Saudi Arabia September 2015: Toyota Hilux sovereign

The Toyota Hilux keeps its crown in Saudi Arabia (1979 and 2015 models pictured).

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After the UAE we are now able to share with you rare sales data for Saudi Arabia in September (72.796 sales) and year-to-date (660.886). Toyota celebrates 60 years of presence in Saudi Arabia by crossing the 40% market share milestone in September vs. 34.3% year-to-date. It is followed by Hyundai (16.5%), Nissan (7.5%) outpacing Kia and Ford, both at 6.2%. Add Chevrolet (3.6%) and Isuzu (3.4%) and you have 83.5% of the Saudi market in September, with no other manufacturer selling over 1.500 units or holding more than 2% market share. Compared to our previous updates, we can now see detailed sales data for Renault Samsung (#10) frankly outselling its parent company (#16), Geely leading the Chinese at #18, Porsche at #20 in-between BMW and Mercedes, and outside the Top 25 let’s single out Chinese carmakers MG (#28) and GAC Gonow (#34).

Toyota celebrates 60 years in Saudi Arabia (here in the early eighties).

Nissan Patrol (pictured in Dubai)

Logically, Toyota places no less than seven nameplates inside the September Top 10 models. The Hilux is sovereign, boosted even further up by the new generation to 10.3% share vs. 6.8% so far this year. The Hyundai Accent (5.7%) and Elantra (5.6%) impressively outmanoeuvre both this month and year-to-date the perennial passenger car leader the Toyota Corolla (5.2%), itself under threat by its smaller sibling the Toyota Yaris (5%). The Land Cruiser (#6) improves vastly on its FY2014 ranking (#14) as does its Pickup variant at #9 vs. #23. The Fortuner makes it to the Top 10, just. Notice also the Nissan Patrol shooting up to #13, the Nissan X-Trail appears at #51, the Geely Emgrand EC7 leads all Chinese nameplates at #60 and the Volvo XC90 is up to #68 thanks to the new model. Complete rankings are below.

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Full October 2015 Top 25 brands and Top 100 models below.