Saudi Arabia May 2012: Ford Expedition triples sales year-on-year

Ford Expedition

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New car sales in Saudi Arabia are up a massive 18% year-on-year in May to 61,106 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 284,249 units, up 14% on 2011. The Toyota Hilux continues to dominate the models ranking by far with 5,575 sales and 9.1% this month and 26,792 and 9.4% year-to-date. After a weak April (#6), the Toyota Corolla is back up to #2 with 4,211 units and 6.9% but is #3 year-to-date at 6.5% behind the Hyundai Accent with 19,200 sales and 6.8%. The Toyota Camry and Hyundai Elantra follow at 4.9% and 4.4% respectively.

GMC Yukon

The best performer in the Top 10 is the Ford Expedition, up a huge 205% year-on-year to #8 with 1,973 units and 3.2%, making it #11 year-to-date with 6,852 sales and 2.4% vs. #19 and 1.4% in 2011! Other great performers include the GMC Yukon up 5 spots to #11, the Chevrolet Aveo up to #24, the Chevrolet Malibu up a huge 99 ranks on April to #33, the Mazda3 up 37 to #44, the Hyundai Genesis up 15 to #51, the Hyundai Veloster up 24 to #60 and the VW Jetta up 24 to #79.

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Full May 2012 Top 150 Ranking Table below.