Best Selling Cars – Matt's blog

Toyota Land Cruiser. Picture by Abdulrahman BinSlmah, all rights reserved.

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The new car market is Qatar is euphoric this month again, up 30% year-on-year to 7,319 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 20,294 units, up 31% on 2011. Already dominant in 2011 with 9.6% of the market, the Toyota Land Cruiser is stepping up a (big) notch in 2012, reaching a formidable 15.4% share in March thanks to 1,127 units sold. The Toyota Hilux stabilises in 2nd place with 505 sales and 6.9% while the Nissan D22 is back on the podium at #3 with 334 units and 4.6%, a position it held over the Full Year 2011.

Range Rover Sport

Another model that excels this month in Qatar is the Lexus LX, the Land Cruiser’s (even more) luxurious twin, up 7 spots on February to #6 with 286 sales and 3.9%. Hyundai had an off month in February, but is back in force in March: the Accent is up 13 ranks to #9, the Elantra is up 57 to #12 and the Azera is up 76 to #20. Notice also the Ford Expedition up 66 to #25, the Honda Pilot up 75 to #30, the BMW5 Series up 89 to #42, the Range Rover Sport up 77 to #45 and the Ford Figo up 74 to #50.

Previous month: Qatar  February 2012: Toyota Land Cruiser reigns supreme

Previous year: Qatar Full Year 2011: Land Cruiser and Hilux on top, Nissan strong

Full March 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Land Cruiser

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Qatari new car sales are up a huge 48% year-on-year in February to 7,183 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 12,975 units, up 32% on 2011. Clear leader in 2011, the Toyota Land Cruiser makes its domination even franker this month, reaching an outstanding 11% market share thanks to 787 sales. Its year-to-date total, 1,123 units, gives it a 8.7% share. The Toyota Hilux is #2 like in 2011 with 561 sales and 7.8% and the Toyota Prado rounds up the podium at 372 sales.

Mercedes S-Class

Excellent performance of the Hyundai Santa Fe up to #4 and 4.5%, the Toyota Camry is down to #5 but with a very solid 4.1% share and the GMC Sierra has a robust showing at #6 and 3.5%. Other great performers this month include the Mercedes S-Class at an amazing 14th place with 93 sales and 1.5%, the Hyundai Tucson at #15 vs.#26 in 2011, Honda Accord at #16 vs.#28, Toyota Land Cruiser Pick-up at #17 vs.#42, Nissan Maxima at #24 vs.#56, Ford Crown Victoria at #30 vs.#86 and Nissan Armada at #31 vs.#83.

Previous post: Qatar Full Year 2011: Land Cruiser & Hilux on top, Nissan strong

Full February 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

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Toyota Land Cruiser

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Qatari consumers bought 62,346 new vehicles in 2011 and two models stand out from the crowd this year: Qatar’s favourite is the Toyotal Land Cruiser with 5,955 sales and 9.6% share, followed by the Toyota Hilux at 5.079 units and 8.1%. The Nissan D22 Pick-up takes the third place with 2,514 sales and 4% share.

Nissan Patrol Pick-up

In fact the 9 best-selling models are either a Toyota or a Nissan, with the Nissan Tiida at #4 with 3.2%, ahead of the Toyota Camry and Corolla (both at 2.8%), Nissan Sunny (2.7%), Toyota Prado (2.4%) and Nissan Patrol (2.1%). Notice the excellent 10th spot of the GMC Sierra at 1,272 units and 2%, the Hyundai Elantra new generation landing directly #11 with 1,042 sales, the Lexus LX at #14, the Chevrolet Tahoe at #20 and GMC Yukon at #27.

GMC Sierra

In December, the Toyota Prado is up #2, the Hyundai Sonata up to #8, VW Jetta up to #10, Chevrolet Epica up to #11, Toyota Land Cruiser Pick-up up to #13 and the BMW 7 Series, after a fantastic month of November at #8, falls down to a still very respectable 20th place.

Previous month: Qatar November 2011: Land Cruiser #1, BMW 7 Series in Top 10!

Full Year 2011 Top 100, December and every Monthly Top 50 Ranking Tables below.

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BMW 7 Series

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Qatari consumers bought 5,733 new vehicles in November and once again Toyota has a stranglehold over the market. The big Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in the country with a comfortable margin at 636 sales and 11.1% market share, ahead of the Hilux at 459 units and 8%.

Hyundai places the Santa Fe in an excellent third position with 242 sales and 4.2%, just one unit above the Nissan D22 Pick-up. The Nissan Sunny ranks 5th at 203 units and 3.5% and the VW Jetta is doing better here than in any other countries in the region at #8 with 2.3%.

Hyundai Santa Fe

Now for the piece of trivia you will want to repeat at posh dinners: Qatar is the only country in the world where the BMW 7 Series is one of the Top 10 best-selling models! It ranks 9th this month with 128 sales and 2.2% market share… An outstanding performance for a model priced around US$ 100,000!

Nissan D22

Other interesting Qatari particularities include the GMC Sierra at #10, the Lexus LX at #22, the Toyota FJ Cruiser at #23, the Porsche Cayenne at #25 with just under 1% market share, the Infiniti FX at #34 and the Mercedes S-Class at #35.

Full November 2011 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

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Picture by Aljazi Al-Nasr. All rights reserved.

Car sales in Qatar are pretty easy to decipher as a few models really stand out. The Toyota Land Cruiser is omnipresent in the streets of Doha and should secure no less than 15 to 20% of the Qatari market this year. In #2 we should see the Toyota Corolla around 10%, followed by the Toyota Camry.

The Nissan Tiida could rank 4th ahead of the old gen Mitsubishi Lancer. A bit below should sit the Toyota Hilux and Prado, Mitsubishi L200, Honda Civic and Nissan Altima. Although I am pretty confident about the Top 3, this is still only speculation based on the observation of recent YouTube videos of the streets of Doha. Please get in touch if you have more info!

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