Israel June 2014: Picanto ends 10 months of Corolla domination

Kia Picanto

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The Israeli new car market is up 29% year-on-year in June to 23,088 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 135,511 units, up 21% on 2013. All very good results for this part of the world. After dominating the models sales charts for almost one full year (10 consecutive months), the Toyota Corolla drops to #2 in June, overtaken by the Kia Picanto at 1,207 sales and 5.2% share vs. 1,163 and 5%. The Corolla is of course still leader year-to-date at 8,319 units and 6.1% vs. 5,945 and 4.4% for the Picanto which, let’s remind ourselves, led the overall Full Year 2013 ranking. The Mazda3 is also back onto the podium from #8 in May to #3 this month thanks to 1,155 sales and 5% share, well above its year-to-date level (3.8%). Notice also the Ford Focus back up 9 ranks to #5, the Mitsubishi Outlander up 5 to #10, Kia Sportage up 18 to #12 and Chevrolet Spark up 78 to #17.

Previous month: Israel May 2014: Toyota Corolla leads, Hyundai i10 and i35 on podium

One year ago: Israel June 2013: Hyundai i35 leads, podium 100% Korean

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