Saudi Arabia Sales : 2019

Over 550,000 light vehicles were sold here in 2019. That's up 32% compared to last year but someway short of some better years of late. Toyota and Hyundai are the go to brands when a car is required. They take half the sales! I'm not sure why this dominance is so pronounced.

There is a desire for the economy to move away from oil dependence, which is understandable. Toyota was approached to see if the company was interested in setting up a plant. It did due diligence but the decision there wasn't a business case for it. Perhaps Hyundai can find one instead.

				19	Brand	2019	%
				1	Toyota	152,044	27.5%
				2	Hyundai	127,444	23.0%
				3	Mazda	37,153	6.7%
				4	GM	34,586	6.2%
				5	Nissan	34,396	6.2%
				6	Kia	30,180	5.5%
				7	Isuzu	25,176	4.5%
				8	Mitsubishi	17,698	3.2%
				9	Ford	15,717	2.8%
				10	Chrysler	13,723	2.5%
				11	ChangAn	12,256	2.2%
				12	Renault	9,101	1.6%
				13	Lexus	8,971	1.6%
				14	Honda	7,980	1.4%
				15	MG	7,468	1.3%
				16	Suzuki	3,815	0.7%
				17	Geely	2,673	0.5%
				18	Roewe	2,485	0.4%
				19	BMW	2,084	0.4%
				20	Land Rover	2,009	0.4%
				21	Peugeot	1,081	0.2%
				22	Genesis	959	0.2%
				23	Hino	787	0.1%
				24	Audi	419	0.1%
				25	VW	413	0.1%
				26	Fiat	389	0.1%
				27	Volvo	170	0.0%
				28	Maxus	156	0.0%
				29	Subaru	142	0.0%
				30	Alfa Romeo	35	0.0%
				31	MINI	34	0.0%
					Others	1,849	0.3%
					Total	553,393

If anyone can add to what's below, please let me know by leaving a message at the end of the article or emailing me on rdc1234@gmail.com

UAE Sales : 2019

Sales for what I assume is cars and LCVs were 233,000 units, up 4% for the year. It's hard to know how accurate data is from this region. If anyone can add to what's below, please let me know by leaving a message at the end of the article or emailing me on rdc1234@gmail.com

Considering that the market is an open one as far as I understand, it's amazing one brand can command nearly 30% share, yet that is what Toyota did in 2019. Reliability must the a major factor in that. The premium brand that is also from the same company leads the premium sales as well, although not by much.

				19	Brand	2019	%
				1	Toyota	68,221	29.3%
				2	Nissan	45,537	19.6%
				3	Mitsubishi	29,131	12.5%
				4	GM US	10,130	4.4%
				5	Ford	8,191	3.5%
				6	Lexus	7,618	3.3%
				7	BMW	7,611	3.3%
				8	Hyundai	6,978	3.0%
				9	Kia	6,931	3.0%
				10	Chrysler	5,885	2.5%
				11	Honda	5,566	2.4%
				12	Mazda	3,815	1.6%
				13	Land Rover	3,769	1.6%
				14	Renault	3,706	1.6%
				15	Infiniti	2,633	1.1%
				16	Hino	2,531	1.1%
				17	Suzuki	2,388	1.0%
				18	Peugeot	2,319	1.0%
				19	MG	1,644	0.7%
				20	Isuzu	1,334	0.6%
				21	VW	1,171	0.5%
				22	Audi	983	0.4%
				23	Volvo	571	0.2%
				24	Roewe	490	0.2%
				25	MINI	430	0.2%
				26	Geely	293	0.1%
				27	Subaru	257	0.1%
				28	Alfa Romeo	231	0.1%
				29	Fiat	142	0.1%
				30	Genesis	139	0.1%
				31	ChangAn	125	0.1%
				32	Opel	63	0.0%
					Other	1,979	0.9%
					Total	232,812

Mauritius Passenger Car Sales : 2019

In this island nation in the Indian Ocean, car sales were down slightly in 2019, 2% to be precise. The nearly 8,200 sales for the year was up on the 2010's decade average of 6,700. In other words, that's a sizable 22% above the ten year average that has just concluded.

Kia retained its top spot, the third consecutive year it has been there. Hyundai had a poor 2018 but rebounded to come home second. Toyota lost its second place by just a single sale. Nissan was the best selling brand four years ago, but is now moving down the list. Both Land Rover and Jaguar had a good twelve months, passing Mazda in the process. Two new brands were Haval and Volvo.

	16	17	18	19	Brand	2019	%	+/-
	4	1	1	1	Kia	1,145	14.0%	-8%
	3	2	6	2	Hyundai	939	11.5%	51%
	2	3	2	3	Toyota	938	11.5%	-8%
	7	6	4	4	Suzuki	938	11.5%	19%
	1	4	3	5	Nissan	671	8.2%	-32%
	5	5	5	6	BMW	588	7.2%	-12%
	6	7	7	7	Renault	470	5.7%	-2%
	11	11	11	8	Mitsubishi	452	5.5%	84%
	8	8	9	9	Mercedes	336	4.1%	5%
	10	9	8	10	Honda	330	4.0%	-16%
	9	10	10	11	Audi	241	2.9%	-11%
	15	14	13	12	Peugeot	170	2.1%	0%
	12	12	12	13	Perodua	114	1.4%	-37%
	18	15	15	14	VW	101	1.2%	-19%
	20	18	18	15	Land Rover	94	1.1%	42%
	16	17	17	16	Jaguar	86	1.1%	12%
	14	13	14	17	Mazda	73	0.9%	-56%
	17	19	19	18	Citroën	71	0.9%	16%
	13	16	16	19	Ford	68	0.8%	-38%
	19	22	22	20	MINI	66	0.8%	40%
	25	24	24	21	MG	63	0.8%	117%
	21	20	21	22	Porsche	53	0.6%	2%
	23	21	20	23	Chrysler	35	0.4%	-40%
	25	23	23	23	SEAT	35	0.4%	-10%
	22	26	28	25	Proton	20	0.2%	54%
	-	-	-	26	Haval	18	0.2%	n/a
	28	27	29	27	Infiniti	16	0.2%	78%
	31	28	31	28	Subaru	8	0.1%	33%
	-	30	33	28	Embuggy	8	0.1%	700%
	-	-	-	28	Volvo	8	0.1%	n/a
	-	30	26	31	Moke	7	0.1%	-56%
	29	24	27	32	Fiat	6	0.1%	-60%
	32	29	30	33	Alfa Romeo	5	0.1%	-29%
					Others	15	0.2%
					Total	8,188		-2%

Data source: NLTA.