New Caledonia May 2011: DongFeng Utah up to #7
* Many thanks to Yves Levy from Noumea, New Caledonia for sharing this information! *
After giving up its throne to the Dacia Duster last month, the Ford Ranger reclaims the leadership of the New Caledonian car market in May with 85 sales, but the Duster stays strong at 71 units in 2nd position. The Renault Clio is stable on the 3rd step of the podium at 58 sales and the Toyota Hilux holding on to its 4th place.
The performance of the month goes to China’s DongFeng Utah (aka Rich), in fact none other than a rebadged old gen Nissan Navara pick-up, up to 7th this month. It is actually the second time the Utah breaks into the New Caledonian Top 10 after reaching the 3rd spot last November.
Full Top 10 Ranking Table: click on ‘Read more’ below.
And don’t forget to check out the Full Year 2010 New Caledonia post here.
New Caledonia May 2011:
| Pos | Model | May | Apr | 2010 |
| 1 | Ford Ranger | 85 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Dacia Duster | 71 | 1 | 16 |
| 3 | Renault Clio | 58 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Toyota Hilux | 34 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Nissan Navara | 32 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Renault Twingo | 28 | n/a | n/a |
| 7 | Dongfeng Utah | 25 | n/a | 14 |
| 8 | Hyundai H1 | 23 | n/a | 15 |
| 9 | Chevrolet Aveo | 21 | 10 | 5 |
| 10 | Peugeot 206+ | 21 | n/a | 6 |
Source: Auto, Moto & Bateau









Nice posting,many thanks for this info,As I see Ford still the #1.
Where is this country?
Hi Ragav,
New Caledonia is a French Territory North East of Australia. See map here:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=new+caledonia+map&hl=en&biw=1308&bih=784&prmd=ivnsm&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=BTYSTtOmHY32mAWussmYDg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CA8Q_AUoAQ
cheers
Matt