Saudi Arabia Full Year 2015: Toyota Hilux and Hyundai Elantra on top

The Toyota Hilux remains the best-selling nameplate in Saudi Arabia.

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As opposed to most markets in the region, Saudi Arabia continues to grow in 2015 at +5% to 879.704 registrations. Toyota is still sovereign here of courses but sheds fractions of market share with sales up 3% to 308.492 and 35.1%, followed by Hyundai up a whopping 25% to 184.535 and an outstanding 21% of the market vs. 17.6% a year ago. Isuzu is up 16% to 57.706, bypassing Kia (-8%) and Nissan (-13%) while Ford remains in 6th place despite sales down 2% to 46.715. Mazda delivers the best performance of any Top 20 carmakers with volumes up 85% to land in 8th place. Notice also – in order of sales – Renault up 14%, Mitsubishi up 40%, Jeep up 25%, Cadillac up 29%, Infiniti up 165%, Volkswagen up 44% and Subaru up 111%.

Successful launch for the Renault Symbol in Saudi Arabia.

In the models ranking, the Toyota Hilux holds onto the pole position, improving its share to 7.9% thanks to sales up 5% to 69.177. However the Hyundai Elantra is catching up fast with volumes up 25% to 61.936 as is the Hyundai Accent up 19% to 55.720, both nameplates overtaking the mighty Toyota Corolla up just 7% to 53.719. The Yaris (-2% and Camry (+10%) make it four Toyotas in the Top 6. The Hyundai Sonata (+44%), Mazda6 (+73%) and Mazda3 (+515%) also shine, and the Renault Symbol (#44) and Captur (#87) lodge very satisfying scores for their first full year in market. The Renault Dokker (#110) is the best-selling newcomer followed by the Hyundai Creta (#120).

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Full Year 2015 Top 43 All-brands and Top 345 All-models vs. Full 2014 figures below.