New Caledonia (France) February 2023: Toyota places Yaris and Yaris Cross on podium

March 9, 2023
Matt Gasnier
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The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling vehicle in New Caledonia in February.

New Caledonia is a French archipelago located north east of Australia. 639 new light vehicles found a buyer here in February, that’s a 4.2% year-on-year increase. Due to a weak start of the year in January, the year-to-date tally remains in negative at -4.9% to 1,149 units. Toyota (+13.7%) continues to dominate the brands charts with 20.8% share and 21.1% year-to-date. Peugeot (+41.7%) reclaims the 2nd spot it held over the Full Year 2022 both for the month and YTD. Citroen (+21.6%) climbs up five ranks on January to #3, and in fact the entire Top 5 brands outpace the market with double-digit gains, with Hyundai (+29%) and Ford (+34.5%) in tow. Isuzu (+342.9%) achieves by far the best performance near the top of the charts whereas Renault (-32.1%) sinks.

Over in the models ranking, the Toyota Yaris (+257.1%) spectacularly takes the lead of the charts whereas it didn’t sell any unit in January. It lands directly at the 2nd place YTD. The Toyota Yaris Cross does the same thing and appears at #3. In between, the Isuzu D-Max (+416.7%) enjoys a very rare month as the best-selling pickup. The Dacia Duster (-52.8%) is in great difficulty year-on-year but rallies back up five spots on January to #4. Outstanding performances by the Hyundai Tucson (+733.3%), Peugeot Expert (+433.3%) and Ford Ranger (+140%) whereas the Toyota Hilux (-54.9%) implodes to #7 but keeps the YTD pole position.

Previous month: New Caledonia (France) January 2023: Suzuki (+213.3%) swims upstream in market down -14.3

One year ago: New Caledonia (France) January-February 2022: Toyota ultra dominant

Full February 2023 Top 35 all brands and Top 20 models below.

New Caledonia (France) February 2023 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Feb-23	%	/22	Jan	2023	%	/21	Pos	FY22
1	Toyota	133	20.8%	13.7%	1	242	21.1%	-5.5%	1	1
2	Peugeot	51	8.0%	41.7%	3	89	7.7%	9.9%	2	2
3	Citroen	45	7.0%	21.6%	8	66	5.7%	-16.5%	6	3
4	Hyundai	40	6.3%	29.0%	4	76	6.6%	46.2%	4	6
5	Ford	39	6.1%	34.5%	7	63	5.5%	5.0%	7	4
6	Renault	36	5.6%	-32.1%	5	69	6.0%	-25.8%	5	7
7	Isuzu	31	4.9%	342.9%	11	45	3.9%	150.0%	9	15
8	Suzuki	30	4.7%	-9.1%	2	77	6.7%	60.4%	3	9
9	Mitsubishi	27	4.2%	-18.2%	6	53	4.6%	-13.1%	8	11
10	Kia	26	4.1%	-29.7%	10	42	3.7%	-44.0%	11	5
11	Dacia	26	4.1%	-61.2%	13	38	3.3%	-63.1%	12	8
12	Subaru	22	3.4%	175.0%	9	42	3.7%	82.6%	10	12
13	MG	21	3.3%	133.3%	16	30	2.6%	76.5%	13	13
14	Nissan	20	3.1%	-35.5%	17	29	2.5%	-54.0%	14	10
15	Fiat	15	2.3%	n/a	24	18	1.6%	50.0%	17	18
16	Changan	12	1.9%	-7.7%	12	25	2.2%	66.7%	15	17
17	FAW	10	1.6%	11.1%	15	20	1.7%	11.1%	16	14
18	Chevrolet	8	1.3%	100.0%	20	14	1.2%	75.0%	20	23
19	Dongfeng	6	0.9%	100.0%	14	17	1.5%	112.5%	18	22
20	Opel	6	0.9%	500.0%	18	15	1.3%	150.0%	19	26
21	Land Rover	5	0.8%	66.7%	29	7	0.6%	0.0%	25	24
22	Mercedes	5	0.8%	25.0%	30	7	0.6%	-30.0%	26	19
23	Geely	4	0.6%	-60.0%	23	7	0.6%	-63.2%	23	16
24	Mazda	4	0.6%	-69.2%	26	7	0.6%	-65.0%	24	21
25	BMW	3	0.5%	0.0%	21	7	0.6%	0.0%	22	25
26	Audi	3	0.5%	200.0%	25	6	0.5%	500.0%	27	28
27	Porsche	2	0.3%	100.0%	31	4	0.3%	0.0%	31	31
28	Jeep	2	0.3%	-60.0%	34	4	0.3%	-50.0%	32	29
29	BYD	1	0.2%	n/a	19	9	0.8%	800.0%	21	20
30	ZX Auto	1	0.2%	n/a	22	5	0.4%	66.7%	28	33
31	Iveco	1	0.2%	-50.0%	27	4	0.3%	33.3%	29	30
32	Mini	1	0.2%	0.0%	28	4	0.3%	300.0%	30	32
33	DS	1	0.2%	-66.7%	32	3	0.3%	-25.0%	33	35
34	Great Wall	1	0.2%	-50.0%	33	3	0.3%	0.0%	34	38
35	Ram	1	0.2%	-66.7%	–	1	0.1%	-91.7%	36	27

New Caledonia (France) February 2023 – models:

Pos	Model	Feb-23	%	/22	Jan	2023	%	/21	Pos	FY22
1	Toyota Yaris	50	7.8%	257.1%	n/a	50	4.4%	257.1%	2	13
2	Isuzu D-Max	31	4.9%	416.7%	8	45	3.9%	164.7%	4	16
3	Toyota Yaris Cross	27	4.2%	new	n/a	27	2.3%	new	10	n/a
4	Dacia Duster	25	3.9%	-52.8%	9	37	3.2%	-50.0%	7	2
5	Hyundai Tucson	25	3.9%	733.3%	3	47	4.1%	487.5%	3	8
6	Ford Ranger	24	3.8%	140.0%	7	39	3.4%	95.0%	6	3
7	Toyota Hilux	23	3.6%	-54.9%	1	57	5.0%	-46.7%	1	1
8	Peugeot Expert	16	2.5%	433.3%	n/a	19	1.7%	137.5%	18	46
9	Citroen Berlingo	13	2.0%	18.2%	n/a	19	1.7%	0.0%	16	11
10	Renault Clio	13	2.0%	62.5%	n/a	20	1.7%	42.9%	15	18
11	Suzuki Ignis	13	2.0%	225.0%	5	32	2.8%	300.0%	8	43
12	Toyota Raize	13	2.0%	-7.1%	2	40	3.5%	-20.0%	5	4
13	Citroen Jumpy	12	1.9%	200.0%	n/a	14	1.2%	75.0%	26	36
14	Subaru XV	12	1.9%	300.0%	10	24	2.1%	100.0%	11	17
15	Changan CS35 Plus	11	1.7%	120.0%	13	20	1.7%	300.0%	13	41
16	Citroen C3	11	1.7%	-8.3%	n/a	11	1.0%	-64.5%	33	9
17	Fiat Ducato	11	1.7%	-8.3%	n/a	12	1.0%	20.0%	31	29
18	Hyundai Staria	10	1.6%	n/a	14	19	1.7%	1800.0%	17	42
19	Subaru Forester	10	1.6%	100.0%	n/a	16	1.4%	45.5%	22	45
20	FAW Bestune T33	9	1.4%	new	n/a	13	1.1%	new	29	n/a
21	MG RX5	9	1.4%	50.0%	n/a	10	0.9%	-9.1%	37	n/a
22	Mitsubishi ASX	9	1.4%	n/a	n/a	16	1.4%	166.7%	24	n/a
23	Mitsubishi Sportero/L200	9	1.4%	12.5%	18	17	1.5%	-10.5%	19	21
24	Peugeot 208	9	1.4%	28.6%	12	20	1.7%	42.9%	14	6