United Arab Emirates July 2012: Toyota Hilux and Prado strong

Armoured Toyota Hilux. Picture by aressecurityvehicles, all rights reserved.

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The Emirati new car market is up a huge 46% year-on-year in July to 23,911 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 172,752 units, up 28% on 2011. Already #1 last month, the Toyota Hilux gets further up in July, reaching an excellent 8.6% market share thanks to 2,068 sales. It is also #1 year-to-date at 11,172 units and 6.5%. The Toyota Prado is also very strong this month, up one spot to #2 with 1,572 sales and 6.6%, ahead of the Toyota Land Cruiser at 1,132 units and 4.7%. The Toyota Camry is stable at #4 with 3.5%, followed by the Fuso Canter, Toyota Corolla and Nissan Altima, very solid at #7 and 2.9% share vs. #10 and 2% year-to-date.

VW Touareg

Other great performers this month in the United Arab Emirates include the Nissan Sunny up 4 spots to #12 vs. #21 ytd, the Hyundai Sonata at #18 vs. #24, the Hyundai Tucson at #20 vs. #28, the Range Rover Sport at #31 vs. #40, the Honda Civic up 24 ranks to #33, the VW Touareg up 56 to #34, the Mercedes C-Class up 12 to #38, the Renault Duster up 24 to #45, the Ford Fusion up 68 to #49, the Hyundai Azera up 55 to #50, the Toyota Previa up 59 to #60, the Chevrolet Silverado up 42 to #61, the Toyota Aurion up 32 to #67, the Chevrolet Malibu at #70 vs. #124 ytd and the Infiniti G up 50 spots to #85.

Previous month: United Arab Emirates June 2012: Toyota Hilux at 8%, Camry up

Previous year: UAE Full Year 2011: Toyota Corolla snatches last minute win

Full July 2012 Top 100 Ranking Table below.