Dacia Duster
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New Caledonian info is now a bi-monthly thing on Best Selling Cars Blog and the Dacia Duster impresses over March/April with 82 sales, confirming the pole position it held in January/February. The Nissan Navara comes out of nowhere (or outside the Top 10) to land #2 over the period thanks to 64 units sold and is above the Ford Fiesta at 57 sales.
The Ford Ranger, #1 each year since 2009, is down to #4 at 53 units. The new generation arrives in July and should help the model reclaim at least a place on the podium, if not the top spot. Notice also the Peugeot 206+ very solid at #5 with 50 sales and #3 year-to-date at 101 units, and the Dongfeng Utah back inside the Top 10 for the first time since last August.
Previous post: New Caledonia Jan-Feb 2012: Dacia Duster shines in pole position
One year ago: New Caledonia April 2011: Dacia Duster passes Ford Ranger
Full March-April 2012 Top 10 Ranking Table below.
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Dacia Duster. Picture by Ciprian Mihai. All rights reserved.
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After a two month-absence, New Caledonia is back on Best Selling Cars Blog with a Top 10 models ranking for the first two months of 2012. And surprise: while the Ford Ranger had been leading the way since 2009, the Dacia Duster takes the advantage over the period thanks to 107 sales, kicking the Ranger down to second place at 90 units. It is only the second time ever the Dacia Duster leads the models ranking in New Caledonia, the first being in April last year.
Way below, the Peugeot 206+ rounds up the podium with 51 sales, its best ranking since last August, while 3 models make their first appearance in the Top 10 for at least a year: the Citroen C3 at #4, the Renault Kangoo at #5 and the Kia Picanto at #7. Leader in November, the Great Wall Wingle falls to a still very respectable 5th place this month with 42 sales.
Previous post: New Caledonia November 2011: Great Wall Wingle leads overall!
Full January-February 2012 Top 10 Ranking Table below.
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Great Wall Wingle
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Now I know that New Caledonia is a tiny market, but this month it is brought under the spotlight big time. The Great Wall Wingle is the best-selling model in this French territory in November by far with 56 units sold. This almost certainly makes New Caledonia the first territory/country in the world outside of China where a Chinese model is in pole position of the monthly ranking! The Wingle’s previous best was #6 in July.
A few countries have approached this feat but as far as I know none had managed it thus far (if you know otherwise please let me know): Uruguay with the Chery QQ possibly going up to #2 for a month and Madagascar with the JAC Tojoy on the podium at launch are the other two locations where Chinese models have really made their mark. Now it’s done: a Chinese export has managed to beat all other models on sale for the space of a month in one territory. It will be interesting to see which country will be next.
Below, the Ford Ranger and Dacia Duster confirm their excellent year and are co#2 with 37 sales each, followed by the Peugeot 206+, Toyota Hilux and Hyundai ix35. Notice the Kia Sorento back in the Top 10 for the first time in 4 months.
Previous month: New Caledonia October 2011: Dacia Duster and Hyundai H1 strong
Full November 2011 Top 10 Ranking Table below.
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Hyundai H1
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While the Ford Ranger keeps its pole position by far this month with 80 sales, the Dacia Duster climbs up to an excellent 2nd place, its highest since June, at 55 units. The Toyota Hilux, #2 during the last 3 months, drops to 3rd place in October with 49 sales.
The Peugeot Partner is up to 4th position, its highest so far this year, at 29 units, followed closely by the Hyundai H-1 with 28 sales for only its second time in the Top 10 in 2011. It was #15 over the full year 2010. Other good performers this month in New Caledonia include the Kia Sportage at #6 and the Hyundai ix35 at #7.
Previous month: New Caledonia September 2011 Ford Ranger back on top
Full October 2011 Top 10 Ranking Table below.
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Ford Ranger
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Down to 3rd place in August, the Ford Ranger reclaims its traditional pole position in New Caledonia this month with 67 units sold. It was #1 during 5 of the last 7 months, only interrupted by the Dacia Duster in April and Peugeot 206+ in August.
In fact the Top 4 is 100% 4WD with the Toyota Hilux taking the 2nd spot with 56 sales, the Dacia Duster at #3 and 30 units and the Nissan Navara ranking 4th with 26 sales. The Renault Clio is the first passenger car at #5 and 25 units. Notice the 8th place of the Ford Fiesta, its first incursion in the Top 10 this year. For the first time since April there are no Chinese models in the Top 10.
Previous month: see the New Caledonian August 2011 Top 10 best-selling models here.
Full September 2011 Top 10 Ranking Table below.
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Peugeot 206+
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For the first time since April, the Ford Ranger is not the best-selling car in New Caledonia this month: it’s the Peugeot 206+ with 77 sales, above the Toyota Hilux at 71 units, bringing the Ranger down to 3rd position with 59 sales.
#1 in April, #2 in May and June but outside the Top 10 in July, the Dacia Duster is back with a vengeance in 4th position in August at 45 units. The Kia Sportage is also back in the Top 5 at #5 after a 3 month-absence. Notice also the DongFeng Utah at #9, its second time ever in the New Caledonian Top 10 after last April’s 7th place.
Previous month: see the New Caledonia July 2011 Top 10 best-selling models here.
Full August Top 10 Ranking Table below.
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Great Wall Wingle
* Many thanks to Yves Levy from Noumea, New Caledonia for sharing this information! *
The Ford Ranger is more than ever in command of the New Caledonian market, #1 in July for the 4th time in the last 5 months with 104 sales, ahead of the Toyota Hilux (43 units) and Renault Twingo (39 units). The Nissan Navara at #4 and Hyundai ix35 at #5 also shine.
After climbing up to #8 last month, the newly relaunched Great Wall Wingle is on the up again in July to 6th place with 30 sales.
Previous month: see the New Caledonia June 2011 Top 10 best-selling models here.
Full July 2011 Top 10 Ranking Table below.
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Great Wall Wingle
* Many thanks to Yves Levy from Noumea, New Caledonia for sharing this information! *
Second month in a row in pole position for the Ford Ranger, distant leader with 87 sales, nearly twice as many as the Dacia Duster, stable in 2nd place at 45 units. The Mitsubishi Sportero, aka Triton or L200, #13 in 2010, climbs onto the podium in June with 38 sales, followed by the Hyundai ix35 at 36 units.
Mitsubishi Sportero
While the Chevrolet Cruze is the best-selling ‘non 4WD’ vehicle at #7, Chinese pick-ups seem to slowly but surely establish themselves in New Caledonia. After the DongFeng Utah in 7th place last month, the Great Wall Wingle ranks 8th in June with 29 sales.
Previous month: see the May 2011 Top 10 here.
Full June 2011 Top 10 Ranking Table below.
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DongFeng Utah
* Many thanks to Yves Levy from Noumea, New Caledonia for sharing this information! *
After giving up its throne to the Dacia Duster last month, the Ford Ranger reclaims the leadership of the New Caledonian car market in May with 85 sales, but the Duster stays strong at 71 units in 2nd position. The Renault Clio is stable on the 3rd step of the podium at 58 sales and the Toyota Hilux holding on to its 4th place.
Ford Ranger
The performance of the month goes to China’s DongFeng Utah (aka Rich), in fact none other than a rebadged old gen Nissan Navara pick-up, up to 7th this month. It is actually the second time the Utah breaks into the New Caledonian Top 10 after reaching the 3rd spot last November.
Full Top 10 Ranking Table: click on ‘Read more’ below.
And don’t forget to check out the Full Year 2010 New Caledonia post here.
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Dacia Duster
Thanks to Yves Levy from Noumea, I am now able to share with you the models ranking in New Caledonia… Many thanks Yves! New Caledonia is not a country as such, it is an overseas French territory in Oceania. However the best selling cars are so radically different from mainland France that they definitely warrant a separate treatment.
Ford was the best selling brand in New Caledonia in 2010, and the Ford Ranger has been a long-term best-seller here. In April though, it was toppled from its throne by an extremely in shape Dacia Duster! Dacia is doing very well here, with the Sandero #9 this month and the Logan #9 in March.
Ford Ranger
Japanese and Korean 4WDs are very well represented in the New Caledonian Top 10: the Toyota Hilux is #4, the Kia Sportage #5, the Kia Sorento #10 and the Hyundai ix35 was #4 in March. French passenger cars are surprisingly scarce: the Renault Clio, Peugeot 206 and, interestingly, Citroen DS3 are the only ones able to find their way into the Top 10 over the last 2 months.
Full March and April Top 10 Ranking Tables below.
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