Israel Car Sales By Brand : 2005-09

The chart below changes markedly in 2007 because the supplier of the data changed their system of classifying cars, giving the total a boost. That happens sometimes. Some brands seemed to do very well in that year, but as to whether it was the new system or just coincidence I cannot say.

Sales gathered pace nicely until the economic problems that gripped the world around 2009 started to have an impact in that year. Mazda held a commanding share of 18.2% in that year. Honda, VW and Nissan each improved their position nicely and few actually went backward in the number of sales.

05	06	07	08	09	Brand	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	%
1	1	1	1	1	Mazda	22,273	21,653	28,067	31,461	31,494	18.2%
2	2	2	3	2	Hyundai	21,108	19,852	22,558	20,024	20,305	11.8%
3	3	3	2	3	Toyota	17,653	19,221	21,672	20,334	18,401	10.7%
5	5	5	4	4	GM US	11,438	8,982	11,848	14,554	12,034	7.0%
4	4	4	6	5	Ford	11,931	12,350	13,545	10,928	11,559	6.7%
11	13	8	5	6	Honda	5,220	4,521	9,650	12,699	7,882	4.6%
13	8	11	8	7	VW	4,838	6,483	7,939	8,128	7,481	4.3%
14	15	16	14	8	Nissan	2,672	2,653	3,101	5,559	6,987	4.0%
10	11	10	9	9	Suzuki	5,276	5,167	7,977	8,076	6,277	3.6%
8	10	12	10	10	Citroen	5,908	5,185	7,421	7,877	6,006	3.5%
7	6	6	12	11	Subaru	6,045	7,419	9,986	7,327	5,568	3.2%
6	9	13	11	12	Renault	7,098	5,935	7,131	7,681	5,196	3.0%
20	17	17	15	13	Skoda	1,043	1,712	2,332	5,289	4,980	2.9%
9	7	9	7	14	Mitsubishi	5,757	7,264	9,037	8,421	4,969	2.9%
12	14	14	16	15	Peugeot	5,006	4,495	4,612	3,930	4,429	2.6%
17	19	18	17	16	Kia	1,691	1,487	2,062	3,146	4,214	2.4%
15	12	7	13	17	Daihatsu	2,034	5,118	9,713	6,644	3,250	1.9%
16	16	15	18	18	Fiat	1,758	1,945	3,581	2,204	2,042	1.2%
22	22	23	23	19	Audi	695	772	859	977	1,367	0.8%
18	20	20	19	20	Isuzu	1,475	1,331	1,611	1,824	1,281	0.7%
26	25	21	21	21	Chrysler	491	579	1,082	1,553	1,208	0.7%
27	24	24	22	22	Volvo	392	606	505	1,003	1,197	0.7%
25	23	25	25	23	Seat	493	647	476	497	1,139	0.7%
21	21	22	24	24	BMW	870	867	1,016	757	950	0.6%
19	18	19	20	25	Mercedes	1,079	1,538	1,816	1,691	917	0.5%
-	28	26	26	26	Lexus		140	472	395	425	0.2%
30	30	30	30	27	Alfa Romeo	59	74	122	151	325	0.2%
23	26	27	28	28	Ssangyong	612	399	348	301	322	0.2%
24	27	28	27	29	Opel	531	184	297	387	157	0.1%
28	29	29	29	30	Land Rover	173	95	140	153	125	0.1%
29	31	31	31	31	Jaguar	72	71	94	125	82
32	32	32	34	32	Porsche	31	32	46	30	55
-	-	-	33	33	Piaggio				38	53
-	-	-	32	34	MINI				61	38
33	33	33	35	-	Saab	27	21	5	1
31	34	-	-	-	smart	36	10
					Others	11	0	0	0	0
					Total	145,796	148,808	191,121	194,226	172,715

Car picture: Netcarshow.

Data source: Israel Vehicle Importers Association.