New Caledonia (France) May 2020: Toyota places Hilux and C-HR atop market up 8.2%

The Toyota C-HR is only outsold by the Hilux in New Caledonia this month.

New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, is long done with COVID-19 and reopened businesses as early as April 20. As a result the new car market is actually up 8.2% year-on-year in May to 557 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down just -11.3% to 2.603. Toyota (+160.4%) continues to stun and holds a whopping 22.4% share vs. 18.2% so far this year, that’s over 3 times the volume of #2 Hyundai (+31.6%), with Peugeot (+11.4%), Dacia (-16.7%) and Ford (+5.3%) rounding out the Top 5. Kia (+68.4%), Isuzu (+33.3%), Land Rover (+25%) and Nissan (+14.3%) also shine further down while Ram is up to #18. Model-wise, the Toyota Hilux (+31%) remans the top spot while the new Toyota C-HR edges up to a record #2, knocking the Dacia Duster (-28.2%) down to #3. The Peugeot 208 (+20%) leaps back up to #4 equal with the Ford Ranger (-20%). The new Toyota Rush stays at #7 and the Hyundai H1 (+166.7%) is up 7 spots on April to #9.

Previous month: New Caledonia (France) April 2020: Toyota up 51.3% in market down -47.2%, places 6 models in Top 8

One year ago: New Caledonia (France) May 2019: Duster helps Dacia up 74.2% in market down -17.2%

Full May 2020 Top 30 All-brands and Top 35 models below.

New Caledonia (France) May 2020 – brands:

Pos	Brand	May-20	%	/19	Apr	2020	%	/19	Pos	FY19
1	Toyota	125	22.4%	160.4%	1	473	18.2%	30.7%	1	1
2	Hyundai	50	9.0%	31.6%	5	204	7.8%	5.2%	4	6
3	Peugeot	49	8.8%	11.4%	8	247	9.5%	-22.8%	3	3
4	Dacia	45	8.1%	-16.7%	2	256	9.8%	-19.5%	2	2
5	Ford	40	7.2%	5.3%	3	198	7.6%	-7.0%	5	7
6	Citroen	37	6.6%	-21.3%	4	192	7.4%	-22.6%	7	4
7	Renault	35	6.3%	-39.7%	7	197	7.6%	-25.7%	6	5
8	Kia	32	5.7%	68.4%	6	115	4.4%	-10.9%	8	8
9	Suzuki	20	3.6%	-13.0%	9	78	3.0%	-31.0%	10	10
10	Subaru	19	3.4%	-29.6%	12	77	3.0%	-22.2%	11	11
11	Nissan	16	2.9%	14.3%	17	91	3.5%	33.8%	9	13
12	Mitsubishi	16	2.9%	-50.0%	11	71	2.7%	-44.5%	13	9
13	Volkswagen	11	2.0%	-8.3%	10	76	2.9%	-8.4%	12	12
14	Land Rover	10	1.8%	25.0%	14	38	1.5%	11.8%	16	19
15	Isuzu	8	1.4%	33.3%	13	40	1.5%	-27.3%	15	14
16	Fiat	7	1.3%	-30.0%	15	43	1.7%	-10.4%	14	15
17	Mercedes	6	1.1%	0.0%	16	32	1.2%	0.0%	17	17
18	Ram	5	0.9%	n/a	21	25	1.0%	127.3%	19	20
19	BMW	4	0.7%	33.3%	24	14	0.5%	-6.7%	23	23
20	Chevrolet	3	0.5%	-57.1%	19	25	1.0%	-41.9%	18	18
21	Mazda	3	0.5%	-66.7%	20	24	0.9%	-58.6%	20	16
22	Jeep	3	0.5%	n/a	–	16	0.6%	100.0%	21	24
23	Mini	3	0.5%	50.0%	22	15	0.6%	-6.3%	22	25
24	Iveco	3	0.5%	-25.0%	–	10	0.4%	-41.2%	26	26
25	Jaguar	2	0.4%	-33.3%	23	13	0.5%	-45.8%	24	22
26	Audi	2	0.4%	100.0%	–	12	0.5%	-42.9%	25	21
27	DS	2	0.4%	100.0%	25	9	0.3%	200.0%	28	28
28	MG	1	0.2%	new	27	2	0.1%	new	29	–
29	Porsche	0	0.0%	-100.0%	18	9	0.3%	-18.2%	27	27
30	Lexus	0	0.0%	n/a	26	1	0.0%	n/a	30	–

New Caledonia (France) May 2020 – models:

Pos	Model	May-20	%	/19	Apr	2020	%	/19	Pos	FY19
1	Toyota Hilux	38	6.8%	31.0%	1	141	5.4%	6.0%	2	2
2	Toyota C-HR	30	5.4%	new	3	86	3.3%	new	5	24
3	Dacia Duster	28	5.0%	-28.2%	2	152	5.8%	-34.2%	1	1
4	Peugeot 208	24	4.3%	20.0%	n/a	127	4.9%	16.5%	3	4
5	Ford Ranger	24	4.3%	-20.0%	4	100	3.8%	-27.0%	4	3
6	Toyota Yaris	17	3.1%	1600.0%	5	74	2.8%	4.2%	6	6
7	Toyota Rush	16	2.9%	new	7	46	1.8%	new	13	41
8	Hyundai H1	16	2.9%	166.7%	16	24	0.9%	-14.3%	34	34
9	Subaru XV	14	2.5%	-39.1%	18	56	2.2%	-5.1%	10	11
10	Hyundai Creta	14	2.5%	16.7%	n/a	43	1.7%	-37.7%	14	8
11	Kia K2700	14	2.5%	100.0%	n/a	34	1.3%	-19.0%	18	18
12	Renault Clio	12	2.2%	-45.5%	n/a	69	2.7%	-32.4%	8	5
13	Dacia Sandero	9	1.6%	125.0%	10	70	2.7%	59.1%	7	9
14	Hyundai Tucson	9	1.6%	n/a	n/a	62	2.4%	520.0%	9	23
15	Toyota RAV4	9	1.6%	-18.2%	6	49	1.9%	-43.0%	12	10
16	Citroen Berlingo	9	1.6%	-25.0%	20	38	1.5%	-36.7%	15	14
17	Suzuki Swift	9	1.6%	-10.0%	n/a	29	1.1%	-57.4%	27	15
18	Citroen Jumpy	8	1.4%	14.3%	24	28	1.1%	21.7%	29	37
19	Citroen C-Elysée	8	1.4%	166.7%	n/a	18	0.7%	-21.7%	43	39
20	Mitsubishi Sportero/L200	8	1.4%	-11.1%	17	14	0.5%	-72.0%	54	17
21	Peugeot 3008	7	1.3%	-30.0%	11	50	1.9%	-35.9%	11	12
22	Isuzu D-Max	7	1.3%	16.7%	12	38	1.5%	-25.5%	16	13
23	Dacia Logan	7	1.3%	-36.4%	n/a	33	1.3%	-15.4%	19	27
24	Toyota Land Cruiser	7	1.3%	133.3%	8	28	1.1%	-3.4%	30	16
25	Kia Sportage	7	1.3%	250.0%	25	19	0.7%	0.0%	41	48
26	Peugeot Partner	7	1.3%	600.0%	n/a	18	0.7%	-55.0%	45	30
27	Hyundai Kona	6	1.1%	200.0%	22	30	1.2%	11.1%	24	38
28	Ford Fiesta	6	1.1%	n/a	23	30	1.2%	1400.0%	25	147
29	Renault Maxity	6	1.1%	-33.3%	n/a	23	0.9%	64.3%	35	59
30	VW Golf	5	0.9%	-44.4%	13	36	1.4%	0.0%	17	25
31	Renault Kangoo	5	0.9%	-44.4%	21	32	1.2%	-11.1%	21	21
32	Nissan Navara	5	0.9%	-28.6%	n/a	26	1.0%	-7.1%	31	19
33	Nissan Qashqai	5	0.9%	-16.7%	n/a	26	1.0%	-13.3%	32	42
34	Ram 1500	5	0.9%	new	n/a	25	1.0%	127.3%	33	32
35	Citroen C5 Aircross	5	0.9%	n/a	n/a	21	0.8%	950.0%	38	61