New car deliveries in Israel down in October

New cars at Ashdod port Photo: Tamar Matsafi
New cars at Ashdod port Photo: Tamar Matsafi

Car deliveries fell last month because of the holidays but are, nevertheless, up 15.5% so far this year compared with 2015.

13,612 cars were delivered in October in Israel 33%, less than in October 2015. The decline is attributable to the fact that all the holidays fell in October this year, which reduced the number of working days in the month Auto deliveries for January-October 2016 totaled 258,743, up 15.5%, compared with the corresponding period last year.

The leader in vehicle deliveries in January-October was Hyundai with 36,532 cars, a 33% rise over the corresponding period in 2015, following by Kia with 34,401 deliveries, up 17%. Toyota was third with 26,968 deliveries, 4.5% more than the corresponding period last year, followed by Skoda in fourth place with 18,230 auto deliveries (a 29% increase) and Mitsubishi in fifth place with 15,817 (9.2%).

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on November 3, 2016

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New cars at Ashdod port Photo: Tamar Matsafi
New cars at Ashdod port Photo: Tamar Matsafi
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