 2013 Top 200 models Ranking Table below.

Gulf Cooperation Council Full Year 2013:

POS

BRAND

MODEL

GCC 2013

%

/12

GCC 2012

%

POS

1

TOYOTA

HILUX

129101

7.9%

-5%

135442

9.1%

1

2

TOYOTA

COROLLA

95308

5.8%

20%

79336

5.3%

2

3

TOYOTA

PRADO

71701

4.4%

21%

59467

4.0%

5

4

HYUNDAI

ELANTRA

67669

4.1%

61%

42023

2.8%

7

5

TOYOTA

LAND CRUISER

67111

4.1%

-2%

68164

4.6%

3

6

TOYOTA

CAMRY

59087

3.6%

-4%

61724

4.1%

4

7

HYUNDAI

ACCENT

50512

3.1%

-1%

51006

3.4%

6

8

TOYOTA

LAND CRUISER P/UP

40332

2.5%

4%

38684

2.6%

8

9

TOYOTA

YARIS

37583

2.3%

3%

36558

2.5%

9

10

NISSAN

D22 PICKUP

32798

2.0%

87%

17541

1.2%

20

11

TOYOTA

FORTUNER

27721

1.7%

18%

23481

1.6%

12

12

TOYOTA

HIACE

27566

1.7%

15%

23975

1.6%

11

13

HONDA

ACCORD

25705

1.6%

25%

20590

1.4%

16

14

HYUNDAI

SONATA

23046

1.4%

-19%

28433

1.9%

10

15

FORD

EXPEDITION

21951

1.3%

-6%

23307

1.6%

13

16

ISUZU

D MAX

21755

1.3%

16%

18809

1.3%

19

17

HYUNDAI

TUCSON

21135

1.3%

12%

18926

1.3%

17

18

NISSAN

PATROL

21102

1.3%

33%

15821

1.1%

22

19

NISSAN

SUNNY-N17

21046

1.3%

23%

17160

1.2%

21

20

CHEVROLET

TAHOE

20250

1.2%

-4%

21065

1.4%

15

21

KIA

CERATO

20219

1.2%

-7%

21706

1.5%

14

22

ISUZU

NPR

17541

1.1%

21%

14462

1.0%

27

23

HYUNDAI

SANTA FE

17411

1.1%

26%

13812

0.9%

28

24

M FUSO

CANTER

17408

1.1%

-8%

18857

1.3%

18

25

KIA

RIO

16876

1.0%

7%

15777

1.1%

23

26

LEXUS

LX

15871

1.0%

8%

14635

1.0%

26

27

MITSUBISHI

PAJERO

14965

0.9%

58%

9468

0.6%

39

28

TOYOTA

INNOVA

13478

0.8%

13%

11942

0.8%

29

29

TOYOTA

AVALON

13424

0.8%

13%

11921

0.8%

30

30

NISSAN

ALTIMA

13394

0.8%

-9%

14723

1.0%

25

31

FORD

TAURUS

12939

0.8%

59%

8163

0.5%

43

32

GMC

YUKON

12449

0.8%

-17%

14953

1.0%

24

33

TOYOTA

RAV4

12147

0.7%

36%

8935

0.6%

42

34

KIA

SPORTAGE

11923

0.7%

10%

10858

0.7%

34

35

GMC

SIERRA

11540

0.7%

16%

9920

0.7%

35

36

TOYOTA

SEQUOIA

11179

0.7%

13%

9909

0.7%

36

37

MITSUBISHI

LANCER

10659

0.7%

14%

9349

0.6%

40

38

DAIHATSU

GRAN MAX

10554

0.6%

8%

9739

0.7%

37

39

NISSAN

SENTRA

9945

0.6%

new

0

0.0%

 -

40

LEXUS

ES

9712

0.6%

52%

6396

0.4%

53

41

KIA

OPTIMA

9613

0.6%

-15%

11296

0.8%

31

42

MITSUBISHI

L200

9498

0.6%

-13%

10898

0.7%

33

43

TOYOTA

FJ CRUISER

9416

0.6%

-1%

9548

0.6%

38

44

CHEVROLET

MALIBU

9382

0.6%

33%

7033

0.5%

49

45

HYUNDAI

AZERA

9323

0.6%

1%

9276

0.6%

41

46

FORD

EDGE

9286

0.6%

21%

7698

0.5%

45

47

FORD

EXPLORER

8904

0.5%

11%

8043

0.5%

44

48

TOYOTA

COASTER

8550

0.5%

40%

6089

0.4%

54

49

DODGE

CHARGER

8025

0.5%

24%

6448

0.4%

52

50

FORD

F-SERIES

6556

0.4%

121%

2963

0.2%

89

51

NISSAN

URVAN

6156

0.4%

32%

4648

0.3%

62

52

CHEVROLET

CRUZE

6137

0.4%

-14%

7147

0.5%

48

53

MAZDA

6

5955

0.4%

151%

2375

0.2%

108

54

KIA

SORENTO

5862

0.4%

12%

5213

0.3%

56

55

CHEVROLET

SILVERADO

5755

0.4%

-11%

6500

0.4%

51

56

NISSAN

NAVARA

5751

0.4%

71%

3364

0.2%

79

57

MAZDA

CX-9

5623

0.3%

136%

2382

0.2%

107

58

KIA

PICANTO

5481

0.3%

55%

3528

0.2%

77

59

RENAULT

DUSTER

5457

0.3%

194%

1856

0.1%

123

60

JEEP

GRAND CHEROKEE

5298

0.3%

34%

3940

0.3%

69

61

TOYOTA

AURION

5257

0.3%

23%

4259

0.3%

64

62

BMW

5 SERIES

5233

0.3%

9%

4780

0.3%

61

63

CHRYSLER

300C

5098

0.3%

90%

2686

0.2%

97

64

GMC

YUKON XL

5038

0.3%

-34%

7617

0.5%

46

65

NISSAN

PATHFINDER

5013

0.3%

64%

3064

0.2%

87

66

CHEVROLET

CAPRICE

4959

0.3%

-1%

5027

0.3%

58

67

MAZDA

3

4948

0.3%

41%

3508

0.2%

78

68

MITSUBISHI

LANCER EX

4923

0.3%

138%

2067

0.1%

116

69

HYUNDAI

H1 100 BUS

4893

0.3%

-32%

7206

0.5%

47

70

PORSCHE

CAYENNE

4776

0.3%

12%

4246

0.3%

65

71

NISSAN

TIIDA

4694

0.3%

-58%

11197

0.8%

32

72

BMW

7 SERIES

4667

0.3%

16%

4025

0.3%

67

73

CHEVROLET

SUBURBAN

4300

0.3%

-15%

5051

0.3%

57

74

HONDA

CIVIC

4198

0.3%

91%

2203

0.1%

113

75

FORD

FUSION

4090

0.3%

-23%

5302

0.4%

55

76

DODGE

DURANGO

4073

0.2%

29%

3154

0.2%

86

77

HYUNDAI

ATOS

4027

0.2%

-13%

4615

0.3%

63

78

LEXUS

RX

3759

0.2%

-5%

3976

0.3%

68

79

MERCEDES

E-CLASS

3675

0.2%

-2%

3750

0.3%

72

80

MERCEDES

S-CLASS

3665

0.2%

-1%

3686

0.2%

73

81

LAND ROVER

RANGE ROVER

3593

0.2%

208%

1167

0.1%

159

82

FORD

FOCUS

3571

0.2%

10%

3234

0.2%

83

83

HYUNDAI

VELOSTER

3518

0.2%

21%

2906

0.2%

92

84

JEEP

WRANGLER

3500

0.2%

43%

2442

0.2%

101

85

BMW

X5

3468

0.2%

-2%

3537

0.2%

76

86

LAND ROVER

RANGE ROVER SPORT

3410

0.2%

4%

3291

0.2%

80

87

VOLKSWAGEN

PASSAT

3340

0.2%

220%

1043

0.1%

169

88

HONDA

CR-V

3322

0.2%

3%

3228

0.2%

84

89

RENAULT

FLUENCE

3178

0.2%

4%

3057

0.2%

88

90

FORD

ECONOLINE

3113

0.2%

917%

306

0.0%

n/a

91

FORD

FLEX

3112

0.2%

75%

1778

0.1%

126

92

NISSAN

MAXIMA

3093

0.2%

-21%

3894

0.3%

71

93

HYUNDAI

GENESIS

3040

0.2%

38%

2209

0.1%

112

94

CHEVROLET

AVEO

3015

0.2%

-23%

3908

0.3%

70

95

KIA

CARNIVAL

3012

0.2%

-5%

3180

0.2%

85

96

NISSAN

X TERRA

2843

0.2%

-23%

3674

0.2%

74

97

VOLKSWAGEN

JETTA

2838

0.2%

4%

2719

0.2%

95

98

HONDA

CITY

2822

0.2%

75%

1612

0.1%

135

99

VOLKSWAGEN

TOUAREG

2790

0.2%

4%

2688

0.2%

96

100

ISUZU

F-SERIES

2529

0.2%

30%

1942

0.1%

118

101

NISSAN

JUKE

2526

0.2%

-13%

2920

0.2%

91

102

CHEVROLET

TRAVERSE

2479

0.2%

-48%

4787

0.3%

60

103

HONDA

PILOT

2424

0.1%

9%

2222

0.1%

110

104

BMW

X6

2277

0.1%

-9%

2495

0.2%

105

105

KIA

CARENS

2270

0.1%

-23%

2962

0.2%

90

106

DAIHATSU

TERIOS

2269

0.1%

-19%

2806

0.2%

93

107

M FUSO

FUSO

2219

0.1%

28%

1740

0.1%

127

108

HONDA

ODYSSEY

2202

0.1%

15%

1915

0.1%

119

109

BMW

3 SERIES

2176

0.1%

47%

1479

0.1%

141

110

HYUNDAI

i30

2158

0.1%

491%

365

0.0%

n/a

111

LEXUS

LS

2156

0.1%

55%

1387

0.1%

145

112

KIA

FRONTIER

2133

0.1%

-12%

2429

0.2%

102

113

MERCEDES

C-CLASS

2130

0.1%

2%

2083

0.1%

115

114

NISSAN

MICRA

2130

0.1%

40%

1518

0.1%

140

115

CHEVROLET

IMPALA

2119

0.1%

new

0

0.0%

 -

116

CHEVROLET

TRAILBLAZER

2068

0.1%

840%

220

0.0%

n/a

117

KIA

MOHAVE

2045

0.1%

-14%

2385

0.2%

106

118

KIA

CADENZA

2026

0.1%

-44%

3611

0.2%

75

119

LEXUS

GS

2024

0.1%

-16%

2413

0.2%

104

120

GMC

TERRAIN

2011

0.1%

0%

2011

0.1%

117

121

NISSAN

QASHQAI

1998

0.1%

-17%

2415

0.2%

103

122

LEXUS

IS

1980

0.1%

44%

1376

0.1%

147

123

NISSAN

PATROL P/UP

1975

0.1%

63%

1210

0.1%

155

124

HYUNDAI

i10

1963

0.1%

new

0

0.0%

 -

125

HYUNDAI

i20

1918

0.1%

-27%

2618

0.2%

99

126

M FUSO

ROSA

1893

0.1%

10%

1723

0.1%

128

127

PEUGEOT

301

1878

0.1%

new

0

0.0%

 -

128

MITSUBISHI

ASX

1838

0.1%

98%

929

0.1%

175

129

HINO

WU

1812

0.1%

9%

1657

0.1%

132

130

ISUZU

NMR

1784

0.1%

-6%

1902

0.1%

120

131

NISSAN

ARMADA

1739

0.1%

-21%

2215

0.1%

111

132

AUDI

Q7

1730

0.1%

25%

1386

0.1%

146

133

AUDI

A8

1702

0.1%

1%

1678

0.1%

130

134

BMW

6 SERIES

1681

0.1%

65%

1016

0.1%

170

135

SUZUKI

APV VAN

1669

0.1%

-10%

1861

0.1%

122

136

AUDI

A6

1661

0.1%

9%

1525

0.1%

139

137

VOLKSWAGEN

TIGUAN

1639

0.1%

-1%

1658

0.1%

131

138

DODGE

CHALLENGER

1622

0.1%

35%

1201

0.1%

156

139

MITSUBISHI

L300

1620

0.1%

-4%

1687

0.1%

129

140

CHEVROLET

SONIC

1611

0.1%

-61%

4091

0.3%

66

141

GMC

ACADIA

1585

0.1%

-51%

3235

0.2%

82

142

AUDI

Q5

1525

0.1%

28%

1187

0.1%

157

143

TOYOTA

DYNA

1506

0.1%

-30%

2162

0.1%

114

144

PEUGEOT

PARTNER

1505

0.1%

31%

1145

0.1%

164

145

CHEVROLET

CAMARO

1486

0.1%

-7%

1593

0.1%

136

146

RENAULT

LOGAN

1473

0.1%

-55%

3274

0.2%

81

147

LAND ROVER

RANGE ROVER EVOQUE

1445

0.1%

25%

1154

0.1%

161

148

KIA

SOUL

1419

0.1%

-1%

1430

0.1%

143

149

VOLKSWAGEN

GOLF

1417

0.1%

6%

1331

0.1%

148

150

CHEVROLET

CAPTIVA

1409

0.1%

-45%

2545

0.2%

100

151

SUZUKI

GRAND VITARA

1408

0.1%

41%

997

0.1%

171

152

INFINITI

JX

1403

0.1%

292%

358

0.0%

n/a

153

MITSUBISHI

GALANT

1353

0.1%

-51%

2748

0.2%

94

154

GMC

SAVANA

1352

0.1%

-42%

2325

0.2%

109

155

MINI

MINI

1292

0.1%

11%

1168

0.1%

158

156

INFINITI

FX

1264

0.1%

-4%

1316

0.1%

149

157

TOYOTA

PREVIA

1257

0.1%

9%

1150

0.1%

162

158

RENAULT

SAFRANE

1246

0.1%

-33%

1867

0.1%

121

159

MITSUBISHI

LANCER FORTIS

1244

0.1%

963%

117

0.0%

n/a

160

NISSAN

X-TRAIL

1229

0.1%

-24%

1614

0.1%

134

161

MAZDA

2

1193

0.1%

-35%

1829

0.1%

124

162

FORD

FIGO

1149

0.1%

-56%

2619

0.2%

98

163

MERCEDES

M-CLASS

1140

0.1%

-2%

1158

0.1%

160

164

PORSCHE

911

1121

0.1%

42%

787

0.1%

178

165

FORD

RANGER

1120

0.1%

196%

378

0.0%

n/a

166

MITSUBISHI

OUTLANDER

1113

0.1%

2%

1093

0.1%

167

167

ISUZU

NQR

1111

0.1%

2%

1084

0.1%

168

168

DODGE

RAM

1096

0.1%

48%

741

0.0%

183

169

FORD

ESCAPE

1088

0.1%

-26%

1479

0.1%

142

170

VOLKSWAGEN

CC

1073

0.1%

-13%

1240

0.1%

154

171

LINCOLN

MKX

1072

0.1%

126%

474

0.0%

n/a

172

FORD

MUSTANG

1061

0.1%

7%

987

0.1%

172

173

LEXUS

GX

1060

0.1%

63%

652

0.0%

189

174

NISSAN

CIVILIAN

1059

0.1%

14%

933

0.1%

174

175

CADILLAC

SRX

1051

0.1%

-16%

1252

0.1%

152

176

CADILLAC

ESCALADE

1048

0.1%

-19%

1296

0.1%

150

177

PORSCHE

PANAMERA

998

0.1%

-23%

1294

0.1%

151

178

MAZDA

BT-50

996

0.1%

32%

753

0.1%

181

179

SUZUKI

SWIFT

991

0.1%

43%

692

0.0%

186

180

SUZUKI

SWIFT DZIRE

988

0.1%

95%

506

0.0%

n/a

181

SUZUKI

SX4

961

0.1%

98%

486

0.0%

n/a

182

CHEVROLET

SPARK

960

0.1%

-38%

1552

0.1%

138

183

INFINITI

G

959

0.1%

-13%

1102

0.1%

166

184

MITSUBISHI

PAJERO SPORT

957

0.1%

0%

959

0.1%

173

185

VOLKSWAGEN

POLO

952

0.1%

207%

310

0.0%

n/a

186

INFINITI

QX

946

0.1%

11%

855

0.1%

176

187

SUZUKI

APV TRUCK

946

0.1%

-24%

1245

0.1%

153

188

AUDI

A5

908

0.1%

18%

768

0.1%

180

189

SUZUKI

JIMNY

885

0.1%

12%

793

0.1%

177

190

NISSAN

SUNNY

874

0.1%

-87%

6975

0.5%

50

191

CADILLAC

CTS

857

0.1%

-39%

1412

0.1%

144

192

BMW

X3

837

0.1%

48%

566

0.0%

197

193

LAND ROVER

LR4

831

0.1%

37%

607

0.0%

194

194

TOYOTA

86

827

0.1%

392%

168

0.0%

n/a

195

HYUNDAI

VERACRUZ

778

0.0%

-52%

1629

0.1%

133

196

SUZUKI

CELERIO

777

0.0%

-32%

1148

0.1%

163

197

MAZDA

CX-5

769

0.0%

298%

193

0.0%

n/a

198

CADILLAC

ATS

761

0.0%

new

0

0.0%

 -

199

JAGUAR

XF

759

0.0%

1%

750

0.1%

182

200

JAGUAR

XJ

757

0.0%

19%

636

0.0%

190

Source: Manufacturers, many thanks to Ldman for sharing the data!

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