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Bahrain August 2012: Toyota Prado #1, Hyundai Tucson on podium

October 3rd, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Hyundai Tucson

* See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman *

New car sales in Bahrain slow their insane growth in August at +21% year-on-year to 4,004 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 30,612 units, up a huge 55% on 2011 and already nearly equivalent to the Full Year 2011 figure (31,212)… The models ranking is reshuffled this month with the Toyota Prado taking the lead thanks to 324 sales and an excellent 8.1% share. It is still #2 year-to-date though at 2,171 units and 7.1%. The Toyota Land Cruiser is down one spot to #2 with 249 sales and 6.2% but keeps the YTD pole position by far at 2,742 units and 9%. Exceptional performance of the Hyundai Tucson climbing onto the Bahraini podium with 195 sales and 4.9%. It is now #5 year-to-date at 954 units and 3.1% vs. #9 in 2011.

Lexus ES

The Toyota Hilux is down to #4 with 3.5% share vs. 4.9% year-to-date, and is followed by the Toyota Corolla at 3.4% (vs. 4.2%) and the Toyota Camry at 3.3% (vs. 3.1%). Nissan is on a roll in Bahrain: the Sunny is #7, the Tiida is up 15 spots to #9 and the Altima up 2 to #10. Other great performers this month include the GMC Yukon up 14 ranks to #13, the Lexus ES up a massive 48 spots to #13, the Ford Expedition up 4 to #19, the Mitsubishi Galant up 10 to #22, the Chevrolet Malibu up 20 to #41, the Ford Mustang up to #46, the Ford Explorer up 8 to #48 and the Nissan Micra at #50 vs. #87 year-to-date.

Previous month: Bahrain July 2012: Toyota sovereign, Hyundai Tucson up to #5

Previous year: Bahrain Full Year 2011: Land Cruiser leads, Hyundai Accent shines

Full August 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Bahrain August 2012:

Pos Model B Aug 12 % Jul B 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Toyota Prado 324 8.1% 2 2,171 7.1% 2 8
2 Toyota Land Cruiser 249 6.2% 1 2,742 9.0% 1 1
3 Hyundai Tucson 195 4.9% 5 954 3.1% 5 9
4 Toyota Hilux 139 3.5% 3 1,500 4.9% 3 3
5 Toyota Corolla 138 3.4% 4 1,291 4.2% 4 2
6 Toyota Camry 133 3.3% 11 951 3.1% 7 6
7 Nissan Sunny 132 3.3% 6 715 2.3% 11 16
8 Hyundai Accent (JAN11) 124 3.1% 8 952 3.1% 6 5
9 Nissan Tiida 124 3.1% 24 722 2.4% 10 4
10 Nissan Altima 97 2.4% 12 465 1.5% 15 7
11 Toyota Hiace 82 2.0% 9 895 2.9% 8 10
12 Nissan Maxima 77 1.9% 17 568 1.9% 12 13
13 GMC Yukon 72 1.8% 27 243 0.8% 30 27
14 Lexus ES 70 1.7% 62 253 0.8% 29 35
15 Hyundai Elantra (MAR11) 61 1.5% 7 740 2.4% 9 19
16 Honda Accord (incl Coupe) 61 1.5% 16 468 1.5% 14 17
17 Nissan D22 60 1.5% 10 358 1.2% 19 26
18 Kia Rio 60 1.5% 14 517 1.7% 13 12
19 Ford Expedition 58 1.4% 23 188 0.6% 37 105
20 Kia Sportage 55 1.4% 18 277 0.9% 26 15
21 Kia Sorento 54 1.3% 19 295 1.0% 24 30
22 Mitsubishi Galant 51 1.3% 32 160 0.5% 41 56
23 Toyota Avalon 49 1.2% 20 431 1.4% 16 20
24 Isuzu D-Max 41 1.0% 26 260 0.8% 27 22
25 Chevrolet Tahoe 39 1.0% 34 226 0.7% 31 36
26 Nissan Patrol 36 0.9% n/a 197 0.6% 35 54
27 Lexus LX 35 0.9% 21 388 1.3% 18 25
28 Toyota RAV4 34 0.8% 13 397 1.3% 17 24
29 Kia Cerato 33 0.8% 28 209 0.7% 32 11
30 Toyota FJ Cruiser 30 0.7% 22 327 1.1% 21 33
31 Nissan Qashqai 29 0.7% 63 191 0.6% 36 48
32 Dodge Charger 28 0.7% 29 199 0.7% 34 55
33 Jeep Grand Cherokee 28 0.7% 57 134 0.4% 44 52
34 Honda City 27 0.7% 15 89 0.3% 63 123
35 Nissan Pathfinder 26 0.6% 58 115 0.4% 52 57
36 Mercedes E-Class 25 0.6% n/a 133 0.4% 45 38
37 Honda CR-V 24 0.6% 33 169 0.6% 39 50
38 Ford Edge 24 0.6% 43 89 0.3% 64 n/a
39 Toyota Yaris 23 0.6% 37 327 1.1% 20 14
40 Hyundai Atos 23 0.6% 45 74 0.2% 75 95
41 Chevrolet Malibu 23 0.6% 61 61 0.2% 85 100
42 Infiniti G 21 0.5% 36 128 0.4% 48 75
43 VW Jetta (MAY 11) 21 0.5% n/a 96 0.3% 62 88
44 Chevrolet Traverse 21 0.5% n/a 82 0.3% 66 65
45 Lexus RX 20 0.5% 54 97 0.3% 61 120
46 Ford Mustang 18 0.4% n/a 51 0.2% 102 n/a
47 Mazda CX-9 17 0.4% 40 124 0.4% 49 42
48 Ford Explorer 17 0.4% 56 52 0.2% 99 51
49 Kia Mohave 16 0.4% 44 101 0.3% 59 80
50 Nissan Micra 15 0.4% 47 60 0.2% 87  -
51 Mitsubishi Lancer 15 0.4% n/a 292 1.0% 25 21
52 GMC Sierra 15 0.4% n/a 73 0.2% 76 91

Source: Manufactuers, many thanks to Ldman for sharing the data!

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