United Arab Emirates H1 2024: Nissan Sunny and Patrol on top, Land Rover Defender in Top 10

The Land Rover Defender ranks #9 over H1 2024.

New car sales in the UAE advance 10.6% year-on-year over the First Half of 2024 to 145,671 units. Toyota (-0.2%) doesn’t enjoy the market gain and sees its share slide down from 28% to 25.3%. Nissan on the other hand is up 14.5% to 16.1% of the market vs. 15.6% over the same period in 2023. Mitsubishi (+25.3%) and MG (+14.9%) are even more dynamic while Kia (+19%) closes the Top 5 in strong fashion. Below, Ford (+84.6%), Land Rover (+49.3%) and Suzuki (+17.9%) excel. Now sharing brand data, Mercedes lands at #11 with 2.7% share, the same as Tesla at #12.

Model-wise, Nissan still places the Sunny (-2%) and Patrol (+4.5%) atop the charts, its the Toyota Hilux (-2.6%) and Land Cruiser (-24.3%) replicating the H1 2023 and FY2023 order. The Toyota Camry HEV (+351.1%) shoots up to #6 ahead of the Toyota Yaris Sedan (+90.9%), Nissan X-Trail (+26.3%), Land Rover Defender (+87.7%) and Toyota Fortuner (+46.3%). The Tesla Model 3 appears at #13 and the Model Y at #23.

Previous post: UAE May 2024: Mitsubishi (+97.8%), Ford (+89.1%) surge, Tesla Model 3 up to #4

Previous year: UAE Full Year 2023: Nissan places Sunny and Patrol atop market up 26.4%

Full H1 2024 Top 44 All brands and Top 50 models vs. H1 2023 figures below.