Car Sales By Brand Israel : 2014

Hyundai clinging on to top spot for now

Israel managed a 13% increase, which was new record in car sales. Typical of the market, the fluctuations were almost manic. I don't know how anyone could predict anything here. It's like the wild west. European brands are not that popular, Asian makes dominate the top spots and US brands are reasonably placed.

Leader Hyundai lost two percentage points of market share and its lead was slashed in 2014. Mazda, a popular brand here came back strongly after a poor 2013. Ford had an amazingly good 2012, followed by two very poor years. In that time market share has plunged for the blue oval from 9.8% to 3.3%! GM US had two poor years followed by a fine one in 2014. SAIC sold over 700 cars in 2013 but only 4 in 2014, so doesn't appear on the chart.

10	11	12	13	14	Make	2014	%	+/-
2	1	1	1	1	Hyundai	31,376	13.1%	-2%
3	3	3	2	2	Toyota	27,384	11.4%	20%
8	4	4	3	3	Kia	26,365	11.0%	26%
1	2	6	7	4	Mazda	17,090	7.1%	62%
12	10	5	4	5	Škoda	14,289	6.0%	9%
4	6	9	6	6	Suzuki	13,799	5.8%	26%
9	15	18	14	7	Mitsubishi	13,141	5.5%	108%
6	5	10	11	8	GM US	12,564	5.2%	76%
13	9	8	8	9	Nissan	9,872	4.1%	-5%
11	11	11	9	10	Renault	9,436	3.9%	-5%
10	14	14	12	11	Honda	8,427	3.5%	19%
7	8	2	5	12	Ford	7,927	3.3%	-35%
5	7	7	10	13	VW	7,637	3.2%	-10%
19	16	15	15	14	Seat	6,177	2.6%	6%
14	13	13	13	15	Citroen	4,635	1.9%	-30%
17	19	20	19	16	Subaru	4,330	1.8%	78%
26	17	16	16	17	Opel	4,299	1.8%	-19%
18	18	17	18	18	Fiat	4,142	1.7%	-5%
15	12	12	17	19	Peugeot	4,121	1.7%	-6%
21	21	19	20	20	Audi	2,568	1.1%	11%
25	26	24	21	21	Mercedes	1,985	0.8%	20%
24	23	22	22	22	BMW	1,733	0.7%	20%
20	22	23	23	23	Isuzu	1,584	0.7%	21%
28	28	27	27	24	Lexus	1,001	0.4%	76%
23	25	25	25	25	Volvo	985	0.4%	33%
22	24	21	24	26	Chrysler	904	0.4%	0%
27	27	26	28	27	Alfa Romeo	509	0.2%	2%
32	34	28	29	28	MINI	496	0.2%	0%
29	31	30	32	29	Ssangyong	330	0.1%	187%
30	32	30	30	30	Land Rover	201	0.1%	20%
-	30	29	31	31	Infiniti	144	0.1%	-6%
-	39	32	33	32	Great Wall	99		-5%
33	37	37	35	33	Jaguar	59		-3%
34	38	38	37	34	Porsche	50		-12%
38	35	33	34	35	smart	32		-69%
					Others	80
					Total	239,771		13%

Now for taxi sales. These are the brands used for taxis which are separate. I'm sure taxi drivers around the world will appreciate this extra data. You're welcome.

12	13	14	Make	2014	%	+/-
1	1	1	Skoda	1,147	27.4%	-7%
2	2	2	Kia	1,048	25.0%	27%
3	3	3	Mecedes	752	17.9%	1%
6	5	4	Renault	431	10.3%	81%
4	4	5	VW	259	6.2%	-17%
5	6	6	Opel	195	4.7%	12%
7	7	7	Citroen	189	4.5%	47%
-	8	8	Peugeot	110	2.6%	47%
10	9	9	Toyota	31	0.7%	121%
11	12	10	Ssangyong	15	0.4%	275%
8	10	11	Subaru	9	0.2%	-18%
11	13	12	Honda	4	0.1%	100%
-	13	13	Ford	1		-50%
			Total	4,191		11%

Data source: Israel Vehicle Importers Association.