The new car market continues to gather steam: in the first third of the year, there were 97,657 new car deliveries in Israel, an all-time record for the period, and 7.6% more than the corresponding period last year.
In April alone, 17,647 new cars were delivered, there was a slight decrease of 3.7% compared with April of last year. It should be noted that this is despite the few work days in April, due to the many Jewish holidays that fell during the month.
Hyundai led the deliveries chart with 12,208 new car deliveries since the beginning of the year, an 8% increase. Kia is in second place, with 11,450 new car deliveries, up 30% compared with the corresponding period of last year. Kia led deliveries last month, thanks largely to the jump in sales of the basic model of the Sportage crossover, which is very reasonably priced. This was the best-selling vehicle in April in the entire market.
Toyota was in third place, with 11,231 new car deliveries, up 7%. Mazda was in fourth place with 8,127 deliveries, up 15%, and Mitsubishi was in fifth place, with 6.035 deliveries, up 27%.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on May 3, 2015
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