United Arab Emirates Full Year 2024: Nissan Patrol edges past Sunny to sign first victory in 4 years

The Nissan Patrol is the best-selling vehicle in the UAE in 2024. 2025 model pictured.

Discover close to 20 years of United Arab Emirates Historical Data here.

It’s an excellent year for the Emirati new car market at +15.7% to 318,981 units. Note Jetour and Tesla sales have been added in 2024 and contribute to the market growth for the year. Toyota (-1.7%) underperforms and drops to 24.1% share vs. 28.4% over the Full Year 2023. It is followed by Nissan (+23%) and Mitsubishi (+25.9%) both generating great results. MG (+28.9%) does even better and jumps two spots to #4, leapfrogging past Hyundai (+4.4%) and Kia (+12.2%) both disappointing in context. Ford (+64.1%) shoots up 6 ranks to #7 while Land Rover (+23.8%) progresses to #9 and Jetour lands at #10 with 3% share.

The Nissan Patrol (+22.4%) topples the Nissan Sunny (+9.6%) by just 161 sales to sign its first win since 2020. The Toyota Hilux (+11.7%) repeats in third place above the Toyota Land Cruiser (-10%). The Tesla Model 3, now with available sales figures, makes its first appearance in the UAE annual ranking at #5. The Toyota Camry HEV (+42.8%) is up to #6 and the Land Rover Defender (+42.1%) up 6 spots on last year to #7. The Jetour T2 lands directly at #8 with 1.7% of the market. 

Previous year: United Arab Emirates 2023: Nissan places Sunny and Patrol atop market up 26.4%

2 years ago: United Arab Emirates 2022: Toyota Hilux takes the lead in market up 13.3%

Full Year 2024 Top 45 All brands and Top 50 models vs. Full Year 2023 figures below.