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!