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Madagascar Q3 2012: JAC up to #2 brand!

February 7th, 2013 No comments

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It has been a very long time since we last talked about car sales in Madagascar, only because data is sparse. Thanks to the hard work of Rutger and the Institut National de la Statistique de Madagascar I can share with you a brands ranking for the capital city Antananarivo over the first 3 Quarters of 2012, when roughly 2,000 new vehicles were sold. And big surprise atop the ranking: JAC, which had stayed under the radar for the last couple of years, is up to a fantastic 2nd place with 8.4% share!

Madagascar street scene. Picture by Angelo M, all rights reserved.Madagascar Street scene. Picture by Angelo M, all rights reserved.

To keep thinks in perspective, this equals to around 60 units sold over a period of 3 months. But still, an impressive performance. Apart from this intrusion, the top of the ranking is relatively stable, with Nissan king of the roads here at 13.7% of the market in Q2 and the only brand above 10% in Q3 at 11.7%, adding up to roughly 200 sales so far in 2012 for a 10% market share. Toyota comes 2nd so far in 2012 at 189 units and 9.4%, followed by Hyundai at 179 and 8.9% and Renault at 167 and 8.4%.

Interestingly, the used car market is dominated by Mercedes at 24.2% of the market in Q2 and 22.1% in Q3, ahead of Renault at 15.7% and 13.9% and Peugeot at 9.9% and 10.4%, with the latter having almost completely disappeared of the new cars ranking…

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Madagascar Q2 2010: JAC Tojoy among best-sellers

December 9th, 2010 2 comments

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Still very limited, the new car market in Madagascar is dominated by Asian brands: Toyota is in the lead in Q2 2010 at 11.8% (down from 17.9% in Q4 ’09), ahead of Nissan and Mitsubishi. However the big novelty in Q2 is the thunderous arrival of two Chinese brands in the Top 10: JAC in 5th at 7.3% and BYD in 8th at 5.1%.

Given JAC only sells one model in Madagascar, this means the JAC Tojoy is already within the best-selling models in the country, along with the Mitsubishi L200 (probably the best-seller), Nissan Hardbody, Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux. Remember we’re talking 30 to 50 units sold in the space of 3 months to be best-seller in Madagascar.

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