Israel July 2018: Hyundai, Kia tighten stranglehold, market down 16.4%

August 13, 2018
Matt Gasnier
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Hyundai is the most popular car brand in Israel.

* See the Top 43 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title *

Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today July brands data for Israel, models data is now a quarterly occurrence. And it’s a tough month for new car sales here with volumes down a steep 16.4% to 21.452 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down 2.7% to 188.549. But the Korean top sellers defy the challenging market conditions to post cool gains: Hyundai is up 2% to 19.1% share and Kia is up 6% to 16.2%. Far below, Toyota (-18.7%) dives to 11.7% but Skoda (+19%) surges to 10.1%. Seat (+11%) and Mitsubishi (+4%) also shine in the Top 10 while below, MG (+6500%), DS (+1250%), Ssangyong (+226%), Lexus (+157%), Audi (+56%), Jeep (+46%), Citroen (+30%), Volkswagen (+22%), BMW (+19%) and Volvo (+12%) make themselves noticed.

Previous month: Israel June 2018: Hyundai Ioniq (#1), Kia Niro (#5) up, Top 5 is Korean

One year ago: Israel July 2017: After three months absence, Hyundai reclaims #1

Full July 2018 Top 43 All-brands ranking below.

Israel July 2018 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Jul-18	%	/17	Jun	2018	%	/17	Pos	FY17
1	Hyundai	4,097	19.1%	2%	1	29,510	15.7%	7%	1	1
2	Kia	3,485	16.2%	6%	2	24,344	12.9%	-1%	2	2
3	Toyota	2,501	11.7%	-18%	3	19,234	10.2%	-10%	3	3
4	Skoda	2,157	10.1%	19%	4	14,191	7.5%	-4%	4	6
5	Nissan	1,320	6.2%	0%	9	10,370	5.5%	9%	5	4
6	Suzuki	1,205	5.6%	-12%	7	9,027	4.8%	-12%	8	5
7	Mazda	1,143	5.3%	-1%	5	9,949	5.3%	6%	6	7
8	Mitsubishi	1,101	5.1%	4%	8	9,379	5.0%	19%	7	8
9	Seat	790	3.7%	11%	10	5,895	3.1%	5%	10	13
10	Renault	767	3.6%	-26%	6	7,589	4.0%	-9%	9	9
11	Volkswagen	720	3.4%	22%	17	3,786	2.0%	-11%	15	14
12	Citroen	693	3.2%	30%	13	4,792	2.5%	-12%	12	11
13	Chevrolet/GMC	619	2.9%	-2%	11	5,329	2.8%	7%	11	10
14	Honda	612	2.9%	-23%	14	4,266	2.3%	-20%	14	12
15	Subaru	538	2.5%	-16%	15	3,773	2.0%	-7%	16	18
16	Peugeot	533	2.5%	1%	12	4,638	2.5%	5%	13	16
17	Dacia	491	2.3%	-2%	16	2,656	1.4%	-14%	19	17
18	Audi	481	2.2%	56%	21	3,156	1.7%	-8%	17	15
19	BMW	310	1.4%	19%	20	2,330	1.2%	0%	20	22
20	Fiat	295	1.4%	-14%	22	2,012	1.1%	-30%	21	19
21	Opel	281	1.3%	-27%	18	2,003	1.1%	-29%	22	20
22	Mercedes	247	1.2%	-14%	19	2,940	1.6%	-3%	18	21
23	Lexus	180	0.8%	157%	23	961	0.5%	15%	26	26
24	Volvo	145	0.7%	12%	24	1,056	0.6%	22%	24	24
25	Ford	135	0.6%	-56%	25	1,138	0.6%	-46%	23	25
26	Jeep	114	0.5%	46%	26	627	0.3%	-2%	27	27
27	Isuzu	92	0.4%	-28%	29	966	0.5%	2%	25	23
28	SsangYong	75	0.3%	226%	28	284	0.2%	36%	32	31
29	MG	66	0.3%	6500%	27	255	0.1%	2%	33	40
30	Mini	56	0.3%	-13%	31	408	0.2%	-10%	28	30
31	Cadillac	44	0.2%	-6%	32	366	0.2%	-11%	29	29
32	Alfa Romeo	43	0.2%	-40%	30	337	0.2%	-26%	30	28
33	DS	27	0.1%	1250%	37	69	0.0%	50%	37	36
34	Infiniti	25	0.1%	-58%	33	327	0.2%	14%	31	32
35	Land Rover	23	0.1%	-8%	34	212	0.1%	6%	34	33
36	Porsche	14	0.1%	-22%	35	138	0.1%	15%	35	34
37	Jaguar	12	0.1%	-25%	36	90	0.0%	2%	36	35
38	Maserati	5	0.0%	25%	38	58	0.0%	-43%	38	37
39	Abarth	3	0.0%	-50%	41	23	0.0%	-44%	40	38
40	Smart	2	0.0%	-33%	39	44	0.0%	-34%	39	39
41	Iveco	2	0.0%	n/a	40	9	0.0%	n/a	41	44
42	Ferrari	2	0.0%	100%	42	6	0.0%	-14%	42	42
43	Chrysler	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	-97%	44	41