Qatar Full Year 2015: Toyota Land Cruiser sails off to 10.2% share

The Toyota Land Cruiser is boosted to 10.2% share in Qatar by its facelift. 

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The Qatari new car market marks a pause in 2015 with total registrations down 2% to 92.916 units. Toyota dominates the sales charts as usual despite a 5% year-on-year drop to 31.352 sales and 33.7% share It is followed by Nissan at 15.6% (-6%), Mitsubishi at 8.9% (+21%), Hyundai at 7% (-11%) and Ford at 4.5% (+26%). Very different fortunes among the Top 5 brands indeed. Notice also Renault up 25%, Mazda up 29%, Cadillac up 35%, Isuzu up 90%, Lincoln up 238% and Peugeot up 247%.

The Nissan Patrol ranks third in Qatar in 2015. 

Boosted up 21% by its facelift, the Toyota Land Cruiser sails off to 10.2% share vs. just 6% for its immediate pursuant, the Toyota Hilux (-14%). The Nissan Patrol is up 14% to climb onto the podium at #3 ahead of the Mitsubishi Lancer EX surging 40% to #4. The Toyota Prado (-24%), Corolla (-12%) and Camry (-1%) make it five Toyotas in the Top Seven. Further down, the Mitsubishi Pajero is up 21% to #8, the Lexus LX is down 9% but remains inside the Top 10 at #9, the Mitsubishi L200 is up 40% to #17, Hyundai Accent up 33% to #18 and Nissan X-Trail up 85% to #26.

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Previous year: Qatar Full Year 2014: Toyota Land Cruiser leads, Nissan Patrol up 81%

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Full Year 2015 Top 40 All-brands and Top 340 All-models vs. Full 2014 figures below.