Lebanon Passenger Car Sales : 2019

Hyundai dropped from 2nd to 4th in a frenzy of falling sales

The data below is accurate but does lack in a few details such as some brands are not included and in the case of ChangAn, an estimate. When I get more, I will amend the list. In the meantime, I may try to contact Carlos to see if he can put a word in for me.

2019 was a horror show for the car market here. This is the second annual decrease in sales but the 33.4% fall in this one year is enormous. It means that 2019 is 36% below the decade's average. I saw a list of the reasons why and frankly space won't allow me to elucidate.

Below, green is increase (a few managed it), salmon decrease but at least an increase in the slice of the pie while yellow is decrease above 33% (ouch). It will be interesting to see what 2020 brings. It doesn't look that bright.

	16	17	18	19	Brand	2019	%	+/-
	1	1	1	1	Kia	3,205	14.6%	-36%
	3	3	3	2	Toyota	2,479	11.3%	-40%
	4	4	4	3	Nissan	2,349	10.7%	-41%
	2	2	2	4	Hyundai	2,272	10.3%	-47%
	5	7	7	5	Renault	1,397	6.4%	4%
	6	6	5	6	Chevrolet	1,193	5.4%	-29%
	7	5	6	7	Suzuki	1,183	5.4%	-23%
	17	14	9	8	Honda	907	4.1%	0%
	8	8	8	9	Mitsubishi	620	2.8%	-41%
	9	10	11	10	Mercedes	612	2.8%	-27%
	-	38	13	11	ChangAn	594	2.7%	-5%
	14	11	14	12	GM US	531	2.4%	-11%
	10	9	10	13	Mazda	479	2.2%	-44%
	12	15	16	14	Audi	367	1.7%	-17%
	21	16	12	15	Land Rover	364	1.7%	-45%
	11	13	18	16	BMW	353	1.6%	11%
	13	17	20	17	Peugeot	213	1.0%	-31%
	22	24	25	18	Porsche	212	1.0%	-17%
	19	22	22	19	Subaru	211	1.0%	-28%
	29	25	23	20	Jaguar	208	0.9%	-24%
	20	26	19	21	Chrysler	202	0.9%	-36%
	16	21	17	22	VW	189	0.9%	-44%
	18	20	15	23	Infiniti	185	0.8%	-60%
	28	18	21	24	Lada	172	0.8%	-42%
	15	19	24	25	Dacia	146	0.7%	-43%
	25	28	28	25	Volvo	146	0.7%	-26%
	32	34	31	27	Seat	111	0.5%	-19%
	27	37	34	28	Lexus	108	0.5%	40%
	24	27	30	29	MINI	106	0.5%	-29%
	-	12	35	30	Datsun	99	0.5%	57%
	26	33	37	31	Opel	96	0.4%	78%
	41	41	46	32	Trumpchi	92	0.4%	513%
	30	32	27	33	Citroën	77	0.4%	-63%
	-	-	-	34	MG	63	0.3%
	23	23	26	35	Ford	59	0.3%	-76%
	34	36	39	35	Fiat	59	0.3%	34%
	-	-	-	37	FAW	38	0.2%
	-	-	-	38	Soueast	34	0.2%
	-	40	40	39	Alfa Romeo	33	0.2%	-3%
	33	30	29	40	Geely	31	0.1%	-81%
	35	29	33	41	BAIC	30	0.1%	-66%
	38	35	38	42	smart	28	0.1%	-47%
	37	43	43	43	Ssangyong	18	0.1%	-31%
	46	46	42	44	Chery	17	0.1%	-37%
	39	44	32	45	Škoda	15	0.1%	-86%
	36	39	36	46	Maserati	14	0.1%	-75%
	47	52	49	47	Lamborghini	13	0.1%	18%
	45	49	50	47	Bentley	13	0.1%	44%
	31	31	41	49	Daihatsu	10		-68%
					Others	38	0.2%
					Total	21,991		-33%