United Arab Emirates August 2026: Mitsubishi (+123%) ignores market down -15.1%

The Mitsubishi Destinator breaks into the UAE Top 10 in August.

New car sales in the United Arab Emirates continue to plunge in August at -15.1% year-on-year to just 23,066 units. After 8 months, the year-to-date volume is now off -23.2% to 160,210. Toyota (-31%) easily stays atop the brands charts but doubles the market decline to 21% share. I distances Mitsubishi (+123%) in fantastic shape and a receding Nissan (-25.9%). Jetour (+2.6%) repeats at #4 ahead of newcomer BYD at a splendid 5th place with 4.8% share. Land Rover (+47.1%) impresses at #7 vs. #12 year-to-date.

Model-wise, the Mitsubishi Outlander (+623%) brilliantly repeats at #1 with a stunning 8.9% share, keeping the Toyota Hilux (-6.7%) at #2. Leader year-to-date, the Nissan Patrol (+20.6%) is stuck in third position with 7% of the market. The Jetour T2 (-28.1%) and Toyota Land Cruiser (-25.1%)follow ahead of a surging Land Rover Defender (+105.1%) at #6 vs. #14 so far this year. The new Jetour G700 (#8) and Mitsubishi Destinator (#9) are the two recent launches to make it into the Top 10 while the MG 3 (+5.4%) manages a YoY gain to #10.

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