Best Selling Cars – Matt's blog

Lexus LX

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New car sales in Oman continue on their upward trend, up 6% year-on-year in March to 16,134 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 45,061 registrations, up 7% on 2011. The Toyota Hilux is getting even more dominant as the months go by, up to a fantastic 14.5% market share this month thanks to 2,342 sales and at 12.8% year-to-date with 5,761 units. The Toyota Land Cruiser is very solid in 2nd place at 9.9%, followed by the Prado at 8.7% and the Land Cruiser P/U at 7%.

Toyota Hilux

The Nissan D22 is one of only two non-Toyota group models in the Top 10 at #5 with 610 sales and 3.8% along with the Hyundai Elantra up 11 spots to #10 with 327 units and 2%. The Toyota Corolla, Hiace and Camry fill the other Top 10 spots this month while the Lexus LX is up to #9 with 361 sales and 2.2%. Like in 2011, there are 7 Toyotas in the 2012 year-to-date Top 7.

Nissan D22

Other great performers this month include the Kia Rio up 7 spots to #11, the Nissan Navara up 116 ranks to a more familiar #15, the Kia Optima up 3 to #17, the Hyundai Veracruz up 19 to #36, the Kia Picanto up 22 to #38, the Hyundai Veloster up 39 to #46, the Lexus GS landing directly at #51 with 44 sales, the Ford Expedition up 21 to #69 and the Kia Soul up 30 to #87.

Previous month: Oman February 2012: Toyota Hilux above 12% market share

Full March 2012 Top 100 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Hilux

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The Omani car market is up 17% in February to 15,635 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 28,927 units, up 8% in 2011. While over the Full Year 2011, the Toyota Hilux lost its crown at the last minute to the Land Cruiser due to Thailand supply issues, this year the Hilux is not wasting time, commanding 12.3% of the market in February thanks to 1,926 sales and 3,419 and 11.8% year-to-date. The Land Cruiser is #2 at 9.8% but #3 year-to-date at 8.8% behind the Land Cruiser Pick-up at 9.2%.

Hyundai Tucson

Like in 2011 and January the Toyota Prado ranks 4th and is ahead of the Nissan Sunny and D22 in February. And like in 2011, there are 7 Toyotas in the 2012 year-to-date Top 7: the Hiace is #5 followed by the Camry and the Corolla. The other great performer in the Top 10 is the Hyundai Tucson, up 12 spots on January to #9 with 413 sales and 2.6% vs.#30 in 2011.

Infiniti QX

Further down, notice the Nissan Patrol up 10 ranks to #15, the Hyundai Azera up to #22 with 195 sales and 1.2% vs. 60 units over the Full Year 2011, the Ford Taurus up to #44 vs.#81 in 2011, the Nissan Qashqai up to #50 vs.#101 and the Infiniti QX up to #65 vs.#114.

Previous post: Oman Full Year 2011: 7 Toyotas in Top 7, Land Cruiser edges Hilux out

Full February 2012 Top 75 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Land Cruiser. Picture by dohaknight85. All rights reserved.

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14,767 new vehicles were registered in the Sultanate of Oman in December, bringing the final 2011 total to 168,789 sales. For most of the year the Toyota Hilux was the best-selling model in the country, ranking #1 for 7 months, but a weak month of December due to Thai supply issues brought it down to #2 with 18,996 sales and 11.3% share, below the Toyota Land Cruiser, #1 5 times this year and the best-selling model in the Sultanate in 2011 at 19,444 units and 11.5%.

Toyota Hilux. Picture by Waleed. All rights reserved.

The five following models are all Toyotas! The Land Cruiser Pick-up reaches an excellent third place with 13,896 sales and 8.2%, ahead of the Prado at 6.3%, Hiace at 3.8%, Corolla at 3.6% and Camry at 2.9%. The first non-Toyota is the Kia Cerato at #8 with 4,485 units and 2.7% but it is the Nissan Sunny (#9 at 2.3%) that reached the highest monthly ranking for a non-Toyota in Oman this year at #4 in December. Notice also the Kia Sportage at #11 and the Lexus LX at #13, bringing the Land Cruiser family’s market share in Oman to an insane 28%!

Nissan Sunny

In December, the Toyota Land Cruiser stays in stratospheric heights at 13.6% share, ahead of the Land Cruiser Pick-up at 11.3%, the Prado at 6.4% and the Nissan Sunny at 4.7%. Other great performers include the Kia Optima at #13, Dodge Charger at #44 and VW Passat CC at #54.

Previous month: Oman November 2011: Land Cruiser family at 34% share!

Full Year 2011 Top 100, December and each Monthly Top 80 Ranking Tables below.

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Toyota Land Cruiser Wagon. Picture by Aljazi Al-Nasr. All rights reserved.

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We know the Toyota Land Cruiser is an icon in the Persian Gulf region. But nowhere else in the world is it more popular than in Oman! The Land Cruiser Wagon leads the Omani models ranking in November with an extravagant 13.3% market share thanks to 1,808 sales, followed by the Pick-up version at 11.2% and 1,526 units, while the Land Cruiser Prado ranks #4 at 1,112 sales and 8.2%.

Toyota Land Cruiser Pick-up

Add to this the 204 units or 1.5% share of the Lexus LX, an (even) more luxurious version of the Land Cruiser, #13 overall…and altogether the Land Cruiser family commands a huge 34.2% share of Omani car sales with 4,650 units sold in November in a total market of 13,598 sales…

Lexus LX

Yes, the Omani consumer does buy other cars, but the preference goes largely to Toyotas: the Hilux is #3 (8.5%), the Hiace #6 (4.2%) and the Corolla #7 (3.9%). The Nissan Sunny is the best-selling passenger car in 5th place with 592 sales and 4.4%, with the Kia Cerato (#8) and Rio (#9) also popular. Hyundai places the new gen Elantra at #10, the Santa Fe at #11 and the new gen Accent at #15.

Full November 2011 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

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Observation of the streets of Muscat through YouTube videos, show clearly enough that the Toyota Yaris sedan dominates the Omani car market, ahead of the Toyota Corolla. Other successful models are the Hyundai Elantra, Kia Cerato, Toyota Land Cruiser and Kia Picanto.

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