Morocco Passenger Car Sales : 2024 (Jan-Sep)

Registrations were up 25% in September and 4% YTD. That's a nice increase for the month when in many places sales are struggling. A few Chinese brands have arrived but a little way to go yet to make a noticeable impact. There are some luxury marques missing from the chart below but the main players are there. 

Dacia and its parent company Renault dominate proceedings here. They established that through manufacturing in the country. They currently harvest over 40% of all sales between them. Dacia took the lead in 2010 and hasn't looked back. Some of the brands immediately below them have lost some share to varying degrees.

Data source: AIVAM. Pics: Dacia & Renault Facebook.

Porsche Global Model Sales : 2023/24 (Q1 - Q3)

Deliveries were down 7% after nine months of 2024. Difficult conditions in China and poor electric car sales weighed deliveries down. 

Models: The Cayenne was up 21% which is good for the company as it would be a profitable model. It was also good for sports cars, with the 911 and 718 models increasing. 

The Macan and Panamera were both down 20% but nothing like the electric Taycan which halved its sales. The electric revolution seems to increasingly lack spark. Porche acknowledged this problem and their timeframe in transitioning to BEVs has been put back. 

Data & pictures Porsche.

Region: Europe and the Rest are the regions in positive territory, up 4 and 3%. Germany was up 8% with the rest of Europe up 1%. North America was down slightly but China was the big disappointment with sales down by 29%.  

Takeaways: The drive to electric cars has hit a speed bump and car brands promising to go 100% BEV hopefully have an exit strategy on that. Some ICE vehicles in the range will be required unless taking a hit on volume isn't a worry. E-Fuels is also an option Porsche is pursuing strongly.

China was the goose that laid the golden egg but any manufacturer that put too many eggs in that basket will have to be careful how they proceed from here. With China's economy weakening and local consumers being wooed by local brands, it will be interesting to see where it will lead. 

Proton Model Sales : Q1-Q3 2024

Proton is a brand with a long history in Malaysia, going back to mid 1980's and producing rebadged Mitsubishi cars. It has moved on to produce its own cars as well as some rebadged ones. It currently exports to Asian and African markets. 

From 1996 to 2017, it was the owner of Lotus cars which helped improve among other things the handling characteristics of Proton cars. It recently celebrated the making of 5 million vehicles. Geely is now a shareholder of Proton. The figures below compare a complete 2023 with nine months of 2024.

There are eight models listed the the right although the Exora is no more. The small Saga saloon car has been around since 1985 and is currently in its third generation. The first edition was a rebadged Mitsubishi.

The S70 (since 2023) is a saloon car too but medium sized and based on a Geely vehicle. The X50 compact crossover (2020) is also a Geely product. 

The Persona compact car (2003) is in its third generation and for the first generation was named the Wira in its home market. The rest of the range is of limited volume. 

The pictures are from Proton and as with many Asian car companies cameras are not used but rather computers and the result is in my opinion tacky. I assume the locals like it that way. 

The top impression is of the S70 and the lower one the X50.