Israel January 2012: Ford Focus takes the lead!

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Israel January 2012: Ford Focus takes the lead!

February 4th, 2012 matgasnier Leave a comment Go to comments

Ford Focus

* See the Top 55 best-selling models by clicking on the title! *

After over a year without any data, Israel catches up on lost time with a second update in a week thanks to Enrique from Spanish Autoblog. In January, the Israeli car market is up 3% year-on-year at 20,194 registrations, and both brands and models ranking are totally upside down! Brand-wise, Kia takes the lead with 2,126 sales ahead of Ford (2,104) and 2011 leader Hyundai (2,019). Toyota and Skoda also sell more than Mazda, down 65% on January 2011 and the uncontested favourite brand in the country up until 2010…

Seat Ibiza

In the models ranking, the Ford Focus flamboyantly takes the top spot with 1,719 sales and a mammoth 8.5% market share, compared to #5 and 2.8% in 2011. It is followed by the Seat Ibiza at 1,034 units and 5.1% vs. 1.7% and #13 in 2011, and the Skoda Fabia with 711 sales and 3.5% (vs. 1.1% and #26)! The Toyota Corolla is down to #4 at 3.4%, ahead of the Kia Rio and Skoda Octavia.

Skoda Fabia

Leader for at least the last 6 years, the Mazda3 is down to a worrying 7th place at 526 units and 2.6% share. Kia places 3 models in the Top 10 with the Forte at #8 and the Sportage at #9 while Hyundai lodges 5 cars in the Top 20: the i25 (aka Accent) is #14, the i10 #15, the i20 #16, the i35 (aka Elantra) #17 and the i30 #19. Notice also the Nissan Juke up to a brilliant 11th position and the Ford Edge up to #46.

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Full January 2012 Top 55 Ranking Table below.

Israel January 2012:

Pos	Model	Jan-12	%	2011	%	Pos
1	Ford Focus	1,719	8.5%	6,286	2.8%	5
2	Seat Ibiza	1,034	5.1%	3,860	1.7%	13
3	Skoda Fabia	711	3.5%	2,490	1.1%	26
4	Toyota Corolla	691	3.4%	11,421	5.1%	2
5	Kia Rio	535	2.6%	4,696	2.1%	9
6	Skoda Octavia	532	2.6%	4,223	1.9%	12
7	Mazda3	526	2.6%	11,642	5.2%	1
8	Kia Forte	450	2.2%	3,847	1.7%	14
9	Kia Sportage	441	2.2%	1,875	0.8%	35
10	Renault Fluence	402	2.0%	4,563	2.0%	10
11	Nissan Juke	400	2.0%	3,341	1.5%	18
12	Suzuki SX4	395	2.0%	3,236	1.4%	19
13	Kia Picanto	393	1.9%	2,625	1.2%	24
14	Hyundai i25	389	1.9%	3,841	1.7%	15
15	Hyundai i10	330	1.6%	4,408	2.0%	11
16	Hyundai i20	325	1.6%	6,098	2.7%	6
17	Hyundai i35	318	1.6%	3,225	1.4%	20
18	Mazda2	310	1.5%	5,938	2.6%	7
19	Hyundai i30	292	1.4%	8,901	3.9%	3
20	Chevrolet Cruze	288	1.4%	6,909	3.1%	4
21	Toyota Auris	273	1.4%	1,563	0.7%	42
22	Peugeot 107	261	1.3%	1,758	0.8%	38
23	Kia Cee’d	261	1.3%	1,610	0.7%	41
24	Suzuki Alto	253	1.3%	4,851	2.1%	8
25	Hyundai ix35	250	1.2%	2,651	1.2%	23
26	Nissan Micra	247	1.2%	2,241	1.0%	28
27	Suzuki Swift	227	1.1%	1,712	0.8%	39
28	Skoda Superb	220	1.1%	1,424	0.6%	47
29	VW Polo	217	1.1%	2,492	1.1%	25
30	Suzuki Splash	216	1.1%	1,885	0.8%	34
31	Nissan Qashqai	209	1.0%	1,851	0.8%	36
32	VW Jetta	191	0.9%	2,771	1.2%	22
33	Kia Soul	184	0.9%	774	0.3%	72
34	Opel Corsa	179	0.9%	1,828	0.8%	37
35	Citroen C4	178	0.9%	1,903	0.8%	32
36	Honda Civic	171	0.8%	3,167	1.4%	21
37	Mitsubishi Lancer	169	0.8%	3,755	1.7%	16
38	VW Golf	158	0.8%	2,395	1.1%	27
39	Honda Jazz	151	0.7%	856	0.4%	67
40	VW Caddy	144	0.7%	719	0.3%	74
41	Chevrolet Spark	141	0.7%	3,502	1.5%	17
42	Mazda5	141	0.7%	2,025	0.9%	30
43	Toyota Prius	138	0.7%	1,508	0.7%	44
44	Toyota Verso	135	0.7%	1,039	0.5%	60
45	Mitsubishi Outlander	126	0.6%	1,060	0.5%	59
46	Ford Edge	118	0.6%	n/a	n/a	n/a
47	Citroen Berlingo	117	0.6%	1,914	0.8%	31
48	Opel Astra	117	0.6%	1,143	0.5%	57
49	Toyota Yaris	112	0.6%	n/a	n/a	n/a
50	Chevrolet Sonic	103	0.5%	943	0.4%	65
51	Audi Q5	103	0.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a
52	Mazda6	102	0.5%	1,530	0.7%	43
53	Mercedes C-Class	102	0.5%	684	0.3%	81
54	Renault Kangoo	100	0.5%	1,167	0.5%	54
55	Peugeot 5008	100	0.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a