Israel Car Sales By Brand : 2015

2015 was a record year for car sales, with over 250,000 sold. Kia entered the top 10 brands for the first time in 2010 and now another first, 1st. It had to bump out of the way sister brand Hyundai who had been the best selling since 2011. Before that it had Mazda for so long.

Mitsubishi has had a history of going up and down in Israel and for now it's on an upward cycle. GM US which includes Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac is steadily falling out of favour. Subaru jumped to 12th with a 76% increase and Peugeot was up five places.

11	12	13	14	15	Brand	2015	%	+/-
4	4	3	3	1	Kia	33,703	13.2%	27.8%
1	1	1	1	2	Hyundai	31,250	12.3%	-0.4%
3	3	2	2	3	Toyota	29,280	11.5%	6.9%
2	6	7	4	4	Mazda	17,057	6.7%	-0.2%
15	18	14	7	5	Mitsubishi	16,121	6.3%	22.7%
10	5	4	5	6	Škoda	16,083	6.3%	12.6%
6	9	6	6	7	Suzuki	12,277	4.8%	-11.0%
9	8	8	9	8	Nissan	11,960	4.7%	21.2%
11	11	9	10	9	Renault	9,337	3.7%	-1.0%
7	7	10	13	10	VW	7,939	3.1%	4.0%
16	15	15	14	11	Seat	7,692	3.0%	24.5%
19	20	19	16	12	Subaru	7,625	3.0%	76.1%
5	10	11	8	13	GM US	7,331	2.9%	-41.7%
12	12	17	19	14	Peugeot	5,867	2.3%	42.4%
13	13	13	15	15	Citroën	5,715	2.2%	23.3%
14	14	12	11	16	Honda	5,403	2.1%	-35.9%
17	16	16	17	17	Opel	4,871	1.9%	13.3%
18	17	18	18	18	Fiat	4,553	1.8%	9.9%
21	19	20	20	19	Audi	3,344	1.3%	30.2%
26	24	21	21	20	Mercedes	2,569	1.0%	29.4%
23	22	22	22	21	BMW	2,433	1.0%	40.4%
-	-	-	39	22	Dacia	2,422	0.6%	n/a
8	2	5	12	23	Ford	1,955	0.8%	-75.3%
22	23	23	23	24	Isuzu	1,584	0.6%	0.0%
28	27	27	24	25	Lexus	1,449	0.6%	44.8%
25	25	25	25	26	Volvo	1,020	0.4%	3.6%
24	21	24	26	27	Chrysler	893	0.4%	-1.2%
29	34	26	39	28	SAIC	873	0.3%	n/a
34	28	29	28	29	MINI	611	0.2%	23.2%
27	26	28	27	30	Alfa Romeo	522	0.2%	2.6%
30	29	31	31	31	Infiniti	385	0.2%	167.4%
31	30	32	29	32	Ssangyong	225	0.1%	-31.8%
32	30	30	30	33	Land Rover	188	0.1%	-6.5%
37	37	35	33	34	Jaguar	74		25.4%
38	38	37	34	35	Porsche	54		8.0%
-	-	-	37	36	Maserati	37		60.9%
35	33	34	35	37	smart	35		9.4%
					Others	11
					Total	254,748		6.2%

Data source: Israel Vehicle Importers Association.

There are also sales for taxis that only turned up in 2012 as data. Was it separated from cars at that time or not reported on before? Whatever the reason, Škoda is the most popular taxi with over 30% of their number.

12	13	14	15	Brand	2015	%	+/-
1	1	1	1	Škoda	1,463	30.3%	27.6%
6	5	4	2	Renault	912	18.9%	111.6%
2	2	2	3	Kia	903	18.7%	-13.8%
3	3	3	4	Mecedes	790	16.3%	5.1%
7	7	7	5	Citroën	414	8.6%	119.0%
4	4	5	6	VW	134	2.8%	-48.3%
-	8	8	7	Peugeot	94	1.9%	-14.5%
-	-	-	8	Dacia	43	0.9%	n/a
5	6	6	9	Opel	39	0.8%	-80.0%
11	12	10	10	Ssangyong	21	0.4%	40.0%
10	9	9	11	Toyota	15	0.3%	-51.6%
				Others	6
				Total	4,834		15.3%