Despite all the goings on in Israel, car and light commercial sales went well and ended up with an 8% increase. The 2025 total of 225,600 was also 10% up on the average over the previous ten years.
Hyundai surrendered its top spot last year to Toyota and despite reducing the deficit, it remains the same way. Kia was the second best selling brand in 2023, but this is the fourth year of reduced market share. The number of new brands arriving is no doubt contributing to that yet not entirely.
This is Chery's third full year in Israel and it's also the third best selling. Jaecoo (optimistically pictured above) is in its first full year and already sixth. Brands from the Asia region are the most popular.
Data source: Israel Vehicle Importers Association. Picture: Jaecoo Israel.
