Qatar January-September 2026: Haval (+132.4%), Tank (+14.3%), Chery (#7) ignore sinking market (-17.4%)

The Haval H9 is up to #4 in Qatar.

New light vehicle sales in Qatar drop a substantial -17.4% year-on-year over the first 9 months of the year to 52,913 units. Toyota (-17.1%) follows the market to 29% share, by far the #1 brand in the country. Jetour (-37%) confirms it is the #2 carmaker here but completely freefalls year-on-year, as does #3 Nissan (-42.3%). In contrast Tank (+14.3%) is up two spots to #4 and Haval (+132.4%) surges 8 ranks to #5 and 5% share. Kia (-20.9%) and Lexus (-34.2%) suffer while Chery lands directly at #7 with 4.4% of the market. Suzuki (+12.9%) is the only additional gainer in the Top 10, with Denza arriving at #13 and BYD at #15.

Model-wise, the Toyota Land Cruiser (-9%) remains the uncontested leader with 11.5% share, up from 10.4% a year ago and compared with 3.6% for the Toyota Hilux (-18.1%) at #2. The GWM Tank 500 (-30.4%) closes the podium ahead of a soaring Haval H9 (+95.6%) up 10 spots year-on-year to #4. The Jetour T2 (-73.7%) implodes to #5 ahead of the new Chery Tiggo 7, the most popular recent launch above the Jetour G700 (#10), GWM Tank 700 (#12), Haval V7 (#14) and Denza B8 (#17).

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