Kuwait September 2012: Toyota Hilux & Ford Edge in great shape

Ford Edge Sport

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New car sales in Kuwait are up 27% year-on-year in September to 12,290 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 102,944 units, up 25% on 2011. For the first time since last February, the Toyota Hilux leads the Kuwaiti models ranking thanks to 929 sales for a 7.6% market share vs. 904 and 7.4% for the Toyota Prado, however still #1 year-to-date by far at 10,044 units and 9.8% vs. 5,915 and 5.7% for the Hilux. Both following models are 1) Toyotas and 2) doing really well: the Camry is at 6.5% share vs. 4% year-to-date while the Corolla is at 4.1% vs. 2.6%.

Chevrolet Silverado. Picture by MadVette, all rights reserved.

Excellent month for the Chevrolet Tahoe, up 4 spots to #5, the Chevrolet Silverado up 8 to #10, the Ford Edge up a massive 27 ranks to #11 with 180 sales and 1.5% vs. 0.7% YTD, the Toyota Aurion up 8 to #14, Mitsubishi L200 up 41 to #19, VW Touareg up 21 to #20, VW Jetta also up 21 to #30, Mitsubishi Lancer EX up 69 to #33 and the Ford Flex up from outside the Top 150 last month to #54 vs. #116 YTD.

VW Polo

Finally, notice the VW Polo landing directly at #114 with 25 sales for its first month in Kuwait, by far its best performance in the region, and the Infiniti JX35 at #126 and 18 units.

Previous month: Kuwait August 2012: Toyota Prado and Nissan Patrol shine

Previous year: Kuwait Full Year 2011: Toyota Prado passes Hilux to become #1

Full September 2012 Top 150 Ranking Table below.